Established in 1996, Hugh Broughton Architects has developed a reputation for carefully crafted contemporary architecture, winning awards from the RIBA, Civic Trust and International Property Federation. The practice has designed projects for many high profile clients including The British Council, The National Galleries of Scotland, The Henry Moore Foundation and the TUC. In 2005, working with AECOM, Hugh Broughton Architects won the international competition to design Halley VI Antarctic Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf, an extraordinary project, which has led to numerous other international commissions in both polar regions, and will officially open in 2013. The practice has recently completed a new wing for Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery, which reopened to the public in March 2012.