Hugh Giles Keyworth Broughton (born February 1965 in

Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engla ...

) is an English architect and one of the world's leading designers of polar research facilities. His practice, Hugh Broughton Architects, was founded in 1995 and is based in London, works internationally. The practice has won several high profile international design competitions, including Halley VI Research Station, Juan Carlos 1 Spanish Antarctic Base, the Atmospheric Watch Observatory in Greenland for the

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and a new health facility on

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, the world's most remote inhabited island. , current polar work includes the redevelopment of

Scott Base Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim. It was named in honour of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN, leader of two British expedit ...

for Antarctica New Zealand, designed in collaboration with Jasmax; and the modernisation of the Rothera Research Station for the British Antarctic Survey (2023). In 2019 the practice completed the conservation of the Grade I listed Painted Hall in the

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, Greenwich, designed by

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in 1696. The practice has received four

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s, one RIBA International Award (2013), and seven RIBA Regional Awards (including 2016, and 2019). Other awards include Museums and Heritage Award 2019, New London Awards 2018, The American Prize for Architecture 2016, Civic Trust Award Special Award for Sustainability 2014, three AJ Retrofit Awards in 2013, and BD International Breakthrough Architect of the Year Award 2012 Hugh lectures internationally and has served on numerous architectural juries including the 2013 RIBA Manser Medal, the 2014 AJ Retrofit Awards, the 2015

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Awards and the Architizer Awards; he is an assessor for the Civic Trust Awards. He was named on the Evening Standard The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2018 - Visualisers: Architecture.

Education

* 1990 BA MA (Hons) Dip Arch, Architecture,

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Significant buildings

* 2019 The Painted Hall,

, Greenwich, London, England * 2018 The Rookery, TUC

Congress House Congress House is the headquarters of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), a British organisation that represents most of the UK's trade unions. It is also an events venue, Congress Centre. In 1948, David du Roi Aberdeen won an architectural compe ...

, London, England * 2017 - 2021 (ongoing) Redevelopment of the Dockyard Church,

Royal Navy Dockyard Royal Navy Dockyards (more usually termed Royal Dockyards) were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the Royal Navy were built, based, repaired and refitted. Until the mid-19th century the Royal Dockyards were the largest industrial c ...

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, Sheerness, Kent, originally designed by George Ledwell Taylor in 1828 * 2017 Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Perry Green, Hertfordshire, England * 2016 The Portland Collection, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck Estate, Nottinghamshire, England * 2015

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* 2014-2018 The Painted Hall,

, Greenwich, London, England * 2013 Halley VI Research Station for the British Antarctic SurveyFeatured in * 2012

Maidstone Museum Maidstone Museum is a local authority-run museum located in Maidstone, Kent, England, featuring internationally important collections including fine art, natural history, and human history. The museum is one of three operated by Maidstone Bor ...

East Wing * 2012-ongoing Atmospheric Watch Observatory at Summit Station on the apex of the Greenland ice sheet for the

* 2007-ongoing

Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base, named after the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos I ( es, Base Antártica Española Juan Carlos Primero), is a seasonal (November to March) scientific station operated by Spain, opened in January 1988. Situated on Hu ...

base on

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* 2005 British Council Malaysia * 1998 South Wimbledon District Guides * 1996-ongoing TUC Congress House, London

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Broughton, Hugh Living people 1965 births Architects from Worcestershire Alumni of the University of Edinburgh

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