Projects
Tuwaiq Palace
Located in the Diplomatic Quarter on the northwest perimeter of Riyadh stands Tuwaiq Palace, a complex originally designed as a diplomatic club but now used by the Saudi government as a hospitality centre. The demands of the...
Categories: Civic, Building services engineering, Fire engineering, Structural engineering, Saudi Arabia
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Elegantly placed in the rural Arkansas landscape, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a series of seven concrete, glass and wood pavilions set along a stream bed. Within the complex are permanent and temporary galleries, a library, meeting areas, an auditorium, indoor and outdoor areas for public events, sculpture gardens and walking trails.
Categories: Building services engineering, Structural engineering, United States
Savoy Hotel
Designed by architect Thomas Edward Collcutt, The Savoy Hotel opened in 1889 as the dream of Richard D’Oyly Carte who funded his world-class hotel venture with the profits from staging Gilbert and Sullivan in the Savoy Theatre...
Categories: Hospitality, Structural engineering, United Kingdom
Mediacité
The addition of a stunning roof to the Mediacite retail centre in Liège was a late addition to the architectural design, added by a brave client with the vision and determination to create a landmark for the community. Mall...
Categories: Retail, Structural engineering
Mint Hotel
The superb 4-star Mint Hotel is the centrepiece for a revitalised Granary Wharf development in Leeds city centre. By incorporating stylish, elegant yet cost-effective solutions, the solution satisfied the hotel’s need for maximum...
Categories: Hospitality, Structural engineering, United Kingdom
Louvre Abu Dhabi
In March 2007, the Tourist Development and Investment Company of Abu Dhabi announced that a new Louvre Museum would be completed in the city of Abu Dhabi by 2012. The new museum’s dramatic domed roof is undoubtedly the strongest...
Categories: Culture, Structural engineering, Building services engineering, IT communications & control, Acoustics, Fire engineering, SMART solutions, Coastal and marine, Geotechnical, Geoenvironmental, Environment, UAE
Riverside Museum
The new Riverside Museum, Scotland’s Museum of Transport and Travel, is located on a dramatic site at the point where two rivers, the Clyde and the Kelvin meet, close to Glasgow Harbour. As well as providing a permanent home for collections not previously on public display, the new museum exhibits the contents of the old Glasgow Museum previously held at Kelvin Hall. Kelvin Hall was the second most visited attraction of its type in the UK, with half a million visitors a year, so the new Riverside Museum is well placed to become a world-class cultural destination.
Categories: Culture, Structural engineering, Building services engineering, Fire engineering, Acoustics, Lighting, Asset management, Computational analysis, Geotechnical, United Kingdom
Polish Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010
Inspired by folklore, the Polish Pavilion has a striking façade that features a number of inclined surfaces designed to resemble folded paper, cut out in a folk art design. Reflecting the main theme of the Expo – ‘Better City,...
Categories: Culture, Building services engineering, Structural engineering, Lighting, Poland
Clarence Dock
Dating from the 19th Century. Clarence Dock was originally constructed to transport goods to and from the centre of Leeds, particularly coal from the collieries in Wakefield and Rothwell, which was then distributed to heavy...
Categories: Commercial residential, Building services engineering, Structural engineering, Geotechnical, United Kingdom
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