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Buildings UK Year in Review 2021-22
Discover how our focus on the carbon footprint of the built environment has led us to develop and implement new solutions towards a sustainable world.
Discover how our focus on the carbon footprint of the built environment has led us to develop and implement new solutions towards a sustainable world.
In a year that saw the world focus on the built environment and its significant carbon footprint, our industry came together and acknowledged a need for collective commitment in pursuit of decarbonisation.
Arup's approach and shared vision with our clients and collaborators, together with our continued focus on creating sustainable futures, has enabled us to continually design and deliver healthy, resilient and low carbon buildings that benefit our clients, the wider society and the environment.
Through effective use of design, digital technologies, materials usage, and the ongoing identification of marginal gains across the lifecycle of a project, we continue to ensure that our work has a more measurable and indeed, a more positive impact on the built environment, than ever before.
We are delighted to share some of our 2021 highlights.
Jim Burridge
UK Buildings Leader
80 Charlotte Street
80 Charlotte Street offers c40,000m² of office, retail and residential space, including affordable housing and a new public pocket park. Developed by Derwent London and designed by Make architects, it is our first large-scale all-electric building in London and the first major hybrid workplace post-pandemic. Arup provided multidisciplinary services for the operationally zero carbon building, achieving 35% better operational efficiency than building regulations. Aligning to our sustainability goals, we are proudly one of its main occupiers.
More on 80 Charlotte Street8 Bishopsgate
This 50 storey tower sets a new benchmark for tall buildings. Supporting over 50,000sqm of office space, 8 Bishopsgate’s super-efficient structure minimised its embodied carbon, delivering on an objective we set in 2013. The building services and façade work in harmony to provide comfortable interiors, with flexible local air handling equipment on each floor, responding to local demand. The building will have an A rated EPC and achieved BREEAM Outstanding, a first for an office tower of this stature.
More on 8 Bishopsgate90 Long Acre
When Northwood Investors wanted to repurpose an iconic but obsolete Brutalist building in London, designed by noted architect Richard Siefert, they approached trusted advisor Arup for multidisciplinary services. Working closely with the architect Gensler, we engineered a series of interventions to retain as much of the existing structure as possible, while transforming building performance.
More on 90 Long AcrePepsiCo plant
When US food giant PepsiCo wanted to create its largest and most sustainable food production facility in Europe, it turned to Arup to design and develop the 54,700m² plant. Embracing decarbonisation and circular economy principles, the Polish factory will be carbon neutral by 2035. It will export to over 20 European countries and create over 450 jobs.
More on our work with PepsiSt Sidwell's Point Leisure Centre
St Sidwell’s Point will be the first certified passivhaus leisure centre in the world. It is designed to use 70% less energy and 50% less water than typical UK leisure centres, drastically reducing annual energy bills, whilst supporting local health. It also uses ceramic membranes to filter pool water, achieving stringent quality standards and saving water. High efficiency polyvalent pumps recover waste heat and grey water harvesting reuses wastewater from four swimming pools to flush WCs.
Walsall Manor Hospital
This new £40m emergency department and acute medical unit improves capacity and care for local people. Chosen by the contractor for our expertise on healthcare, Arup played a key role in optimisation of passive design measures and energy efficient HVAC solutions to reduce energy consumption. Our modelling assisted the coordination of complex external services on the live site with critical works during the pandemic, under extreme time pressures. Together, we overcame site, programme and cost challenges.
80 Charlotte Street
80 Charlotte Street
80 Charlotte Street offers c40,000m² of office, retail and residential space, including affordable housing and a new public pocket park. Developed by Derwent London and designed by Make architects, it is our first large-scale all-electric building in London and the first major hybrid workplace post-pandemic. Arup provided multidisciplinary services for the operationally zero carbon building, achieving 35% better operational efficiency than building regulations. Aligning to our sustainability goals, we are proudly one of its main occupiers.
