Our Culture

Honesty, innovation, creativity, fairness, fellowship and personal growth. These are the qualities we at Buro Happold live and breathe. In an era of increasing environmental awareness, we put a strong focus on sustainable design solutions that enhance energy efficiency, occupant comfort and long-term value. In particular, we are aware of our responsibility to improve the quality of the urban fabric and help preserve the planet’s valuable natural resources. Put simply, we believe that to invest in a better built environment is to invest in people and the future of their communities.

At the leading edge of engineering design, we invest heavily in our research and development programme, investigating new materials, new technologies and new methods of sustainable construction. As always, we are driven by our enthusiasm for learning, improvement and innovation.

We have placed design excellence at the forefront of our business by creating a Design and Technology Board (DTB) to nurture and develop our intellectual assets by focusing on design, technical processes and service development.  The DTB comprises senior colleagues from across all our disciplines, who periodically review projects to ensure the quality is maintained throughout our global network.