Bennetts Associates
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| Bennetts Associates | |
 BT building at Edinburgh Park |
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| Practice Information | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bennetts Associates |
| Key architects | Rab Bennetts |
| Principal office in | London |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Work | |
| Significant Buildings | PowerGen headquarters Brighton Library |
Bennetts Associates are a British architecture firm, originally founded in 1987 by Rab Bennetts, who had previously worked Arup, and his wife, Denise. They initially came to prominence through the design of large office buildings, with sustainable design as one of the key principles. In 2005 Brighton Central Library was nominated for the Stirling Prize. The firm has offices in London and Edinburgh.
[edit] Major Projects
Projects by year of completion
- PowerGen headquarters, Coventry (1994)
- John Menzies headquarters, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh (1994)
- Cummins Engine Factory, Kent (1998)
- BT Alexander Graham Bell House, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh (1999) [1]
- Wessex Water headquarters, Bath (2000)
- CASS Business School, London (2002)
- Loch Lomond Gateway and Orientation Centre, Dumbartonshire (2002) [2]
- Sophos headquarters, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (2003)
- City Inn Westminster hotel, Millbank, London (2003)
- Hampstead Theatre, Camden, London (2003)
- UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (2004)
- Brighton Library, Brighton (2005)
- New Street Square development for Land Securities, London (2007) [3]
- Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh School of Informatics, Edinburgh (2007)
- Matthew Hay centre, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (2008) [4]
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre redevelopment, Stratford-upon-Avon