More on 80 Charlotte Street8 Bishopsgate
8 Bishopsgate
This 50 storey tower sets a new benchmark for tall buildings. Supporting over 50,000sqm of office space, 8 Bishopsgate’s super-efficient structure minimised its embodied carbon, delivering on an objective we set in 2013. The building services and façade work in harmony to provide comfortable interiors, with flexible local air handling equipment on each floor, responding to local demand. The building will have an A rated EPC and achieved BREEAM Outstanding, a first for an office tower of this stature.
More on 8 Bishopsgate90 Long Acre
90 Long Acre
When Northwood Investors wanted to repurpose an iconic but obsolete Brutalist building in London, designed by noted architect Richard Siefert, they approached trusted advisor Arup for multidisciplinary services. Working closely with the architect Gensler, we engineered a series of interventions to retain as much of the existing structure as possible, while transforming building performance.
More on 90 Long AcrePepsiCo plant
PepsiCo plant
When US food giant PepsiCo wanted to create its largest and most sustainable food production facility in Europe, it turned to Arup to design and develop the 54,700m² plant. Embracing decarbonisation and circular economy principles, the Polish factory will be carbon neutral by 2035. It will export to over 20 European countries and create over 450 jobs.
More on our work with PepsiSt Sidwell's Point Leisure Centre
St Sidwell's Point Leisure Centre
St Sidwell’s Point will be the first certified passivhaus leisure centre in the world. It is designed to use 70% less energy and 50% less water than typical UK leisure centres, drastically reducing annual energy bills, whilst supporting local health. It also uses ceramic membranes to filter pool water, achieving stringent quality standards and saving water. High efficiency polyvalent pumps recover waste heat and grey water harvesting reuses wastewater from four swimming pools to flush WCs.
Walsall Manor Hospital
Walsall Manor Hospital
This new £40m emergency department and acute medical unit improves capacity and care for local people. Chosen by the contractor for our expertise on healthcare, Arup played a key role in optimisation of passive design measures and energy efficient HVAC solutions to reduce energy consumption. Our modelling assisted the coordination of complex external services on the live site with critical works during the pandemic, under extreme time pressures. Together, we overcame site, programme and cost challenges.
Building reuse
The need to reduce carbon emissions across the built environment makes retrofit an increasingly favoured option. Reuse and refurbishment programmes offer the opportunity to permanently reduce baseline energy demand and increase the use of more sustainable materials. As well, reuse can often be more cost effective, create characterful places for occupiers and preserve heritage value for communities.
View some of our reuse projects below.
Cargo, 25 North Colonnade
The refurbishment and repositioning of this early 1990s building creates a new mix of office and community space for occupiers, tourists and local residents. Along with 31,600m² of flexible workspace, Cargo adds 1,850m² of publicly accessible Market Hall and events space. This reflects how Canary Wharf is evolving to meet the needs of a rapidly changing demographic. It achieved a BREEAM Very Good rating for sustainability and Wired Platinum score for connectivity – futureproofed for technology.
Find out more about Cargo, 25 North ColonnadeChalcots Estate
As a trusted advisor to Camden Council, Arup is lead designer for major works on the Chalcots Estate to achieve an exemplary standard of safety, improve the wellbeing of residents and futureproof the buildings. Engaging closely with residents throughout, works include a new cladding system incorporating A1 classified components, and replacing around 4,000 windows for better ventilation, safety and protection from overheating. This will also upgrade energy performance and facilitate maintenance.
Ebury Edge
During the phased redevelopment of the Ebury Bridge Estate, Westminster City Council is working with partners to make the most of a space in transition. Ebury Edge is an exciting temporary work and community space in the heart of Westminster, providing affordable workspace and retail units, a café, community hall and public courtyard.
