Sports & Entertainment

Buro Happold works on creating the most innovative, exciting and memorable sports and entertainment venues in the world. We use our multi-disciplinary design skills to deliver successful projects for fans, athletes, artists and clients alike, balancing the rich and varied needs of each user to create bespoke solutions that are truly unique.

These projects include the new Emirates Stadium for Arsenal FC and the O2 Arena, in the UK, the new Lansdowne Road Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, and the Astana Stadium in Kazakhstan, amongst many many others. They have all been heralded as triumphs of design, function and commercial success and were created through Buro Happold’s expertise in delivering functional yet sustainable buildings that lead to the best possible and inclusive spectator, user and client experience.

We consider everything in our work; from the eye catching initial view as you approach from afar, the ease of access and safety of use when you arrive, the function of spaces to ensure comfort in use, the layout of seating to ensure you get great views in an electric atmosphere, all of course wrapped in a building that has been designed and constructed efficiently and safely, with care, from minimal materials, to specifically suit the local conditions and environment.

Come and see for yourself. We are genuinely proud of our unrivalled portfolio of sport and leisure facilities that host prestigious world-class sporting and cultural events.

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Project

18/05/2011

The O2 Arena sits within the former Millennium Dome – one of Buro Happold’s key projects of the late 1990s as a building within a building.

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Opinion

13/01/2012

Buro Happold is renowned for delivering innovative and inspiring engineering solutions for world class sports stadia. Our building and infrastructure portfolio includes Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, Dublin’s Aviva Stadium and the...

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News

21/11/2011

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...

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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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21/10/2011

Construction of Phase I of the Pune International Cricket stadium is drawing to an end and the population of Pune is waiting with baited breath for the grand opening of where the IPL team Sahara Warriors will call home. We are...

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News

13/10/2011

International engineering consultant triumphs at industry awards International multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold scooped three wins and a highly commended at last night’s 24th annual BCI awards,...

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17/08/2011

Consultancy to deliver the new home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers International multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold is to provide structural engineering services for the West Haymarket Arena; the new...

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Project

05/05/2011

August 2006 saw the opening game at  the 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium in London, the new home for Arsenal FC, one of Europe’s most prestigious and successful premiership football clubs. This opening game marked the beginning...

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Project

19/04/2011

Developing a truly successful stadium design involves meeting a number of goals beyond simply creating a first class sporting arena. The list of additional demands for the main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics...

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Project

19/04/2011

A shimmering, transparent form sitting on the famous Lansdowne Road site, the Aviva Stadium offers Dublin both a visually spectacular venue and the first truly ‘responsive’ stadium building of its type in the world, its form and...

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News

28/03/2011

Buro Happold project triumphs over stiff competition The annual Irish Concrete Society awards took place this weekend at the Conrad Hotel, Dublin. The awards recognise excellence in the design or construction of a...

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18/10/2010

Consultancy enjoys recognition for inspiration projects Four of international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happolds’ projects have been recognised at this year’s RICS awards. The annual awards...

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30/01/2009

Why concrete is Buro Happold's material of choice Geoff Werran, project director, and Fergus McCormick, structural engineering leader, of Buro Happold describe the concrete works at the new Aviva (Lansdowne Road)...

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