Civic

The demand for improved public and civic facilities and spaces, whether refurbished or newly built is increasing all over the world. Fundamental to our everyday lives, civic buildings are often at the heart of our communities.  The diversity of this sector ranges from libraries and community centres to prisons and city halls, placing huge pressure on the clients who commission them

The demand for quality civic and public facilities is increasing whether to meet the romanticism of the big society in the UK, to meet the expectations amongst the people of the Arab world following the Arab Spring or to satisfy any number of emerging, fast growing economies all over the world.  At Buro Happold we bring our international multi disciplinary experience to our projects to realise our clients vision from people flow and fire engineering, to reducing running costs and planning capital expenditure or inclusive design and security we create low carbon, efficient buildings that people and communities will be proud of.

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News

30/04/2013

The base build construction for the new £188 million Library of Birmingham is now reaching completion, following the final commissioning of the energy and life safety systems. With the inspiring aspiration...

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Happold Consulting

Project

20/11/2012

Perched on the eastern edge of New York City, the Jamaica Bay parklands cover more than 10,000 acres of land surrounding one of the most bio-diverse urban estuaries on the Atlantic seaboard. Historically, sections of the parklands have been separately owned and managed by the federal National Park Service (NPS) and the city Department of Parks, with limited collaboration in land management and provision of services. Numerous other organizations ranging from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to non-profit land trusts are involved in advocacy for, and conservation of, various sections of the parklands.

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Happold Consulting

Project

15/11/2012

Ad’Diriyyah represents a series of stunning historic oasis settlements situated in Wadi Hanifah, itself an area of outstanding natural beauty, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh. The site is both the location for the founding of modern Saudi Arabia as well as the birth of the Wahab school of Islam (the “Oneness Movement”).

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Happold Consulting

Project

15/11/2012

Jeddah is facing the challenge of sustainably managing its growth for the coming 20 years. During this period, the city will be required to create nearly 1.2 million new jobs and develop around 50,000 new homes per every year.

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Buro Happold

News

15/10/2012

Middle East engineering expert Eddie Pugh joins Ambassador in laying concrete blinding for New Delhi Embassy and Residency

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Buro Happold

News

11/10/2012

Buro Happold projects took three of the main categories at last night’s British Construction Industry awards (BCIA)

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Blog

11/10/2012

Buro Happold goes beyond engineering: we also have a dedicated team of designers and artists who use their creativity to bring our technical concepts to life. We recently produced a limited edition range of covers for our sector...

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Buro Happold

News

28/05/2012

The recent Scottish Design Awards ceremony was a night to remember for multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold, as they notched up an...

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Buro Happold

News

06/03/2012

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...

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Buro Happold

Project

23/11/2011

Providing a pivotal link between the Santa Monica Civic Center, City Hall and the Santa Monica Pier, the 7-acre Tongva Park and Ken Genser Square is part of a larger redevelopment in Santa Monica just across the...

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Buro Happold

News

21/10/2011

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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Buro Happold

News

21/10/2011

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...

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Buro Happold

Project

21/10/2011

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...

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Buro Happold

Inspiration

17/10/2011

When your technical skill lies in the world of building environmental design - where pipe and wire meets architecture, where kilowatt-hour meets human comfort - finding an inspiring image that defines your craft is something of a...

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Buro Happold

Project

26/09/2011

Stratford Town City Link was a proposal for a new state of the art pedestrian bridge over a railway that links Stratford station in east London to a new shopping complex developed by Westfield.

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Buro Happold

Project

26/05/2011

As part of the General Services Administration (GSA) Design Excellence program, Buro Happold along with Gensler architects have set to work renovating this 140,000sqft five story courthouse and 600,000sqft nine story federal...

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Buro Happold

Project

12/05/2011

2013 will be seen as a significant year for the City of Birmingham with the opening of Britain's biggest ever public library. Situated in the heart of the city adjacent to Centenary Square, the new complex will replace the...

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Buro Happold

News

08/07/2010

The Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center was officially opened on 5th July in the presence of President Nazarbayev and heads of state in a grand ceremony, with a performance by the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, timed to coincide with...

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Buro Happold

News

19/04/2010

New photos released of iconic ‘Khan Shatyry entertainment centre’ Foster + Partners and Buro Happold have released photos of the Khan Shatyry entertainment centre, which is set to become a civic focal point as well as...

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Buro Happold Stephen

Stephen Jolly

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Regional leaders

UK

Buro Happold Ian

Ian Maddocks

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North America

Buro Happold David

David Herd

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Buro Happold Craig

Craig Schwitter

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Buro Happold Oliver

Oliver Plunkett

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