Royal Liverpool Hospital
When the Contractor went into administration, its work at Royal Hospital University Liverpool was found to have major structural defects. The risk of demolition before welcoming patients was very real. Arup completed a structural review that identified where action was required, avoiding a huge waste of carbon and public funds. Remedial works included removing dangerous cladding, stripping out three floors and reinforcing the structure. The revamped hospital will be the largest medical facility in the UK.
The Burrell Collection
The Burrell Collection houses a unique art collection gifted to the City of Glasgow by Sir William Burrell. Arup provided building envelope consultancy services to the £68m redevelopment, supporting John McAslan + Partners to restore this 20th Century Category A-listed building. It was a catalyst for our research into architectural glass recovery – 16 tonnes of glass were recycled back to flat glass manufacture and over 4.5km of glazing bar reused, saving 8.5 tonnes of aluminium.
Find out more about the Burrell CollectionYork Guildhall
Prominently located on the River Ouse, York Guildhall is a Grade I listed 15th century hall. Underused due to poor condition and layout, the refurbishment and repurposing secures the future of this historic complex. Arup collaborated with the design team though design and delivery, creating a detailed digital photogrammetry model to identify structural modifications and repairs and to mitigate impact on archaeology. The restored Guildhall offers high quality offices, community spaces, restaurant and improved access.
Cargo, 25 North Colonnade
Cargo, 25 North Colonnade
The refurbishment and repositioning of this early 1990s building creates a new mix of office and community space for occupiers, tourists and local residents. Along with 31,600m² of flexible workspace, Cargo adds 1,850m² of publicly accessible Market Hall and events space. This reflects how Canary Wharf is evolving to meet the needs of a rapidly changing demographic. It achieved a BREEAM Very Good rating for sustainability and Wired Platinum score for connectivity – futureproofed for technology.
Find out more about Cargo, 25 North ColonnadeChalcots Estate
Chalcots Estate
As a trusted advisor to Camden Council, Arup is lead designer for major works on the Chalcots Estate to achieve an exemplary standard of safety, improve the wellbeing of residents and futureproof the buildings. Engaging closely with residents throughout, works include a new cladding system incorporating A1 classified components, and replacing around 4,000 windows for better ventilation, safety and protection from overheating. This will also upgrade energy performance and facilitate maintenance.
Ebury Edge
Ebury Edge
During the phased redevelopment of the Ebury Bridge Estate, Westminster City Council is working with partners to make the most of a space in transition. Ebury Edge is an exciting temporary work and community space in the heart of Westminster, providing affordable workspace and retail units, a café, community hall and public courtyard.
Royal Liverpool Hospital
Royal Liverpool Hospital
When the Contractor went into administration, its work at Royal Hospital University Liverpool was found to have major structural defects. The risk of demolition before welcoming patients was very real. Arup completed a structural review that identified where action was required, avoiding a huge waste of carbon and public funds. Remedial works included removing dangerous cladding, stripping out three floors and reinforcing the structure. The revamped hospital will be the largest medical facility in the UK.
The Burrell Collection
The Burrell Collection
The Burrell Collection houses a unique art collection gifted to the City of Glasgow by Sir William Burrell. Arup provided building envelope consultancy services to the £68m redevelopment, supporting John McAslan + Partners to restore this 20th Century Category A-listed building. It was a catalyst for our research into architectural glass recovery – 16 tonnes of glass were recycled back to flat glass manufacture and over 4.5km of glazing bar reused, saving 8.5 tonnes of aluminium.
Find out more about the Burrell CollectionYork Guildhall
York Guildhall
Prominently located on the River Ouse, York Guildhall is a Grade I listed 15th century hall. Underused due to poor condition and layout, the refurbishment and repurposing secures the future of this historic complex. Arup collaborated with the design team though design and delivery, creating a detailed digital photogrammetry model to identify structural modifications and repairs and to mitigate impact on archaeology. The restored Guildhall offers high quality offices, community spaces, restaurant and improved access.
