News & Views
16 HTS projects featured in NLA Adaptive London
The report brings together best practice in adaptive reuse across the Capital.
How do you build a school on made ground?
Tom Watson explains how we approached building a new school on a former quarry.
How we made it: The Delft
Transforming Minerva House to become The Delft, we're creating over 50% additional floor area while retaining 75% of the existing structure.
Our 2024 Impact Report
Reflecting on our first year as a certified B Corporation, our progress across the five impact areas and the actions we plan to take over the next year.
How we made it
How we made it: 76 Southbank
How we refurbished Denys Lasdun’s iconic Grade II listed design to fit the needs of a contemporary workplace.
How we made it: 3 Copper Square
With a hybrid structure of pre-cast concrete frame and CLT panels, 3 Copper Square is the first of its kind in Europe.
How we made it: The Featherstone Building
A new 5- to 10-storey reinforced concrete office building that showcases the exposed concrete frame within the constraints of the site.
Topping out at Timber Square
Timber Square has reached structural completion, topping out the largest commercial CLT structure in the UK.
HTS+ in 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, Laura Batty, Senior Associate, takes us through some of the research and innovation produced by HTS+ this year.
Introducing the Engineers Reuse Collective
HTS joins forces with five other UK engineering firms to launch a not-for-profit group committed to accelerating reuse in the built environment.
The life of a summer intern at HTS
We spoke to our 2024 summer placement students about what they got up to during their internships, and what they got out of the experience.
Science Buildings: The Path to Net Zero
Pioneering net-zero life science research and design report, in collaboration with Bennetts Associates, Turner & Townsend Alinea and Hoare Lea, launched at UKREiiF 2024.
From summit to sea: adventures in Snowdonia
Our London and Manchester teams came together in North Wales to take on hiking, gorge scrambling, mountain biking and more on our annual trip.
Community Gardening with Grown in Hoxton
This summer we volunteered our time to help our neighbours at Grown in Hoxton maintain the local community garden on Chart Street.
Laura and Emily complete pedElle 2024
Laura Batty and Emily Exford took on a challenging 3-day, 450km cycle through southern Poland and raised an impressive £2005.
How we made it: Timber Square
Placing low-carbon materials and sustainable construction methods at its heart, Timber Square is a pioneering net zero carbon redevelopment.
5 minutes with...
5 minutes with… Ben Brown
Ben shines a light on some of the recent research projects he's worked on in the HTS+ team, and discusses the key drivers in his career to date.
5 minutes with… Emily Exford
Fresh from the hills of Poland, we caught up with Emily to discuss her path into engineering, her work at HTS and her recent pedElle experience.
5 minutes with… Carmel Lennon
Carmel is a Director and heads up civil engineering at HTS. We spoke to her about her career, how the team has evolved and what they bring to projects.
Rethinking real estate reuse for life sciences
Insights from our Adaptive Reuse for Life Sciences roundtable, hosted at our Chart Street studio and chaired by Evelina Grecenko of Estates Gazette.
How we made it: Victoria House
A Grade II listed building transformed into a life sciences hub with wet-lab, dry-lab, and office spaces spanning multiple levels
Are we delivering future life science white elephants?
James Morgan discusses the risk of over specifying life sciences buildings and increasing embodied carbon in the context of the shortening life cycles.
5 minutes with… Sophie Davies
We sat down with Sophie to discuss her path into engineering and her role on the BCO NextGen committee, following her trip to PropSki 2024.
How we made it: Sycamore House
Transforming an industrial building into a unique life science co-working space with high-tech labs, flexible offices and communal spaces.
HTS is now a Certified B Corporation
We are delighted to have achieved B Corp Certification, joining a global community committed to using business as a force for good.
Our Engineer Pitch: The Structural Playbook
Presented at the 2023 Engineer Pitch, our structural playbook looks at transforming unwanted office sites into high quality residential space.