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Buro Happold

Buro Happold is a professional services firm providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of buildings, infrastructure and the environment. It was founded in 1976, by Sir Edmund Happold in Bath in the southwest of England when he left Ove Arup and Partners to take up a post at Bath University as Professor of Architecture and Engineering Design.
Originally working mainly on projects in the Middle East, the firm now operates worldwide and in almost all areas of engineering for the built environment, with offices in seven countries. The parent company owns the subsidiary companies Happold Consulting, Happold Media and Happold Safe and Secure. The firm includes a number of specialist engineering consultancy groups.

Key People : Mike Cook, Ted Happold - or (Edmund Happold) , Bill Coupe , Frei Otto

Projects

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre3The most critical phase in the construction of the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre in Kazhakstan was successfully completed yesterday with the erection of its 150 metre-high tripod mast. The 2,000 tonne structure was lifted into place by four cranes in a process that took two weeks.

Sidra Trees

The project is the entrance structure to a new convention centre located on the main campus at Education City in Doha. The steelwork structure is based on the Sidra tree which is the symbol of the Qatar Foundation.

MGM Mirala

Buro Happold worked in close collaboration with Gensler Architects providing engineering support for the development of the MGM Mirala master plan in Abu Dhabi.

Bahrain Racecourse

Buro Happold collaborated with HOK Sport and HOK International to develop a competition masterplan to upgrade the existing racecourse, grandstand and equestrian facilities within the realms of a larger site wide masterp

Al Sowa Island

Al Sowa island is a 54hectare island site located on the eastern side of Abu Dhabi Island. To the east of the Island lies Al Reem Island which is currently planed for a large mixed use development.

CAIRO EXPO CITY by Zaha Hadid

cairo expo cityAfter presenting the design to Egyptian Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Nazif, Zaha Hadid Architects was announced as architects of the new Cairo Expo City.

Foster + Partners and Buro Happold joint venture to design four stations for Saudi Arabia’s new Haramain High-speed Railway

Haramain Railway StationFoster + Partners and Buro Happold joint venture has been appointed to design four stations along a new high speed railway line in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which will link the cities of Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah.

TWO ICONIC STRUCTURES ACROSS DUBAI CREEK

The Creek Gateway as a turning point in the path connecting the Deira and Bur Old Towns is formed as a dramatic and raising ribbon gesture
emerging out of the urban fabric. The Structure of two leaning open arches and a stretched connecting deck, formed by a single sculptural move, is a

King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture

King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and CultureKing Abdullah bin Abdulaziz set the cornerstone for the Cultural Center which will house a mu

Sidra Trees

Qatar Convention Centre is a spectacle that is expected to be the largest convention centre in the Middle East, with facilities including a 2,500 seat theatre, an exhibition halls and banqueting facilities for major functions.
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