Building repurpose
Giving existing buildings a different purpose allows us to delve into a building’s past and breathe new life into it, allowing us to unlock economic, environmental and social value while creating future proof buildings that can flex and encourage local regeneration. We cannot predict the future, but we can prepare for it.
View some of our inspiring repurposed buildings below.
Bodmin Jail
Built in 1779, Bodmin Jail closed its doors as a prison in 1927. Nearly 100 years later, a dedicated team has injected new life into the Grade II-listed building. Twelve Architects, Arup and contractors C Field Construction and PIN CM have turned the derelict building into a four star hotel and immersive visitor attraction, retaining many original features.
More on our work at Bodmin JailExeter Nightingale
As part of the national response to Covid-19, NHS Nightingale Hospital Exeter opened in 2020, introducing an extra 116 beds for patients suffering from coronavirus. Arup provided a range of services to help transform an empty retail store into an acute medical facility, working collaboratively with the project team to complete the project in tight timeframes.
Find out more about our work1 Grosvenor Square
For 300 years, No. 1 Grosvenor Square has been one of London’s most prestigious addresses. Formerly home to the British aristocracy, it has also hosted the US Embassy and Canadian High Commission. Now converted back into luxury residential, it offers 44 apartments behind a neo-Georgian façade that has been restored brick by brick, quite literally, using almost all the original brickwork.
More on our work at 1 Grosvenor SquarePoppy Factory
The Poppy Factory in London has been supporting veterans with health conditions on their journey back into employment for 100 years, helping them overcome barriers. Arup partnered with architect Henley Halebrown to transform a cluster of disjointed buildings into an open and inclusive space, where people come together.
More on our work with the Poppy FactoryBodmin Jail
Bodmin Jail
Built in 1779, Bodmin Jail closed its doors as a prison in 1927. Nearly 100 years later, a dedicated team has injected new life into the Grade II-listed building. Twelve Architects, Arup and contractors C Field Construction and PIN CM have turned the derelict building into a four star hotel and immersive visitor attraction, retaining many original features.
More on our work at Bodmin JailExeter Nightingale
Exeter Nightingale
As part of the national response to Covid-19, NHS Nightingale Hospital Exeter opened in 2020, introducing an extra 116 beds for patients suffering from coronavirus. Arup provided a range of services to help transform an empty retail store into an acute medical facility, working collaboratively with the project team to complete the project in tight timeframes.
Find out more about our work1 Grosvenor Square
1 Grosvenor Square
For 300 years, No. 1 Grosvenor Square has been one of London’s most prestigious addresses. Formerly home to the British aristocracy, it has also hosted the US Embassy and Canadian High Commission. Now converted back into luxury residential, it offers 44 apartments behind a neo-Georgian façade that has been restored brick by brick, quite literally, using almost all the original brickwork.
More on our work at 1 Grosvenor SquarePoppy Factory
Poppy Factory
The Poppy Factory in London has been supporting veterans with health conditions on their journey back into employment for 100 years, helping them overcome barriers. Arup partnered with architect Henley Halebrown to transform a cluster of disjointed buildings into an open and inclusive space, where people come together.
More on our work with the Poppy Factory
Sustainability
Sustainable development is at the heart of everything we do, whether we’re regenerating neighbourhoods, redesigning transport infrastructure or discovering new ways to reduce energy consumption. We are committed to doing all we can to address the challenges of climate change, inequality, urbanisation and resource scarcity.
View some of our most sustainable buildings projects below.
St James Quarter
St James Quarter is a 1.7 million sq ft city centre development in Edinburgh, on a World Heritage site. Arup provided a range of engineering services across the £1 billion scheme, chosen by the client for our track record on large city centre developments and our experience in digital information exchange. Once complete, the scheme will create over 3,000 new permanent jobs and make Edinburgh one of the top 1% of locations in Europe.
