Name of company
Buro Happold Polska sp. z o.o.
Managing Director or senior representative in Poland
Zbigniew Czajewski
Managing Director or senior representative in Poland profile
Partner in Buro Happold. Since February 2019 Country Director in Poland. He has over twenty years of experience in the design and project management of commercial, cultural and infrastructure projects. Focused on designing solutions that are of high quality, but also cost effective for clients. In January 2020 Buro Happold was awarded Builder Magazine’s “Building Company of the Year” and Zbigniew “Building Personality of the Year”. He heads the BH Warsaw office consisting of ca.130 employees.
Major current clients
Buro Happold Polska in the specified period worked with the following architects:
Jems Architekci, APA Kuryłowicz, Medusa, WXCA, Thomas Phifer and Partners, Epstein, HRA Architekci, WWAA, Foroom, Henn, 3XN, CL MAP, Atelier Thomas Pucher, Foster and Partners,
and investors/contractors: HB Reavis, Skanska, Strabag, Warbud, Gulermak, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, BMW, Huawei, Golub GetHouse, Sinfonia Varsovia, MSN, Metro Warszawskie, WeWork, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Spotify, Netflix.
Key projects worked on between October 2019 and September 2020
Varso Place: SMEP – AS; Varso Tower: MEP – DD, AS; Generation Park: SMEP – DD, AS; Muzeum Wojska Polskiego: SMEP – DD, AS; Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej: SMEP – DD, AS; Teatr Rozmaitości: SMEP – revised Building Permit documentation; Cultural Project in Middle East (confidential): SMEP Concept Design, Primary School in Warsaw (confidential): SMEP Concept Design, Sinfonia Varsovia: SMEP - Detailed Design, Bloom Clerkenwell (London): SMEP – AS; Uberseequartier (Hamburg): MP – DD; The V&A East project (London): SMEP - AS. Księcia Janusza Metro Station: SMEP – DD, AS. Polish Embassy in Berlin: SMEP DD; Facebook, WeWork, Microsoft, Google, Spotify (Germany): MEP – fitouts, Huawei Headquarter (London): SMEP - DD, Neue Sportarena in Munich: S – DD, Museum in Middle East (confidential): SMEP – DD; 130m OfficeTtower and Hotel in Warsaw (confidential): SMEP Concept, Building Permit design.
Key: SMEP – Structures, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing; DD – Detail Design; AS – Author’s Site Supervision
VALUE OF CONTRACTS FOR REAL ESTATE SERVICES SIGNED BETWEEN OCTOBER 2019 AND SEPTEMBER 2020 (in EUR)
Value of contracts: ca. 5M EUR.
Please say why you should be considered for the award
Buro Happold in Poland is a local company with vast international experience. BH engineers are working on projects located in Poland, Germany, UK, and US. This creates an exceptional team of engineers able to look at things not only from the local perspective. The multidisciplinary approach providing integrated design in structures, plumbing, mechanical and electrical engineering with advanced use of BIM and scripting is the strength of the company. Over the last year Buro Happold Warsaw has worked on absolutely amazing portfolio of projects ranging from infrastructure (Księcia Janusza Metro Station), to commercial offices including high-rises (e.g. the tallest high-rise in the EU - Varso Tower), office fit-outs the biggest mixed use centre currently built in Europe (USQ in Hamburg), museums and concert halls (Moma, Polish Army Museum and Sinfonia Varsovia) and Polish Embassy in Berlin. All designs are complemented with a passion for sustainable and climate responsible approach.
