We have established a leading reputation for performing arts and civic projects; Storyhouse is a venue that instantly became the flagship for culture and community in Chester.
We are part of a revolution in workplace design that is driven by people’s changing needs; 5 Pancras Square is a home for a thousand mobile workers at Camden Council’s headquarters.
Innovation in research and teaching, and agile ways of learning are empowering education; Potterrow is a synergetic environment for the future of Informatics and Computer Science.
Our masterplans and buildings are supporting regeneration across the UK; 40 Chancery Lane is an elegant, highly crafted base for a leading advertising agency in the heart of the City of London.
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2024
A new 34-storey building to house an innovative 251-bedroom aparthotel.
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2023 -
Set in a beautiful and historic location in the hills above Thessaloniki, Bennetts Associates has been appointed to reimagine the c.22 hectares campus of Anatolia College
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2022 -
A mass-timber workplace building in Brent Cross Town for Related Argent.
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2019 - 2025
A hybrid timber redevelopment in Southbank that addresses both construction and operational carbon emissions.
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2022 -
The project connects two Grade II listed Victorian townhouses to embody the vision of a single holistic workspace.
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2015 - 2024
The Edinburgh Futures Institute at Quartermile is a major new facility for the University of Edinburgh.
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2015 - 2021
An environmentally ground-breaking office block that creates a new urban crescent and offers an expansive and highly landscaped accessible roofscape.
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2020 - 2024
The major cultural hub for East Hertfordshire will take shape as five distinct blocks wrapped around the ’malthouse' fly tower.
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2019 - 2023
Our first project in Athens is a new landmark scheme set in the heart of the city with views to the Acropolis.
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2016 - 2024
A family of mixed-use buildings for life sciences placed in a strategic location along the Regent’s Canal.
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2017 - 2021
A new creative hub on the site of the historic Royal Arsenal in Woolwich.
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2013 - 2019
The new London headquarters for the Royal College of Pathologists is a flexible, environmentally efficient building.
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2020 - 2021
The new HQ marks the re-start of a British Motorcycles icon.
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2020
A competition for a new studio and foyer improvements, the first stage in the theatre's long-term vision, to be built during the downtime enforced by the pandemic.
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2017 - 2023
A dramatic adaptation and innovative extension to secure Shaftesbury Theatre’s position as one of the West End’s leading theatrical forces with a building fit for the 21st Century.
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2020
A destination for arts, culture and community.
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2013 - 2019
Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters in Coventry establishes a new sense of identity for two of the world’s leading prestigious car brands.
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2016 -
The project creates a learning theatre which will enhance the unique cultural offer of Derby Theatre and expand its reach to the local community.
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2019 - 2024
An ambitious redevelopment to one of Scotland’s oldest working theatres.
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2019
The original Frank Matcham-designed theatre will be undergoing an extensive renovation following 4 key components
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2019
A competition to develop a masterplan and design for the multidisciplinary modification of the opera building in the centre of Ghent.
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2014 - 2019
Located on the University of Cambridge campus, the building improves access to student welfare services, whilst providing highly flexible teaching spaces in an important historical site
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2022
A competition proposals exploring workplace building which transfers our unique skillset to help meet the target.
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2021 -
The design for a next generation workplace located just outside the Scottish capital.
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2018
The proposal for the market town of Altrincham would offer new and exciting destinations to learn, play and relax both for visitors and the local community
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2018 -
'The Poulton' will provide 98,000 sq ft of commercial space as a home for innovation companies.
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2018
An innovative mix of television studios and workspaces in central Manchester.Two recording studios are proposed at ground floor level, surrounded by cafes, bars and audience areas.
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2018
Bennetts Associates was shortlisted to design a new eye care, research and education facility for Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
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2014 - 2018
A new world-class business and learning centre for the University of Edinburgh
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2018
A lavish Victorian Grand Terrace has been transformed to a high-specification modern workspace
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2012 - 2019
The transformation aims to safe-guard the long-term future of this historic theatre.
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2017 - 2020
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists new home provides contemporary office spaces, conferencing facilities and a public café.