More on St James QuarterICL Sustainability Strategy
When Imperial College London (ICL) challenged Arup to prepare a roadmap to net zero carbon for its entire estate, we drew on our long history together and the latest research to develop a credible roadmap in just ten weeks. We prioritised optimising energy performance, transforming assets to all-electric and converting the existing Combined Heat and Power network to all-electric. Our roadmap is flexible to adapt as new technologies emerge.
IQL Pavillion
Achieving a rare BREEAM Outstanding score of 92%, the new Pavilion in the 22-acre International Quarter London (IQL) development in Stratford marks the entrance to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. This social and restaurant hub showcases the value of timber as a low carbon material, flexible for modern methods of construction. Working closely with the project team, Arup engineered over 1,100m² of restaurant, visitor and café space, along with 770m² of accessible external terraces.
More on IQL PavilionThe Londoner Hotel
Located in the heart of London’s West End, The Londoner is a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ major new development in Leicester Square. The boutique hotel offers 350 rooms and 35 suites, exceptional leisure and banqueting facilities and much more – it represents a significant engineering and design achievement, creatively transforming a very-restricted site into a world-class destination.
More on our work on The LondonerBRITA Campus
Designing the new BRITA campus in Germany, Arup’s modular design envisages five elegant office modules with green roof terraces and inner courtyards. With sustainability at its core, the façades are high performance and low maintenance, the building implements circular economy principles and low carbon materials, makes use of rainwater, natural ventilation sashes, and relies on heat pumps for heating and cooling – keeping energy consumption 60% below the national standard.
More on BRITA campusParc.1
Parc.1 is a major mixed-use complex in Seoul. The 630,000sqm development includes a retail mall, two office towers and a luxury hotel, with 25% green and open space. We designed integrated renewables to cut carbon, including solar water heating, heat pumps and thermolabyrinth energy stores. Our global team optimised designs for local climate extremes, engineered basements to withstand deep pressure and ensured the façade could be procured locally, within budget.
One Braham
Aldgate Developments appointed Arup for multidisciplinary services following our successful partnership at Aldgate Tower. Working collaboratively on One Braham in London, we optimised the façade solar performance and developed a digital tool to compare glazing options. We saved £1.2m by carrying out finite element analyses of the basement box (removing bearing piles and optimising the raft) as well as structural fire optimisation (reducing the intumescent paint). Internally, the structure is exposed, reducing carbon and enhancing occupier appeal.
University of Warwick Faculty of Arts
Collaborating with Bowmer + Kirkland to build the University of Warwick’s new faculty, we optimised the structure to save 1,085m3 of concrete and 115 tonnes of steel, equating to 425 tonnes of CO2e, whilst cutting costs and time. This included adopting a thinner ground slab, smaller piles and leaner post tensioned suspended floors and transfer beams, removing steel transfer structures. We also designed a frame for rooftop PVs. This all contributed to the building’s BREEAM Excellent rating.
Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD)
MECD is the new home for a community of 8,000 students, researchers, academics and professional services staff, making it the largest concentration of interdisciplinary engineering expertise in any UK university. The new facility achieves over 50% reduction in energy consumption compared with the existing campus, owing to its high-performance façade and emerging tech solutions such as demand controlled active chilled beams, meaning the heating, cooling and ventilation systems vary their performance to meet demand.
More on our work at MECDAssembly A
Building A is the first of three buildings making up the Assembly Bristol waterfront development. Working closely with AHMM, Arup reorientated the cores and improved their interaction with the façade and external steel frame, cutting over 700 tonnes of embodied carbon and saving £2m. Adjusting floor levels and slimming floor zones allowed us to omit a contiguous piled wall (saving 1.3km of piles). We designed out fire protection to 1/3rd of the frame and used 3D thermal modelling to justify omission of 270 thermal breaks.
