industry construction founded 1976 1 founder sir edmund happold headquarters bath somerset united kingdom area served worldwide key people mike cook chairman and senior partner roger nickells ceo 2 products services software services engineering consulting construction management and business services revenue gb 112 million 2012 13 3 number of employees 1 600 4 divisions buro happold ltd buro happold ingenieurburo gmbh website burohappold.com burohappold engineering is a british professional services firm providing engineering consultancy design planning project management and consulting services for all aspects of buildings infrastructure and the environment with its head office in bath somerset . 5 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 the university of bath 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 eleven countries . contents 1 sir edmund happold 2 history 2.1 partners 3 projects 3.1 lightweight structures 3.2 notable projects in the uk 3.2.1 completed 3.2.2 in progress 3.3 notable international projects 3.3.1 completed 3.3.2 in progress 3.4 other significant activities 4 awards 4.1 notable awards 4.2 stirling prize winning projects 4.3 recent awards 5 happold trust 6 see also 7 references 8 external links 9 notes sir edmund happold edit main article edmund happold edmund or ted happold worked at arup before founding burohappold where he worked on projects such as the sydney opera house and the pompidou centre . ted happold was a leader in the field of lightweight and tensile structures and burohappold has as a result undertaken a large number of tensile and other lightweight structures since its founding including the millennium dome . ted happold died in 1996 but the firm claims to maintain his views on engineering and life . 6 history edit millennium dome burohappold was founded on 1 may 1976 with its first office on gay street in bath united kingdom . 1 the firm started with eight partners edmund happold peter buckthorp michael dickson terry ealey ian liddell rod macdonald john morrison john reid the king s office council of ministers and majlis al shura kocommas central government complex in riyadh saudi arabia was the firm s first major design project in 1976 . 1 initially burohappold offered only structural engineering consultancy with a particular strength in lightweight structures but in 1977 it added civil engineering and geotechnical engineering and in 1978 building services engineering . 1 in 1982 burohappold started to work with future tents ltd ftl on a variety of temporary and recreational structures . the firms combined their operations in 1992 but split again in 1997 . in 1983 burohappold opened an office in riyadh and has since opened offices around the uk and internationally 1 1976 bath 1983 riyadh 1989 leeds 1990 london 1991 berlin 1996 glasgow 1997 warsaw 1999 new york city 1999 manchester 2000 dublin 2003 birmingham 2004 dubai 2006 edinburgh 2006 los angeles 2006 belfast 2007 munich 2007 boston 2007 toronto 2008 cairo 2008 copenhagen 2009 abu dhabi 2009 hong kong 2009 jeddah 2009 kuwait 2009 mumbai 2010 san francisco 2010 chicago 2011 beijing view of the great court british museum london . by 1993 burohappold had 130 employees and eight partners . in 1998 this had grown to 300 employees and 12 partners while in 2000 with over 500 employees the partnership was increased to 23 . 1 in 2006 the partnership stood at 25 with over 1400 employees and 14 offices . due to this growth and the addition of so many different services the company was restructured in 2003 to consist of multi disciplinary teams of engineers each with structural mechanical and electrical engineers supported by specialist consulting groups . 1 in 2005 burohappold launched happold consulting a management and overseas development consultancy with expertise in the construction sector and happold media a subsidiary offering graphic design and media development services . significant amongst its specialist consultancy services are its fire consultancy group fedra and software development group smart which worked with sheffield university to develop vulcan software 7 widely used throughout the fire engineering industry . 8 smart also develops buro happold s in house software tensyl a non linear finite element analysis and patterning program for fabric structures and people flow modelling software . 9 also notable is its group cosa which undertakes computational modelling and analysis 10 11 and the sustainability and alternative technologies group . 12 in 2007 burohappold became a limited liability partnership and in 2008 appointed 18 new partners . partners edit ashford designer outlet in kent united kingdom the firm is a limited liability partnership with 52 partners . 13 kate ascher andrew best neil billett matthew birchall ian booth steve brown 14 andrew comer mike cook mike cooper phil dalglish denzil gallagher alan harbinson erleen hatfield david herd chris hetherington anil hira stephen jolly andy keelin padraic kelly davood liaghat ian maddocks wolf mangelsdorf rod manson richard marshall michael mcgough krishnendu mukherjee andy murdoch nick nelson roger nickells angus palmer andy parker mark phillip justin phillips oliver plunkett eddie pugh lawrie robertson paul rogers craig schwitter patrick smallbone matthew smith neil squibbs gavin thompson alan travers simon wainwright steve williamson jerry young projects edit lightweight structures edit umbrella like shading canopies inside the masjid an nabawi mosque of the prophet in 1973 before the founding of burohappold edmund happold ian liddell vera straka peter rice and michael dickson established a lightweight structures research laboratory corresponding to frei otto s similar research institute at the university of stuttgart . ted happold was the first to introduce ethylenetetrafluoroethylene etfe as a cladding material and the outcomes of the research carried out by the laboratory led to the development of the designs for the mannheim multihall gridshell and a number of landmark fabric structures in the middle east and the uk allowing the new building forms to become generally accepted by architects and clients . 