Hugh Broughton Architects’ Antarctic research station officially opens after six-year construction programme

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Discovery Building at UK’s Rothera Research Station delivered on time and on budget

Hugh Broughton Architects’ £100m research building at the UK’s main base in Antarctica has officially opened after a six-year construction project in one of the most extreme environments on the planet.

The 4,500sq m Discovery Building is the largest project ever undertaken by the UK in Antarctica and will be the operational hub at the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station, the capital of the British Antarctic Territory.

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