Professor Richard Hughes CGeog
Employer Name
Arup
Biography
Memo: Richard is the specialist in heritage-related matters for Ove Arup consultancy firm. His specialties are structural evaluation and conservation of historic buildings and archaeological sites. He gives scientific advice to many firms of engineers and architects on engineering practices relating to historic sites, as well as correct use of traditional building materials, especially wood, soil and stone. He is internationally well known for his work on traditional structures in hazard prone areas (affected by earthquakes and floods) and on the new use of soil as a structural building material. Over the last two decades he has conserved many buildings in northern Pakistan and has won several UNESCO awards for his work. He has been extensively involved with the science of in-situ preservation of archaeological remains and has widely published on this subject.