Hugh Broughton Architects

Hugh Broughton

MA (HONS) DIP ARCH RIBA

Hugh trained at The University of Edinburgh and set up his architectural practice in 1995. Hugh Broughton Architects' projects have won awards from numerous organisations including the RIBA, American Institute of Architects, Civic Trust, the Architects’ Journal, the British Construction Industry and Architizer amongst many others.

The practice has won a string of design competitions, including for a new gallery for The Portland Collection, for the conservation of The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich and most notably for a series of remote projects including Halley VI Antarctic Research Station, the redevelopment of Scott Base, Juan Carlos 1 Spanish Antarctic Base, the Atmospheric Watch Observatory in Greenland for the US National Science Foundation and a new health facility on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote inhabited island. Hugh Broughton Architects has also been invited to prepare designs for polar bases for India, Korea and Brazil.

As a result Hugh is now considered the world’s leading designer of research facilities in the Polar Regions. Through this work Hugh collaborated with NASA’s Behavioral Health and Performance Team at JSC Houston, helping to establish the acceptable net habitable volume for future long duration exploration class missions.

It is, however, projects in sensitive locations which have been the mainstay of Hugh’s career, in which field the practice has successfully completed projects for many high profile clients including English Heritage, the Henry Moore Foundation, the Greenwich Foundation and the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.

Hugh has served on numerous architectural juries including the 2013 RIBA Manser Medal, the 2014 AJ Retrofit Awards, the 2015 RIBA Awards and the Architizer Awards; he is an assessor for the Civic Trust Awards and lectures worldwide. He has been interviewed in the international press, on radio and TV channels throughout the world, and his work has been exhibited widely, including the British Council’s exhibition “Ice Lab: Architecture and Science in Antarctica” and the Antarctic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Hugh has written numerous articles on contemporary architecture and is the author of two architecture guides - to Madrid and London.

Adam Knight

BArch Dip Arch RIBA

Adam joined Hugh Broughton Architects in 1999. He had previously worked with Nichols Brown Webber Architects, and trained at Glasgow School of Art and the Bartlett School of Architecture. He was appointed Associate in 2001 and became a Director in 2003.

Adam has developed long term relationships with a number of clients such as the TUC, the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and the Greenwich Foundation, working on sensitive contemporary interventions within their historic estates. Adam also works with investment clients on mixed-use schemes and has completed projects for end-user clients such as the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Close Brothers and British Telecom. Past projects also include Channel 5, Nyetimber Winery, British Council Malaysia, Edinburgh Castle and Halley VI Antarctic Research Station. Adam is currently leading the Painted Hall project at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

Within the practice Adam is responsible for project delivery and IT and is managing the implementation of BIM technology within the practice.

Gianluca Rendina

Architetto SUP REG B (Switzerland)

Gianluca graduated from Lugano's Senior Technical College (Switzerland) in 1994 before moving to London in 1997, where he worked with Chapman Taylor and Eger Architects before joining Hugh Broughton Architects in 2000. He became an Associate in 2008 and a Director in 2013.

At Hugh Broughton Architects Gianluca has been directly involved in a large number of the practice projects at all stages, and in particular he has led the successful extension of the National Galleries of Scotland’s Public Affairs and Building departments, and the award-winning Maidstone Museum’s East Wing. He has also been an active member of the design teams developing the firm’s ‘extreme environments’ projects, most recently the Atmospheric Watch Observatory for the US National Science Foundation and a new health facility for the island of Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic. More recently Gianluca led the project for a new visitors' centre and archive for the Henry Moore Foundation at Perry Green.

Within the practice Gianluca has particular responsibility for competition submissions and office management, including the administration of the practice's ISO9001 accredited quality system.