Renowned structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond is leaving Arup, the U.K.-based engineering firm where he has worked for 42 years.
“I’m stepping out to set up my own practice,” says Balmond, who is credited with making possible some of the most audacious structures, including the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and the Centre Pompidou in Metz, France, by Shigeru Ban.