Anna Beckett

Anna is an Associate Director in the Structures team, with a creative problem-solving based approach and a keen focus on sustainable design.

Before joining Buro Happold in 2023, Anna worked for Webb Yates Engineers, where she was involved with projects across a variety of sectors including residential, commercial, aviation and arts. Anna is particularly interested in the reuse of both buildings and materials and has experience working with existing buildings across a variety of sectors, including a number of commercial office refurbishment projects across London.

At Buro Happold Anna has worked on several commercial office projects in central London including the refurbishment and extension of the former Fenwick department store on New Bond Street.

Anna is part of the London Structures Sustainability Steering Group, as well as an industry wide Material Passports working group, investigating ways to make material reuse more commonplace, and the Institution of Structural Engineers’ “Structural Futures Committee”, helping to advance sustainable design in structural engineering. Anna also writes a regular column for Building Design, promoting sustainable design across the industry.