Bennetts Associates

Bennetts Associates Architects
Practice information
Key architectsDenise Bennetts,
Rab Bennetts
PartnersJulian Lipscombe
Simon Erridge
Peter Fisher[1]
James Nelmes
FoundersDenise Bennetts,
Rab Bennetts
Founded1987 (1987)
LocationLondon, Edinburgh and Manchester
Significant works and honors
Buildings
Website
www.bennettsassociates.com

Bennetts Associates is a British firm of architects. It was founded in 1987 by Denise Bennetts and Rab Bennetts, who had previously worked for Ove Arup & Partners.[2] In 2016 the firm's total shareholding was transferred to an Employee Ownership Trust.[3][4]

In 1991 Bennetts Associates were shortlisted for the RIBA Building of the Year Award for Imperium Offices in Reading,[5] and have been shortlisted for its successor, the Stirling Prize, four times: for the Richard Attenborough Centre at the University of Leicester in 1998;[6] for the Jubilee Library in Brighton in 2005;[7] for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2011;[8] and for the BEAM arts and culture venue in Hertford in 2026.[9]

National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/103) with Rab Bennetts in 2012–13 for its Architects' Lives collection, held by the British Library.[10]

Projects

Projects undertaken by the firm have included:

References

  1. ↑ "Bennetts Associates Limited - Officers (free information from Companies House)". Companies House.
  2. 1 2 Baird, George (2001). The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems. Spon Press. p. 40. ISBN 0419244301. OCLC 800255590.
  3. ↑ "Bennetts Associates". Employee Ownership Association (EOA). Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Shared ownership in practice". RIBA. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Powell, Kenneth (4 January 1992). "RIBA Chooses Six Buildings for Awards". The Daily Telegraph. p. 14.
  6. ↑ Paddock, Darren (31 August 2011). "Stirling shortlist: Bennetts Associates". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Buildings which vied to be the best". BBC News. 15 October 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Stirling Prize 2011 shortlist — in pictures". The Guardian. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Waite, Richard (16 July 2026). "RIBA Stirling Prize 2026 shortlist revealed". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  10. ↑ National Life Stories, 'Bennetts, Rab (1 of 17) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018
  11. ↑ "Loch Lomond Shores Orientation Centre". Glasgow Architecture.
  12. ↑ "Hampstead Theatre London". Hampstead Theatre. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Elizabeth II Court". Hampshire County Council.
  14. ↑ "Mint Hotel Tower of London". Mint Hotel Group. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "Royal Shakespeare Theatre Transformation". Royal Shakespeare Company. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  16. ↑ Higgins, Charlotte (2 September 2010). "Royal Shakespeare Company prepares to open theatre after £112.8m revamp". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "Mint Hotel Amsterdam Officially Converts to Become First DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in the Netherlands Hilton Worldwide Global Media Center". news.hiltonworldwide.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "Edinburgh's centre for data science and artificial intelligence opened by Princess Royal - FutureScot". FutureScot. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "Bayes Centre opens as part of Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "Crossrail Surface Stations". Bennetts Associates. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.