Bennetts Associates

Bennetts Associates Architects
Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon
Practice information
Key architects	Denise Bennetts Rab Bennetts
Partners	Julian Lipscombe Simon Erridge Peter Fisher[1] James Nelmes
Founders	Denise Bennetts Rab Bennetts
Founded	1987; 38 years ago (1987)
Location	London, Edinburgh and Manchester
Significant works and honors
Buildings	Royal Shakespeare Theatre Jubilee Library, Brighton Hampstead Theatre, Camden, London Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh, Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh
Website
bennettsassociates.com

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

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.^[5]

Projects

Projects undertaken by the firm have included:

• 1994: PowerGen headquarters, Coventry^[2]: 40
• 2002: Loch Lomond Gateway and Orientation Centre, Dumbartonshire^[6]
• 2003: Hampstead Theatre, Camden, London^[7]
• 2009: Elizabeth II Court, Hampshire County Council Offices, Winchester^[8]
• 2010: Mint Hotel, Tower of London^[9]
• 2010: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon^[10][11]
• 2011: Mint Hotel, Amsterdam^[12]
• 2018: Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh^[13][14]
• 2021: Crossrail suburban stations, West London^[15]

• 
  Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh

References

1. "Bennetts Associates Limited - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
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. National Life Stories, 'Bennetts, Rab (1 of 17) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018
6. "Loch Lomond Shores Orientation Centre". Glasgow Architecture.
7. "Hampstead Theatre London". Hampstead Theatre. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
8. "Elizabeth II Court". Hampshire County Council.
9. "Mint Hotel Tower of London". Mint Hotel Group. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011.
10. "Royal Shakespeare Theatre Transformation". Royal Shakespeare Company.
11. 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.
12. "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.
13. "Edinburgh's centre for data science and artificial intelligence opened by Princess Royal - FutureScot". FutureScot. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
14. "Bayes Centre opens as part of Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
15. "Crossrail Surface Stations". Bennetts Associates. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

External links

• Bennetts Associates Web Site