Elshaw House, Heart of the City
When Sheffield City Council set its zero carbon target for 2030, Arup revisited designs for Elshaw House to create the city’s first ‘zero carbon ready’ office building. This included switching from a fully air-conditioned building to mixed mode ventilation, drastically reducing operational energy use. The structure also has 40% lower embodied carbon than average thanks to reuse of existing materials, lean design and low carbon choices. Arup has been supporting the Heart of the City regeneration of Sheffield since 2003.
St James Quarter
St James Quarter
St James Quarter is a 1.7 million sq ft city centre development in Edinburgh, on a World Heritage site. Arup provided a range of engineering services across the £1 billion scheme, chosen by the client for our track record on large city centre developments and our experience in digital information exchange. Once complete, the scheme will create over 3,000 new permanent jobs and make Edinburgh one of the top 1% of locations in Europe.
More on St James QuarterICL Sustainability Strategy
ICL Sustainability Strategy
When Imperial College London (ICL) challenged Arup to prepare a roadmap to net zero carbon for its entire estate, we drew on our long history together and the latest research to develop a credible roadmap in just ten weeks. We prioritised optimising energy performance, transforming assets to all-electric and converting the existing Combined Heat and Power network to all-electric. Our roadmap is flexible to adapt as new technologies emerge.
IQL Pavillion
IQL Pavillion
Achieving a rare BREEAM Outstanding score of 92%, the new Pavilion in the 22-acre International Quarter London (IQL) development in Stratford marks the entrance to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. This social and restaurant hub showcases the value of timber as a low carbon material, flexible for modern methods of construction. Working closely with the project team, Arup engineered over 1,100m² of restaurant, visitor and café space, along with 770m² of accessible external terraces.
More on IQL PavilionThe Londoner Hotel
The Londoner Hotel
Located in the heart of London’s West End, The Londoner is a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ major new development in Leicester Square. The boutique hotel offers 350 rooms and 35 suites, exceptional leisure and banqueting facilities and much more – it represents a significant engineering and design achievement, creatively transforming a very-restricted site into a world-class destination.
More on our work on The LondonerBRITA Campus
BRITA Campus
Designing the new BRITA campus in Germany, Arup’s modular design envisages five elegant office modules with green roof terraces and inner courtyards. With sustainability at its core, the façades are high performance and low maintenance, the building implements circular economy principles and low carbon materials, makes use of rainwater, natural ventilation sashes, and relies on heat pumps for heating and cooling – keeping energy consumption 60% below the national standard.
More on BRITA campusParc.1
Parc.1
Parc.1 is a major mixed-use complex in Seoul. The 630,000sqm development includes a retail mall, two office towers and a luxury hotel, with 25% green and open space. We designed integrated renewables to cut carbon, including solar water heating, heat pumps and thermolabyrinth energy stores. Our global team optimised designs for local climate extremes, engineered basements to withstand deep pressure and ensured the façade could be procured locally, within budget.
One Braham
One Braham
Aldgate Developments appointed Arup for multidisciplinary services following our successful partnership at Aldgate Tower. Working collaboratively on One Braham in London, we optimised the façade solar performance and developed a digital tool to compare glazing options. We saved £1.2m by carrying out finite element analyses of the basement box (removing bearing piles and optimising the raft) as well as structural fire optimisation (reducing the intumescent paint). Internally, the structure is exposed, reducing carbon and enhancing occupier appeal.
University of Warwick Faculty of Arts
University of Warwick Faculty of Arts
Collaborating with Bowmer + Kirkland to build the University of Warwick’s new faculty, we optimised the structure to save 1,085m3 of concrete and 115 tonnes of steel, equating to 425 tonnes of CO2e, whilst cutting costs and time. This included adopting a thinner ground slab, smaller piles and leaner post tensioned suspended floors and transfer beams, removing steel transfer structures. We also designed a frame for rooftop PVs. This all contributed to the building’s BREEAM Excellent rating.
