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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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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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Buro Happold New York: structures and facades team in the news
Buro Happold New York's Structures and Facades team's innovative structural and façade design strategies have been utilized on projects around the world and the team's expertise has recently been acknowledged in a number of...
Categories: Culture, Healthcare, Structural engineering, Facades, United States
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2013 Civic Trust Awards - winners revealed
A number of Buro Happold projects received recognition in the recently announced UK Civic Trust awards for 2013. In all seven Buro Happold projects were announced as outright winners of the award with three receiving...
Categories: Sports & Entertainment, Culture, Commercial residential, Inclusive design, Fire engineering, United Kingdom
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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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Design team announced for Xiqu Centre, Hong Kong
Chinese opera centre will be West Kowloon cultural district’s first arts venue
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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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Institution of Structural Engineers Awards - double winner!
Buro Happold scores two triumphant wins at the recent Institution of Structural Engineers Awards.
Categories: Culture, Sports & Entertainment, Structural engineering, United Kingdom, United States
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Buro Happold projects bag prestigious BCI awards
Buro Happold projects took three of the main categories at last night’s British Construction Industry awards (BCIA)
Categories: Civic, Culture, Commercial office, 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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Offices collaborate for the Venice Biennale
Every other year since 1980 the Venice Architecture Biennale has been featuring the best of international contemporary architecture. This...
Categories: Culture, United States
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Winners! Royal Shakespeare Theatre and London 2012 Olympic Stadium strike gold at the Structural Steel Design Awards
Two of Buro Happold’s recent major projects have been selected from a shortlist of 29 UK based entries to win a coveted Structural Steel Award 2012. The acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon and the...
Categories: News, Awards, Culture, Sports & Entertainment, Transport, Urban development, Structural engineering, Sustainability, United Kingdom
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Crystal Bridges wins SEAoNY award
On Monday June 11, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was honored with the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) Excellence in Engineering Awards in the New Building over $100M category. The award recognizes...
Categories: Awards, Culture, United States
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Return of the MAC
Buro Happold delivers a new centre for cultural in the heart of Belfast
Categories: Culture
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Conserving a national treasure
Grimshaw and Buro Happold reclaim the Cutty Sark for future generations
Categories: Culture, United Kingdom
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Preserving 7,000 years of history: Palm Leaf Architecture in the UAE
Recreating traditional Arabian architecture
Categories: Culture, Structural engineering, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, UAE
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Celebrating the Civic Trust Awards 2012
From over 306 national and international entries, the Civic Trust Awards have recognised a total of 52 projects this year. The awards which celebrate outstanding architecture and built environment projects were presented to the...
Categories: Civic, Culture, Education, United Kingdom
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Plastic Fantastic!
Times Eureka Pavilion wins Architects’ Journal Small Projects Sustainability award
Categories: Culture, Nordics, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
