Culture

Comprehensive design and coordination by Buro Happold produces building systems that are sophisticated, energy-efficient, and above all, invisible, preserving architect Renzo Piano’s elegant aesthetic

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...

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...

Designed by architectural practice Morphosis, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas is approaching the final stages of construction and this latest image from the site highlights the progress to date. Buro...

This prestigious development is being built on the 74-acre site of the Warsaw Citadel, which is undergoing refurbishment. Chosen in an international competition, the winning architecture project aims to create a complex comprising of a main building with an enormous hall made of glass, with the total area of 100,000 sqm. The building will be located along the route between Wojska Polskiego Avenue and Execution Gate, flanked by two smaller pavilions. At the centre of the premises is the historic Gwardii Square which covers an area of 10,000 sqm.

Creating Saudi Arabia’s most significant commercial real estate development

The Smithsonian Institution occupies the former United States Patent Building, the finest example of Greek revival architecture in the US. The building, once slated for demolition in 1958, is now designated as a national historical landmark. Rescued by President Eisenhower and transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, the building now serves as the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

An exemplar project for Buro Happold in terms of multi-disciplinary team working and a cultural first for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture and Knowledge will offer a range of specialised cultural, educational and youth leadership programmes and activities, to promote a positive impact on human development and culture within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This important international memorial lies on an undulating site in the historic centre of Berlin between the Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz. The extraordinary project to construct a Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe involved a team of multi disciplinary engineers from Buro Happold, providing structural engineering, building services and site infrastructure.

The Herbarium at Kew Gardens is the world’s leading centre for the study of plant diversity. The new wing brings long awaited additional space to house Kew’s priceless collection of botanical specimens, providing an expertly environmentally tailored home to a vital slice of natural history and future research.

Easily recognisable from a distance due to its distinctive silhouette, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s new purpose-built venue will create a dynamic cultural space in the heart of Katowice, and generate many...

International multidisciplinary engineering consultants Buro Happold added to their already impressive awards tally for 2011 with a night of wins at this year’s prestigious Structural Awards ceremony on Friday (18 November). The...

The brief called for a new exhibition hall to be built at the RAF Museum Hendon, in addition to a new shop, cafe and car park areas. The project also involved the refurbishment of existing buildings on site. The additional...

A magnificent medieval monument to heaven on earth, world famous Bath Abbey has experienced a fascinating and illustrious past. Now, following its role as host for the recent Power in Space 2011 conference the Cathedral and many...

Surrounded by 120 wooded acres, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is set to open on 11.11.11. Comprised of a series of eight concrete, glass, and wood pavilions set along two spring-fed ponds in Northwest Arkansas, this...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

Redefining historical cultural spaces requires a certain set of skills: vision, perception and a delicate touch. The redevelopment of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre included the creation of a 1,030 seat auditorium with a thrust...