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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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Buro Happold on team to design Europe’s largest research project

28/02/2013 Written by Dominic Danson No comments

Buro Happold is part of the team chosen to design the European Spallation Source research centre (ESS), Europe’s largest facility for materials research in Lund, Sweden. After winning an international contest the team

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Categories: News, Scientific, Nordics


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Creating a new urban centre for Straume, Norway

28/02/2013 Written by Gill Sincock No comments

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...

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Categories: Urban development, Sustainability, Building services engineering, Facades, Nordics


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New cultural centre and library for Karlshamn, Sweden

25/01/2013 No comments

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...

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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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Partnership welcomes two new appointments

24/01/2013 Written by Gill Sincock No comments

Buro Happold has announced the appointment of two new partners bringing the partnership to a total of 50. Happold Consulting’s Lawrie Robertson and Mumbai based Anil Hira will add their considerable expertise and market insight...

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Categories: Commercial office, Commercial residential, Urban development, India, United Kingdom, UAE, Saudi Arabia, United States, Poland, Italy, Germany, Nordics, China


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Deutsche Bahn launches new mobility card for Berlin

19/12/2012 Written by Birgit Hirschmann/ Gill Sincock No comments

BahnCard 25 mobil plus combines multi-modal mobility service on one card

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Categories: Rail, Sustainability, Nordics, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom


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Buro Happold part of winning team for Moscow Agglomeration competition

07/09/2012 Written by Gill Sincock 1 comment

Buro Happold, working with landscape architects Gillespies and urbanists John Thompson & Partners, has won a prestigious competition to plan the future of the City of Moscow

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Categories: Urban development, Urban development, Nordics, United Kingdom, Russia


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Buro Happold sponsors the WAN Architectural Effectiveness Awards

12/07/2012 Written by R Davies No comments

We are delighted to be partnering with WAN on the Architectural Effectiveness Awards for the second year

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Categories: United Kingdom, Poland, Italy, Germany, Nordics, China, India


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Gold medal glory for Paul Westbury

23/05/2012 1 comment

The Institution of Structural Engineers has announced there are to be two winners of its coveted Gold Medal this year: Buro Happold's CEO Paul Westbury, and Chris Wise from Expedition Engineering. Awarded for...

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Categories: Sports & Entertainment, Structural engineering, United Kingdom, United States, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Germany, Nordics, India, China


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Innovative engineering overcomes seismic, structural challenges of BIG’s Vancouver Tower

10/05/2012 No comments

Multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold is providing structural engineering services for the Beach and Howe mixed-use tower in Vancouver, Canada; Buro Happold is the design engineer, working in collaboration...

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Categories: Commercial office, Commercial residential, Structural engineering, China, Nordics, Italy, United States


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Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering opens for nominations

28/02/2012 Written by Gill Sincock No comments

Panel of internationally renowned judges also announced

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Categories: India, China, Nordics, Poland, United Kingdom, United States, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Italy, Germany


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LEED Gold - Affori Centre

13/02/2012 Written by Nancy Zikri No comments

Affori Centre ottiene la Certificazione LEED Gold CBRE Investors, società multinazionale di gestione di investimenti immobiliari, ha annunciato che l’immobile “Affori Centre” ha ottenuto la certificazione LEED Gold,...

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Categories: Commercial office, Sustainability, Nordics, Germany, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom


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Settore residenziale in Italia / Italy's residential sector

13/02/2012 Written by Giammichele Melis No comments

A fare da volano alla sostenibilità nel settore residenziale oggi è il fattore economico scive Giammichele Melis dell’ufficio italiano di Buro Happold Giammichele...

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Categories: Commercial residential, Sustainability, Italy, Nordics, Germany, Poland


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Plastic Fantastic!

09/02/2012 Written by Gill Sincock No comments

Times Eureka Pavilion wins Architects’ Journal Small Projects Sustainability award

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Categories: Culture, Nordics, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom


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Down to earth

08/02/2012 Written by Natasha Watson 1 comment

Pigs love it, Glastonbury’s full of it, and it’s a pain to get out of carpets.

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Categories: Education, Culture, Structural engineering, Environment, United Kingdom, United States, Nordics, Germany, Italy, Poland


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Delivering best value through the Value Improvement Process

18/01/2012 Written by Phil Hampshire and Emilia Melville No comments

Buro Happold has developed the Value Improvement Process to help deliver best value. This is done by focussing on maximising the benefits of a project, gaining an understanding of the important but more subjective and difficult...

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Categories: Culture, Sustainability, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Nordics


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Building values into valuable buildings

18/01/2012 Written by Phil Hampshire and Emilia Melville No comments

We are all touched by spaces which inspire, stimulate or comfort us. Great buildings capture the public imagination, and become part of our cultural identity. Many of these buildings have stood the test of time and have been...

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Categories: Culture, Sustainability, United Kingdom, United States, Nordics


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Nurturing the next generation of engineers

17/11/2011 Written by Professor Mike Cook No comments

With our planet under increasing strain from population growth, hunger for scarce resources and the impact of global warming, there is no doubt that the world needs more engineers. For they are the people who understand the...

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Buro Happold signs up as strategic partner in Poland’s first Future 4 Build event

15/11/2011 Written by Gill Sincock No comments

Engineering consultancy takes part in international Future 4 Build 2011 This year Poland’s capital, Warsaw, hosted Future 4 Build – the international conference on the sustainable built environment. The event, held in...

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Categories: Nordics, Germany, Italy, Poland


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Andrew Temple: Business Development

14/11/2011 Written by Rachel Davies No comments

Andy is Head of Business Development for our Northern Europe Region. Where’s Northern Europe then? It’s basically north of the M25 in the UK: Scotland, Ireland and all of Scandinavia. I work in our offices...

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Categories: Two Minutes With..., Nordics, United Kingdom


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Buro Happold computational design expert to speak at BIM Show Live

21/10/2011 Written by Gill Sincock No comments

Dr Shrikant Sharma to talk about advanced applications of BIM for integrated modelling Dr Shrikant Sharma, computational design expert at international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold is to share...

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