MECD
Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD)
MECD is the new home for a community of 8,000 students, researchers, academics and professional services staff, making it the largest concentration of interdisciplinary engineering expertise in any UK university. The new facility achieves over 50% reduction in energy consumption compared with the existing campus, owing to its high-performance façade and emerging tech solutions such as demand controlled active chilled beams, meaning the heating, cooling and ventilation systems vary their performance to meet demand.
More on our work at MECDAssembly A
Assembly A
Building A is the first of three buildings making up the Assembly Bristol waterfront development. Working closely with AHMM, Arup reorientated the cores and improved their interaction with the façade and external steel frame, cutting over 700 tonnes of embodied carbon and saving £2m. Adjusting floor levels and slimming floor zones allowed us to omit a contiguous piled wall (saving 1.3km of piles). We designed out fire protection to 1/3rd of the frame and used 3D thermal modelling to justify omission of 270 thermal breaks.
Elshaw House, Heart of the City
Elshaw House, Heart of the City
When Sheffield City Council set its zero carbon target for 2030, Arup revisited designs for Elshaw House to create the city’s first ‘zero carbon ready’ office building. This included switching from a fully air-conditioned building to mixed mode ventilation, drastically reducing operational energy use. The structure also has 40% lower embodied carbon than average thanks to reuse of existing materials, lean design and low carbon choices. Arup has been supporting the Heart of the City regeneration of Sheffield since 2003.
Digital
Through the use of data and digital techniques to plan and design the future of cities, we are driving innovation in city planning, modelling and our engagement with business and communities shaping urban horizons. Advancing our sustainable goals, we have also grown our capability in climate change services by developing new digital solutions in areas such as carbon accounting.
View a selection of our digitally led projects below.
1 Triton Square
1 Triton Square in London was originally designed by Arup for British Land in the 1990s – with future regeneration in mind. Twenty years later, with the needs of customers having evolved over time, British Land saw the potential to increase the building’s size and transform it for today’s workstyles – opting for refurbishment to save time, money and carbon.
More on our work at 1 Triton SquareSir William Henry Bragg Building, University of Leeds
The Sir William Henry Bragg Building incorporates the old School of Mining, built in 1930, which has been sensitively repurposed, extended with a new storey and connected to a new seven-storey complex for learning and research. The £96m facility provides an impressive range of environments to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
More on our work at the University of LeedsHS2 Interchange Station
HS2 is a state-of-the-art, high-speed line critical for the UK’s low carbon transport future. It will provide much-needed rail capacity across the country, call at over 25 stations, and connect around 30 million people. The first phase of HS2 is being built now in Solihull, supporting the UK’s green economic recovery and ensuring the UK is on track to achieve its commitment to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Find out more about this projectHindu Heritage Experience
JKP Foundation chose Arup to design the Hindu Heritage Experience Centre in Mangarh, Uttar Pradesh. We used advanced digital tools throughout the design process to generate the geometry of the museum, as well as to improve buildability, facilitate prefabrication and optimise energy performance. The museum is part of an ashram close to the holy Ganges River and immerses visitors on a spiritual journey through a series of landscaped spaces, culminating in the new museum.
Queen St Station
The £120m redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street Station will boost capacity and extend the concourse. A new glass fronted building reveals Victorian structures long hidden from view, while column-free spaces improve the passenger flow and experience. We created a 3D model that provided a single source of truth to quickly identify and resolve design clashes – through smart use of digital, we coordinated building and rail infrastructure work in parallel and the station remained open throughout.
More on our work at Glasgow Queen Street StationTower of Light
The Tower of Light supports and encloses the flues of a new Combined Heat and Power centre supplying low carbon energy to Manchester’s Civic Quarter. Soaring 40m high, the lightweight, single-surface structure is made from thin steel sheets curved and welded to form a strong shell. In close collaboration with the architects Tonkin Liu, and using advanced digital design and parametric tools, we optimised the shell’s geometry and perforations to maximise strength and minimise materials.
