“…A splendid new life for St Pancras. The opening-up of the old beer cellars under the platforms is particularly striking. It will be a pleasure to tell our European friends to come by train…”

St Pancras International station is the jewel in the crown of the £5.8 billion Channel Tunnel Rail Link project, now known as High Speed 1 (HS1). The famous station has been refurbished and transformed into Britain's rail gateway to continental Europe. This was a complex project encompassing the redevelopment of all of the railway infrastructure and station. It marks a new beginning for St Pancras and the surrounding area after decades of under-use and urban decline.

“…This fine building by William Kent had suffered from horrible alterations in the past, and the correction of these insensitive earlier repairs was very well done. The introduction of steel flats into the floors, with ties down to the springing of the arches being particularly neat…”

The Horse Guards building is the headquarters of The Household Cavalry, and the project grew from a desire to make better use of this world famous landmark and allow public access for the first time. The Client wanted to create a relevant and modern museum to tell the history of the Household Cavalry through an exhibition of the Regiment's treasures in three former stables in the north pavilion.

“…Elegant contemporary alterations to a fine Grade 1 Victorian building, introducing an atrium to bring light into the middle of the building. Thoughtful design of the structural work avoided expensive temporary works…”

The Grade 1 Listed Mills and Bakery is one of ten buildings within the Royal William Yard on Western King in Plymouth, all of which were designed as a naval victualling facility in the wake of the Crimean Wars by Sir John Rennie. The Mills and Bakery building was completed in 1831, however the changing face of warfare rendered the yard mostly obsolete by the time it was complete.

“…Another beautifully detailed gridshell by Buro Happold, this time to cover a courtyard in The Old Patent Store in Washington DC…”

The Old Patent Building is one of the earliest buildings in Washington DC. Since 1960, it has been home to the Museum of National History and Portrait Gallery. The project brief was to enclose the open central quad to provide a space for concerts and other events.