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2012 - 2017
A major new civic cultural hub in Chester, presenting drama, film and literature.
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2012 - 2017
A combination of rigorous simplicity of the floorplates with highly sculptural approach to the building’s massing to enhance the views of the Grade 1 listed Bedford Square adjacent to the site.
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2016 - 2022
Transformation of a listed hall into a purpose-built theatre and cultural centre for children and young people in Cheshire.
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2012 - 2016
The new Operational and Training Centre for the Met Police in Hendon provides facilities fit for 21st Century policing.
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2011 - 2015
This project for developer Derwent London creates a mix of new office and retail space in the City, with the integration of an existing 19th Century building.
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2015
Designed for a friend of the practice, this individual house responds to its exceptional site in a historic Cumbrian town.
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2015
Bennetts Associates has worked with the Old Vic theatre to carry out a refresh of the existing foyer spaces whilst funding is being secured for a major transformation project.
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2010 - 2015
The project enhances Rodmarton Street’s residential character by replacing dilapidated mews buildings with four high-quality, sustainable living spaces.
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2014
A high quality office development rises to the rear of a listed building on Waterloo Street in Glasgow
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2014 - 2020
Our first all-timber project at Kings Cross constructed for Camden Council.
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2010 - 2014
The Bexley First project imaginatively refurbishes a 1980s building to provide a flexible working environment for the London Borough of Bexley’s 1250 council staff.
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2010 - 2014
The FloWave Wave and Tidal Test Facility is a unique marine facility for testing wave and tidal renewable technologies. It is the first of its kind in the world.
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2010 - 2014
The 10-storey 145,000 sq. ft. Halo Building at One Mabledon Place on Euston Road in London was delivered with Stanhope as part of their Low Carbon Workplaces programme.
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2010 - 2014
Located in the Green Belt near Basildon, these buildings comprise a number of specialist canine facilities designed to enhance the natural character of the landscape.
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2012 - 2014
The building is close to Euston station, the future HS2 development and the developing campus of medical institutions around the Euston Road.
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2012 - 2014
A new office and retail development with spectacular winter garden spaces at roof level moderates the urban scale between tall commercial buildings and the neighbouring conservation area.
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2009 - 2014
A sustainability exemplar, 5 Pancras Square has helped to transform Camden council’s public face and acted as a catalyst for major changes in working culture.
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2011 - 2013
The new, partly prefabricated building replaced temporary classrooms with a stimulating new learning environment.
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2010 - 2013
A retrofit project in Hammersmith, London. The project is one of the first completed commissions by Low Carbon Workplace.
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2008 - 2013
A mixed-use development on the corner of Edgware Road and Seymour Street as part of The Portman Estate’s regeneration strategy to enhance its central London portfolio.
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2006 - 2013
The five-storey Gateway Buildings are a significant addition to St Antony’s estate, defining a new presence for the college on one of the main routes serving the city centre.
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2013 –
Crossrail will deliver a step change in the connectivity of London and Bennetts Associates has played a major role in the project from Parliamentary Stage in 2004 to the present day.
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2013 –
Visions for the transformation of Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport, triggered by the advent of HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR).
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2012 - 2024
The refurbishment of the Citizens Theatre will improve visitor, performer and staff experiences, ensuring the treasured Victorian venue remains central to culture and community in Glasgow.
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2012 – 2016
A dramatic Corten fly-tower appears on the skyline of London’s West End.
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2011
Located in 250 acres of mature parkland, the school has chosen to position the chapel at the edge of an area of formal gardens which provide the setting for the main school buildings.
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2011
Bennetts Associates' inaugural international project intertwines the angular and radial elements of Erik van Egeraat Associates' masterplan with the precise planning and construction of a 553-bedroom hotel.
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2011
Located on the north bank of the Thames, the project connects the area near St Paul’s with the old Queen Hithe dock and completes the northern riverbank walkway between the Tower of London and the Millennium Bridge.
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2009 - 2011
Moray Council occupies the neighbouring building and the completion of the refurbishment brings together Council staff onto a single, city centre campus.
