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22 Mar 2012 Bennetts Associates - Latest NewsQueen Hithe Hotel image © Miller Hare Queen Hithe Hotel Plans for Bennetts Associates Architects’ new 5-star Queen Hithe Hotel were approved by the City of London this week. The project for Resolution Properties will redevelop a historic, riverside site southeast of St Paul’s Cathedral, replacing a disparate group of buildings with a new, elegant piece of architecture. 25 Oct 2011 Bennetts Associates - Recentt NewsBennetts Associates’ Oxford college scheme gets underwayConstruction has started on Bennetts Associates’ new Gateway Building for St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, a graduate college specialising in international relations, economics, politics and specialist areas of history. The scheme will bring greater coherence to the College’s estate, which currently occupies a disparate group of buildings from different periods. It also provides the opportunity to enclose the central quadrangle for the first time – a symbolically important act that roots St Antony’s more firmly in the Oxford College tradition.  image © Bennetts Associates A new main entrance and Porters’ Lodge on Woodstock Road will transform the identity of the College and rationalise circulation around the estate. The site is within the North Oxford Conservation Area and the new buildings sit between two Grade II listed buildings, including the well known 1960s Hilda Besse Building. The Gateway Buildings aim to create a confident and contemporary response to this diverse range of influences. Two blocks are being constructed to house 54 high quality en-suite study bedrooms for postgraduate students and conference delegates outside term time. The graduate rooms are arranged in nine clusters of six rooms, following the traditional ‘Oxbridge’ model. In addition, flexible office space will be provided and top floor pavilions to each block will animate the skyline in response to the Conservation Area context and will contain a seminar room as well as a senior academics’ suite. Stone, bronze and oak have been chosen as the primary materials to give the building a timeless quality. The development will also include a number of sustainable features including rooftop solar arrays for hot water supply – the major energy demand in a predominantly residential building - and ground source heat pumps fed from pipework underneath the lawned quadrangle. Commenting on the project, the Warden of the College Professor Margaret MacMillan said: “Our new buildings are a gateway for St Antony’s in both a literal and a figurative sense. They provide a worthy entrance to the College and will significantly extend our physical resources. Of equal importance, they will transform our finances by giving us a sure stream of income so that we can better support our current students and our academic work as well as undertaking new initiatives.” Bennetts Associates’ Director, Julian Lipscombe added: “After five years of involvement with the project it is great to have reached this defining moment. It has been particularly rewarding to establish a new relationship with HKPA’s building from the 1960s and we are proud to be making our contribution to the built fabric of Oxford”. Bennetts Associates - Latest DesignsRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, England : wins British Construction Industry Award image © Peter Cook Royal Shakespeare Theatre - 17 Oct 2011 Canford School Chapel, Dorset, England 2011-  image © Stale Eriksens Canford School Chapel Mint Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2011  photo : Peter Cook Bennetts Associates latest design : Mint Hotel Amsterdam - photos added 9 Jul The first building by Bennetts Associates Architects outside the UK is the largest hotel in central Amsterdam. The 550-bedroom hotel for Mint Hotel Group is the latest and most prominent element of Amsterdam’s Eastern Dock Island regeneration project, sitting within Erik van Egeraat’s masterplan, adjacent to Amsterdam Centraal Train Station. Tower of London Hotel, Pepys Street, London, England 2011  photo : Edmund Sumner Tower of London Hotel Bennetts Associates - Building News
Oxford University Buildings – Humantities Centre, south England 2008- Shortlist: Bennetts Associates, David Chipperfield, Kohn Pederson Fox, Wilkinson Eyre Part of Rafael Vinoly masterplan - Former Radcliffe infirmary site, north Oxford Haymarket Green, 24-26 Torphichen St, Edinburgh, Scotland 2008- Offices for Duddingston House Centre For Health Science Inverness, north Scotland 2009 Architect: Keppie Design / Bennetts Associates  photo © Ewen Weatherspoon Centre For Health Science Inverness Oosterdokseiland, Amsterdam, Netherlands with Future Systems & MacCreanor Lavington Architects Oosterdokseiland Masterplan: Erick van Egeraat Architects Royal Shakespeare Theatre - redevelopment, Stratford-upon-Avon, England 2006-10 Bennetts Associates : Stratford building Bennetts Associates - Featured BuildingsPotterrow, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2008  building image © adrian welch Bennetts Associates : Edinburgh Informatics images Alexander Graham Bell Building - Offices, South Gyle, Scotland 1999  building photo from Bennetts Associates Bennetts Associates - office building Alexander Graham Bell House represents a serious attempt to produce a passively-ventilated building without losing architectural repose: it follows on ideas from Powergen Headquarters in Coventry John Menzies building, Edinburgh Park, South Gyle, Scotland 1994  building image © adrian welch Bennetts Associates - office building Matthew Hay Project: Bennetts Associates - university building, Aberdeen, Scotland Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Scotland 2004 Bennetts Associates - observatory architecture Bennetts Associates BuildingsDesigns, alphabetical:Jubilee Library, Brighton, southern England - Stirling Prize shortlisted 2005 - Bennetts Associates with Lomax Cassidy & Edwards  image from B3 £14m, formerly known as Brighton Central Library City Inn Westminster, London 2002-03 Bennetts Associates European Hotel Design Awards 2003 : Best New Hotel Cummins Engine Factory, Kent 1998 Hampshire County Council offices, Hampshire, southern England 2008 Hampstead Theatre, north London 2003 Heathrow Airport Visitors’ Centre, Newell Rd, Hounslow, southwest London 1994-95 £3m Powergen Headquarters, Coventry, central England - Premier Place, Devonshire Square, London - Sophos Headquarters, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, southern England 2003 Wessex Water Operations Centre, Bath, southwest England 2003 More Bennetts Associates buildings online soon |
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Bennetts Associates
Founded in 1987, Bennetts Associates is one of the UK’s leading architectural practices, with more than 100 awards for a wide variety of projects.
The firm is currently around 60 strong in total including 6 directors plus architectural and support staff. In addition to a main office in London, the firm has a small office in Edinburgh. A strong team ethic, methodical approach to design and sense of enjoyment are central to an exceptional track record of consistent delivery on time and to budget.
The Practice’s portfolio represents a consistent body of work that is functional, well built, and architecturally striking. Bennetts Associates is especially well regarded for its pioneering work on sustainability, which is embedded in the firm’s own activities as well as its projects.
The Practice’s portfolio covers many sectors and the projects undertaken by the practice have ranged from around £1m to £200m, including new-build, refurbishment and restoration of listed buildings. This diversity is an important stimulus for best practice and innovation in all aspects of the practice’s workload.
The firm has been responsible for many prominent projects such as Hampstead Theatre, Edinburgh University’s Potterrow Development, Jubilee Library in Brighton, the New Street Square Development in the City of London, PowerGen Headquarters, Wessex Water Operations Centre, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Transformation, and Mint Hotels in London and Amsterdam.
Excellence, combined with sustainability, is at the heart of all Bennetts Associates’ work.
Rab Bennetts
Rab Bennetts has received several awards and accolades for his contribution to architecture which spans 25 years. His practice, Bennetts Associates, has offices in Edinburgh and London. Previously he worked with international firm Arup Associates.
During the past 15 years, Bennetts Associates has won several competitions - including Heathrow’s Visitor Centre and BT’s headquarters in Edinburgh. His other achievements include board membership of M4i, the movement for innovation, and Chair of the DTI Sustainability Working Group. In 2001, Rab was voted Scottish Architect of the Year. Brought up in Edinburgh, Rab retains strong family ties within the city.
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