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News 6 June 2022
Do you want to join our team?
Hugh Broughton Architects is seeking a qualified Architect with proven Revit skills to work on a series of Antarctic Science Research Stations, preferably with knowledge of the Australian and New Zealand construction industry
Please refer to the Contact page for a role description and to learn how to apply.
News 29 March 2022
Open Tower
The conservation and major project we designed with Martin Ashley Architects at the medieval Clifford’s Tower for English Heritage opens to the public on 2nd April. It includes a timber structure supporting a deck with views towards York Minster. Suspended metal walkways give access to features unseen by the public for 350 years.
News 2 November 2021
Polar architecture at COP26
HBA will be showing designs for the Discovery Building at Rothera Research Station in Polar Net Zero at COP26 Green Zone on 5 November in partnership with British Antarctic Survey, Sweco and BAM Nuttall
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News 2 September 2021
Clifford's Tower
A major milestone has been reached on our project for English Heritage at Clifford’s Tower with the arrival of the glulam structure to site in York.
News 20 May 2021
Scott Base Redevelopment
The New Zealand Treasury have announced $344 million in funding for the Scott Base Redevelopment in Antarctica in the 2021 Budget, which means that the project is now in its delivery phase.
News 18 May 2021
Clifford’s Tower makes it into the ‘Top Ten’
Work is progressing on site at our project designed for English Heritage at Clifford’s Tower which will conserve the historic fabric and provide an exciting new deck from where visitors can admire views over the medieval city towards the Minster. The project was recognised in The Times as one of the ten most exciting new projects to look out for in 2021. The article describes our proposals as both ‘tactful’ and ‘clever’.
News 30 November 2020
A new era of Australian Antarctic endeavour
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has appointed Hugh Broughton Architects to join a team led by multi-disciplinary consultants WSP to masterplan the modernisation of the infrastructure at Davis research station in East Antarctica. Initial masterplanning is now complete, and masterplan concept development is ongoing.
News 26 October 2020
Building a Martian House
A full-scale house designed for future life on Mars has received planning permission in Bristol. The house is the outcome of an ongoing public art project, ‘Building a Martian House’.
News 29 April 2020
Digital talk with Hugh Broughton
Want to learn how design can help sustain people living in isolation? The Architecture Centre is hosting a Zoom talk with Hugh Broughton on Thursday 30 April at 7 PM.
The Believer April 2020
Eco Thoughts: An Interview with Hugh Broughton
“When we arrived it was overcast and so cold and I could hardly imagine spending more than a few hours there let alone a few weeks. But its amazing how it grabs you. The cold is also incredibly enlivening as is the sense of isolation, which is quickly countered by the support offered by a small and very tightly knit community all working with a single purpose.”
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News 11 March 2020
The Painted Hall wins three more awards
The conservation of The Painted Hall in Greenwich has won a 2020 Civic Trust Award, AABC Conservation Award and Selwyn Goldsmith Award. It is the first time in the history of the Civic Trust Awards programme that one project has received three awards.