

2011

Maidstone Museum's East Wing, designed by HBA, has opened to the public in the first stage of a phased programme which will see all galleries unveiled by March 2012. The new East Wing has already featured on BBC News and ITV News.

As the northern hemisphere gently slips towards autumn, in the deep south Halley VI Antarctic Research Station is emerging out of winter darkness. Its still pretty cold though so the modules are wearing a white coat of winter hoar frost, which will disappear in November when the fit out continues.

Staff at HBA have enjoyed a summer outing riding Boris bikes to Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Pavilion in Hyde Park followed by tapas and rose wine in South Kensington!

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HBA have been appointed to develop a strategy for the Henry Moore Foundation's estate at Perry Green in Hertfordshire. Our work will provide solutions to the storage of sculptures and works on paper, preservation of the artist's archives and visitor access and facilities. The first project for the Foundation will be completed later in the year.

Following another successful construction season in Antarctica, all the modules at Halley VI have been linked together on site and raised on their hydraulic legs to withstand the harsh winter. Fit out will be completed next year and the station will be formally opened in 2013.

HBA have completed the refurbishment of The Queen’s Head on Theobald’s Road in London. The project has created six high quality apartments with a new feature stair within the envelope of a nineteenth century pub close to Lincoln’s Inn. The pub will soon re-open as Coco Momo bar and brasserie.

The Halley VI modules have shared their first kiss in public. The operation to link two modules for the first time is a significant milestone in the project development. In the next few weeks the entire station will be linked together to bring to a successful conclusion the 2010/11 construction season.

HBA's design for the expansion of Delifrance's industrial bakery in west London has been granted planning consent by the London Borough of Ealing. The scheme will add more than 7,000 sqm to the bakery and includes an elegant new entrance which combines white steel cladding, translucent panels and glass. Work starts on site in the spring and will complete in 2012.
2010

The installation of the eye catching gold copper shingles at Maidstone Museum has recently started on site. The major reorganisation of the Museum's East Wing, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is scheduled to open to the public in the summer of 2011.

A South Korean – British consortium comprising Samsung Construction, Samoo, Galliford Try International and HBA have unveiled exciting proposals for a new Antarctic Research Station on Terra Nova Bay for the Korean Polar Research Institute. The $70m research centre will have to withstand temperatures as low as –35 deg C and winds in excess of 150 kph.

Following a a competitive interview process, Hugh Broughton Architects have been appointed to develop the second phase of the Chemistry Centre at the Royal Society of Chemistry. The project will create a state of the art reception area and presentation facilities within the Grade 2* listed headquarters at Burlington House, Piccadilly.

At HBA we aim to offer outstanding design services to our clients. In line with this committment we are very pleased to announce that the company has achieved ISO9001 accreditation.

The new reception area for the Royal College of Surgeons is now on site. The design includes a striking backlit hand carved glass backdrop to a marble and stainless steel reception desk. The work will be completed in September 2010.

Hugh Broughton Architects have been invited to join the RIBA’s Trade mission at the Shanghai Expo 2010. Hugh will be in Shanghai from 19 until 23 July showcasing the practice’s work to potential clients and investors.

Hugh Broughton will be in Barcelona from 12 until 14 July to present his latest paper ‘Antarctic Research Stations: Parallels for Interplanetary Design’ at the 40th International Conference on Environmental Systems.

The model of a science module, designed by HBA for the Halley VI Antarctic Research Station, has been selected for show at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, which runs from 14 June until 22 August.