Commercial residential

The world is changing. Cities are getting bigger, people are more mobile, the planet is becoming smaller and more fragile. Making a place called home is becoming increasingly difficult.

Constraints in land availability particularly in urban areas and the UK government’s aspirations to have zero carbon housing by 2016 are amongst some of the challenges that Buro Happold is helping its clients to overcome.

Winning the hearts and mind of communities, persuading and changing behaviours will be as big a challenge as the engineering.

Good design alone generates potential, but learning from buildings directly through post occupancy evaluation can create certainty.  Our buildings are not considered in isolation. Buro Happold looks at what it really means for a neighbourhood to thrive, right from site investigations through to sustainable transport links, waste, water, energy and employment opportunities for local people.

Weaving together the various typologies of hotels, housing, entertainment spaces and offices is incredibly complex but it’s what we at Buro Happold thrive on.  Creating desirable spaces where people want to live, work and play, balanced with creating sustainable properties, realising architectural aesthetics, navigating intricate planning laws, overcoming land shortages and achieving affordability is what Buro Happold does best.

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Project

24/01/2012

Rising majestically to 450 metres high this new development, Lodha Place will be made up of the world’s tallest residential tower with 117 floors known as “World one”.  Nestling alongside World One will be two further...

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Project

11/01/2012

The historical barracks in Potsdam, originally built for the Prussian Army, have been converted into high quality contemporary residential dwellings. Through the sensitive and the creative approach the former barracks have been rehabilitated and renovated for modern day living.

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Project

04/01/2012

Liberty Corner is a unique class A+ building equipped with the most cutting-edge building management systems (BMS). Located in the heart of Warsaw, the development comprises of 7 over ground storeys housing office space to lease with the total area of over 5,000 sqm and the office of the Polish Press Agency (PAP) occupying an area of 2,500 sqm. Architectural details in the lobby refer to the communism era when the building served as a headquarters of the Main Office of Press Control. Today it houses the offices of prestigious companies and institutions such as the Embassy of Ireland, among others.

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Project

02/12/2011

The Tongshan Street project in the Pudong area of central Shanghai will provide our client, Vanke (one of the largest developers in China) with a unique development which is expected to set new standards for large scale residential led mixed use projects in terms of both financial return, but also sustainability which is a key driver for Vanke.

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Project

01/12/2011

The new Zorlu Centre will be a jewel in the crown of Istanbul. A beautifully executed mixed use development, the Zorlu Group’s sustainability aspirations for this 600,000m2 project, aligned with our own green ethos, have driven a superb example of the future of large-scale urban design.

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Project

22/11/2011

For the City of Riyadh, the King Abdullah Financial District is a new development, being undertaken by the Rayadah Investment Corporation on behalf of the Pension Authority of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, consisting of over one...

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Project

04/11/2011

The Old Malthouse in Pankow is one of the greatest industrial heritage sites in Berlin. After years of standing empty it is now being used again, offering high quality living space whilst securing and revitalising a valuable historic building.

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Project

26/05/2011

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...

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Project

04/05/2011

Situated in Birmingham’s flourishing and vibrant Westside district, The Cube stands elevated and proud on an ever-evolving skyline. Inspired by the area’s origins as a jewellery quarter, this £76M high-end, mixed-use development...

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Project

04/05/2011

After 93 years at Highbury, the ‘Gunners’, one of the most valuable football clubs in the world, moved from their beloved home to a new state of the art, iconic stadium – Emirates Stadium. Almost immediately after the departure,...

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News

17/11/2010

Practice plays key role on landmark building with striking façade International multi disciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold provided a range of services – including structural, civil, geotechnical and facade...

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17/06/2010

Teams set up their innovative designs for the first time in Madrid Leading up to the first Solar Decathlon Europe event, international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold has been supporting the...

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Business Development Contact

John MacMillan


Regional Leaders

UK

Wolf

Wolf Mangelsdorf

Director


Central Europe

Ian

Ian Booth

Director


North America

Michael

Michael McGough

Regional Discipline Leader, North America


David

David Herd

Director


Middle East

Roger

Roger Nickells

Managing Director for the Middle East