About the practice

Hugh Broughton Architects creates remarkable buildings fit for the most challenging of circumstances. From resilient structures able to withstand Antarctic ice and winds to contemporary interventions which preserve and enhance historic landmarks for generations to come, our success comes from a truly collaborative approach honed over decades of working with multi-national and multi-disciplinary teams. Our empathy with context and sensitivity to the environment underpins our design approach. Sustainability and resilience are embedded from concept to delivery. From the outset we strive to understand the needs of our clients and the ways in which they work. We humanise the challenges, breaking down problems, listening to experts in the field and on the ground. Combining rigorous research with openness to innovation and dialogue, the best, most creative responses emerge. Sometimes that calls for subtlety, at other times boldness and visibility. We combine a pragmatic understanding of the constraints and challenges of every project – economic, physical and cultural – with our commitment to an inclusive and equitable world. We believe the best contemporary architecture should meet all these objectives while delighting audiences with an inspired marriage of light, form, and flowing spaces enriched by meticulous attention to detail and judicious moments of drama.