Halo Stair
As trusted partners to metalworkers Taunton Fabrications, we engineered a helical staircase for the new Halo building in Bristol. Appearing to float, the stair cantilevers six metres with no central support. We developed a fully parametric model that allowed us to trial 40 ideas in five weeks, testing vibration behaviour and identifying the fabricator’s preferred option. Our subtle design changes saved over 15 tonnes of steel and 30 tonnes of CO2, whilst the overall project achieved a BREEAM Outstanding target.
DART London Luton Airport
Arup is currently working on the London Luton Airport Ltd DART (Direct Air to Rail Transit) system which will link passengers from the Luton Airport Parkway rail station direct to the airport terminal in the space of 3 minutes.
More on our work at London Luton Airport1 Triton Square
1 Triton Square
1 Triton Square in London was originally designed by Arup for British Land in the 1990s – with future regeneration in mind. Twenty years later, with the needs of customers having evolved over time, British Land saw the potential to increase the building’s size and transform it for today’s workstyles – opting for refurbishment to save time, money and carbon.
More on our work at 1 Triton SquareSir William Henry Bragg Building
Sir William Henry Bragg Building, University of Leeds
The Sir William Henry Bragg Building incorporates the old School of Mining, built in 1930, which has been sensitively repurposed, extended with a new storey and connected to a new seven-storey complex for learning and research. The £96m facility provides an impressive range of environments to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
More on our work at the University of LeedsHS2 Interchange Station
HS2 Interchange Station
HS2 is a state-of-the-art, high-speed line critical for the UK’s low carbon transport future. It will provide much-needed rail capacity across the country, call at over 25 stations, and connect around 30 million people. The first phase of HS2 is being built now in Solihull, supporting the UK’s green economic recovery and ensuring the UK is on track to achieve its commitment to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Find out more about this projectHindu Heritage Experience
Hindu Heritage Experience
JKP Foundation chose Arup to design the Hindu Heritage Experience Centre in Mangarh, Uttar Pradesh. We used advanced digital tools throughout the design process to generate the geometry of the museum, as well as to improve buildability, facilitate prefabrication and optimise energy performance. The museum is part of an ashram close to the holy Ganges River and immerses visitors on a spiritual journey through a series of landscaped spaces, culminating in the new museum.
Queen St Station
Queen St Station
The £120m redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street Station will boost capacity and extend the concourse. A new glass fronted building reveals Victorian structures long hidden from view, while column-free spaces improve the passenger flow and experience. We created a 3D model that provided a single source of truth to quickly identify and resolve design clashes – through smart use of digital, we coordinated building and rail infrastructure work in parallel and the station remained open throughout.
More on our work at Glasgow Queen Street StationTower of Light
Tower of Light
The Tower of Light supports and encloses the flues of a new Combined Heat and Power centre supplying low carbon energy to Manchester’s Civic Quarter. Soaring 40m high, the lightweight, single-surface structure is made from thin steel sheets curved and welded to form a strong shell. In close collaboration with the architects Tonkin Liu, and using advanced digital design and parametric tools, we optimised the shell’s geometry and perforations to maximise strength and minimise materials.
Halo Stair
Halo Stair
As trusted partners to metalworkers Taunton Fabrications, we engineered a helical staircase for the new Halo building in Bristol. Appearing to float, the stair cantilevers six metres with no central support. We developed a fully parametric model that allowed us to trial 40 ideas in five weeks, testing vibration behaviour and identifying the fabricator’s preferred option. Our subtle design changes saved over 15 tonnes of steel and 30 tonnes of CO2, whilst the overall project achieved a BREEAM Outstanding target.
DART London Luton Airport
DART London Luton Airport
Arup is currently working on the London Luton Airport Ltd DART (Direct Air to Rail Transit) system which will link passengers from the Luton Airport Parkway rail station direct to the airport terminal in the space of 3 minutes.
More on our work at London Luton Airport