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As a world leading engineering consultancy Buro Happold constantly features in the news around the globe. We provide updates on our projects, expert commentary on industry issues and legislation, as well as insight and ‘what-ifs’ about our latest technical and practical innovations in the built environment.
To find out more about how we’re changing the world in which we live, work and play, browse our archive of news stories and research below. You can filter the list to see just what you’re after, and if you need to know more contact a member of our press team or email us at enquiries@burohappold.com.
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Boston’s new Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital: modeling the future of Healthcare
In April, opening day visitors to Partners Healthcare's new Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston were greeted with light-filled, state-of-the-art facilities, which the Boston Globe commended as "emblematic of the...
Categories: Healthcare, Building services engineering, Facades, United States
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Battery Park SeaGlass Carousel takes shape in New York City
Battery Park’s SeaGlass Carousel, which received the final panel to its nautilus-inspired enclosure at a topping off ceremony on April 18, celebrates New York’s past and future. It’s both a reminder of the original New York City...
Categories: Culture, Building services engineering, Structural engineering, Fire engineering, United States
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Water conservation on display in Dallas
A gravity-fed waterfall and 'raintubes' that reveal the journey of water from roof to cistern, a building dashboard that displays data about water capture and reuse, and an integrated system that diverts 100% of site runoff for...
Categories: Culture, Water, Building services engineering, United States
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Buro Happold joins the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures design team
Last fall, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its plans for the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The announcement represented a significant step towards realizing the organization’s longstanding dream...
Categories: Culture, Building services engineering, Sustainability, Structural engineering, United States
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City of Philadelphia celebrates opening of double LEED Platinum Five Crescent Drive
Buro Happold was part of a multidisciplinary team that celebrated the official opening of the new double LEED Platinum facility for GlaxoSmithKline at Philadelphia's Navy Yard with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, April...
Categories: Commercial office, Building services engineering, Lighting, Sustainability, Facades, Fire engineering, United States
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Creating a new urban centre for Straume, Norway
An international design team has been chosen to create a new urban centre and a public square for Straume, near the city of Bergen on Norway’s west coast. Buro Happold, working with Haptic Architects, NORDIC - Office of...
Categories: Urban development, Sustainability, Building services engineering, Facades, Nordics
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New cultural centre and library for Karlshamn, Sweden
Buro Happold and Schmidt Hammer Lassen have won an international design competition for a new culture centre and library in Karlshamn, Sweden. The new state of the art cultural centre will include a range of facilities...
Categories: Culture, Acoustics, Computational analysis, Building services engineering, Lighting, Facades, Structural engineering, Fire engineering, Nordics, Germany, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, United States
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Top rankings in WA100 2013
Buro Happold is thrilled to announce that the consultancy has been voted the top structural engineer and the number two services engineer in Building Design’s WA100 survey, completed by leading architectural...
Categories: Structural engineering, Building services engineering, India, China, United Kingdom, United States
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Specialist services for the ‘incurably curious’!
Buro Happold’s specialist consultants work with Wilkinson Eyre Architects to deliver refurbishment and expansion of Wellcome Collection
Categories: Culture, Building services engineering, Fire engineering, United Kingdom
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MEP Engineer of the Year 2012
Buro Happold’s Dr Robert Cooke, already a well known personality in the industry in the Middle East, is the proud winner of the MEP Engineer of the Year for 2012. Rob was recognised for his significant contribution
Categories: Building services engineering, Sustainability, Saudi Arabia, UAE
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Young MEP Engineer of the Year 2012
Buro Happold’s Agnieszka Szymczyk has continued the trend of winning in the Middle East by being recognised as the Young MEP Engineer of the Year for 2012. This follows on from Mike Slessor’s win last year. Agnieszka h
Categories: Building services engineering, Saudi Arabia, UAE
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Buro Happold: No 1 in Scotland!
Buro Happold has achieved the ultimate honour in Scotland: the consultancy has been chosen as the leading engineer for both structural and building services engineering in the Urban Realm industry poll. Readers of <link...
Categories: Building services engineering, Structural engineering, United Kingdom
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Buro Happold on winning streak! Multiple projects receive industry recognition
Summer may be over but Buro Happold’s New York office is still basking in the glow of recognition as six of its projects were honored with awards from some of the Northeast’s most revered industry organizations. The Municipal...
Categories: Culture, Education, Urban development, Facades, Structural engineering, Sustainability, Building services engineering, Lighting, Fire engineering
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ARTIC groundbreaking signifies another step forward for Californian high speed rail
The $184 million Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) will be the grand central station of Orange County.
Categories: Transport, Rail, Sustainability, Building services engineering, Facades, United States
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Gibraltar International Airport takes off
The construction of a new international airport terminal on behalf of the Government of Gibraltar is now complete. A phased opening of the new facility began with arrivals late in 2011 and departures will follow as the...
Categories: Urban development, Aviation, Building services engineering, Structural engineering, Facades, Acoustics, Fire engineering, Safe & secure, Geotechnical
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Perot Museum of Nature and Science nears completion
Designed by architectural practice Morphosis, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas is approaching the final stages of construction and this latest image from the site highlights the progress to date. Buro...
Categories: Culture, Building services engineering, United States
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Life on the Digital Frontier
“Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.” Charles Kettering, inventor, engineer, businessman. I am often asked what platform or format we work in, to which my usual response is "all of...
Categories: Transport, Facades, Building services engineering, United States
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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art showcases Buro Happold's creative engineering solutions
Surrounded by 120 wooded acres, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is set to open on 11.11.11. Comprised of a series of eight concrete, glass, and wood pavilions set along two spring-fed ponds in Northwest Arkansas, this...
Categories: Culture, Acoustics, Building services engineering, Computational analysis, Sustainability, Structural engineering, United States
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Buro Happold wins ENR New York’s Best Projects award
Consultancy wins prestigious annual engineering award in the Office category for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) International multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold announces that the United...
Categories: Awards, Press Releases, Commercial office, Civic, Sustainability, Building services engineering, Structural engineering, United States