9 burohappold s early projects ranged from designing giant fabric umbrellas for pink floyd concerts 15 to the munich aviary and the mannheim multihalle both with frei otto an architect who repeatedly worked with buro happold on projects which pioneered lightweight structures . the mannheim multihalle was a timber gridshell of 50 by 50 mm lathes of hemlock of irregular form depending on the elasticity of spring washers at the joints for its flexible form . it was one of the first major uses of structural gridshells . 9 the venezuela pavilion at expo 2000 in hanover consisting of fabric petals which could open and close according to weather conditions following the development of fabric structures expertise on the projects with frei otto burohappold was instrumental in further developing the knowledge and technology of fabric structures . with bodo rasch a prot g of frei otto and drawing on experience from the pink floyd canopies they designed folding umbrella like canopies to shade the courtyard of al masjid al nabawi the mosque of the prophet in medina saudi arabia . 16 17 18 they also designed the at the time largest fabric canopy in europe at the ashford designer outlet in the uk . 19 this development of fabric structures expertise culminated in burohappold with a team led by ian liddell and with paul westbury 20 designing the millennium dome the world s largest fabric roof and the first building of its type . 21 the expertise in wooden gridshell structures has resulted in the design of structures such as the weald and downland museum and the savill building in windsor great park . 22 23 burohappold has also completed the designs of a number of cardboard structures notably the japan pavilion for expo 2000 in hanover with shigeru ban and frei otto consisting of a gridshell of paper tubes the structure was reinforced with steel in order to comply with fire regulations though the tubular structure was itself structurally sufficient . 24 the firm has worked with shigeru ban on a number of other projects . another design in cardboard was the westborough school cardboard classroom in westcliff . 25 notable projects in the uk edit ascot racecourse stand globe theatre completed edit arsenal f.c. s emirates stadium in london 26 ascot racecourse in ascot 20 the weald and downland gridshell 27 28 perth concert hall in perth scotland 29 the sage gateshead the savill building in windsor great park 30 the british museum queen elizabeth ii great court roof in london 14 the forum at the university of exeter winning the 2013 institution of structural engineers award for education or healthcare structures the lowry centre in salford 31 the sackler crossing in kew gardens london 32 33 sheffield winter gardens in sheffield 34 the eden project core in cornwall 35 the globe theatre in london 36 the millennium dome and the later redevelopment as the o2 in london wales institute for sustainable education at the centre for alternative technology machynlleth wales ; 37 a new education and visitor centre including the largest rammed earth wall in the uk . riverside museum in glasgow scotland 38 museum of liverpool uk robert burns birthplace museum alloway scotland the royal shakespeare theatre redevelopment in stratford upon avon library of birmingham uk olympic stadium london uk in progress edit 1 angel square in manchester 39 battersea power station redevelopment in london 40 echo arena liverpool notable international projects edit old patent office building roof for the smithsonian american art museum completed edit spertech mixed use development noida india king tower lodha mumbai india omkar realty mumbai india the rwe turm in essen germany persija jakarta s gelora bung karno stadium in jakarta indonesia grand indonesia shopping town in jakarta indonesia the al faisaliah centre in riyadh saudi arabia 41 the memorial to the murdered jews of europe in berlin 42 the genzyme headquarters in cambridge massachusetts united states 43 the danish national opera house in copenhagen denmark 44 the palace of peace and reconciliation in kazakhstan 45 the khan shatyr entertainment center in kazakhstan rak new gateway building in ras al khiamah dresden hauptbahnhof redevelopment in dresden germany 46 the smithsonian american art museum s robert and arlene kogod courtyard s new roof in washington d.c. united states the old patent office building ; 47 a curved steel grid roof clad in square glass overlapping panels . aviva stadium formerly lansdowne road stadium in dublin ireland ; 48 a four tiered 50 000 seater national football and rugby stadium with a freeform transparent facade . experimental media and performing arts center a multi venue arts center at rensselaer polytechnic institute in troy new york hawaii preparatory academy energy lab one of the first buildings in the world to be certified a living building in the living building challenge . 49 philippine arena in the philippines is the largest indoor arena in the world in terms of seating capacity . it can hold up to 60 000 seats max . 50 the perot museum of nature and science a new museum in dallas the anaheim regional transportation intermodal center a rail and bus transportation hub in anaheim california . 51 the high line park in new york city a park occupying a disused elevated railway line . in progress edit stuttgart hauptbahnhof redevelopment stuttgart 21 in stuttgart germany ; 52 a project to realign the deutsche bahn s rail lines so they can be joined to the intra european network . the sub terranean station will be roofed with a public park with organically shaped reinforced concrete shells with petal shaped sections terminating as skylights . the project is due for completion in 2013 . 9 grand egyptian museum cairo egypt ; 53 the design of building services for a new museum adjacent to the pyramids in egypt to house the world s largest collection of