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2005 - 2010
This prestigious project involves construction of a new ‘thrust stage’ main auditorium and remodelling of public and back-of-house spaces whilst retaining the art deco interiors of the existing foyers.
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2004 - 2010
After the acclaimed success of Mint Hotel Westminster, Bennetts Associates designed a major London hotel on a tight island site bound by Fenchurch Street Station and conservation areas to the south and west.
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2009
Blackpool Council acquired the Grade II* listed Winter Gardens in 2010 following many years of decline and deterioration under private ownership.
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2005 - 2009
The Suttie Centre for Teaching and Learning in Healthcare brings together NHS Clinical Skills Training and the University of Aberdeen Department of Anatomy.
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2009
Stations along the Thameslink route were to have been upgraded where required to handle a more frequent service and trains of up to 12 cars in length.
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2006 - 2009
The transformation of a dilapidated and inefficient 1960's building for Hampshire County Council.
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2009 - 2019
A substantial mixed-use development designed by Bennetts Associates has been completed on the former London Fruit and Wool Exchange site, directly opposite Christ Church, Hawksmoor’s baroque masterpiece.
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2009 —
Bennetts Associates is masterplanning a new 24-acre urban quarter in central Manchester, immediately to the south of Piccadilly Station.
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2003 - 2008
Located in Scotland, the centre for National Health Service allows integration of healthcare education within a multi-professional environment.
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2003 - 2008
The former Royal College of Pathologists involved an extensive internal remodelling of a Grade I listed building provides a sequence of public and private spaces for a professional association.
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2008
The Humanities Division and Library will form the centrepiece of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter development and will be Oxford University’s largest ever construction project.
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2008
Bennetts Associates was appointed in 2007 to design a 4 to 5 star rated hotel near Royal Ascot Racecourse. The new hotel complex would form an integral part of the racecourse and complement the new grandstand.
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2002 - 2008
The masterplan of more than 100,000sqm in five buildings sits on a former obscure backlands site off New Fetter Lane.
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2003 - 2008
The University of Edinburgh’s masterplan for the central area of George Square and Bristo Square.
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2001 - 2007
Basinghall Avenue is a substantial office building occupied by the Global Headquarters of Standard Chartered Bank. It occupies a prominent site close to the Guildhall.
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2005 - 2007
Designed to accommodate offices, workshops and rehearsal space in a phased development, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Chapel Lane site was the first part of Bennetts Associates’ masterplan.
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2006
Haymarket Green in Edinburgh is an exemplar of sensitive and sustainable refurbishment to create grade A, low carbon flexible, office accommodation.
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2006 – 2016
Upon completion in 2016, the redevelopment of Midland Goods Shed will create an innovative new focal point for King’s Cross Central, within the heritage core of one of London’s most dramatically changing neighbourhoods
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2000 - 2004
A distinctive office building that provides a high quality working environment for a fast-growing IT company.
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2001 - 2004
Historically sited on Blackford Hill for a clear view of the night sky, the Grade A listed Royal Observatory occupies an outstanding position with fine views across the city of Edinburgh.
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1999 - 2004
This project amounted to an extension to the cultural quarter, involving the regeneration of a large derelict site with an award-winning new library at its heart.
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2003
Commissioned jointly by Islington Council, British Waterways and a number of landowners, Bennetts Associates’ masterplan creates a high-density, mixed-tenure residential development that opens the basin up to public use.
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2003, Foyer transformation 2014
Conceived as highly adaptable building, we have overseen the evolution of the building in line with changing business demands and visitor expectations over the years.
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2003
Based on the concept of a high quality hotel with exceptional restaurant and bar facilities, this 460-bedroom hotel in Westminster became the flagship of Mint Hotel (formerly City Inn), an innovative chain of UK hotels.
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2003 (phase 1), 2013 (phase 2)
Our own office in Clerkenwell revitalized over a period of ten years. It consisted of two redundant industrial buildings and a former restaurant, which we connected with a new-build extension.
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1996 - 2002
The project pioneered the basic format of what has since become BAA’s standard office product for use at airports throughout the UK and in several other developments.
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1999 - 2002
This substantial building for City University adjacent to the City of London is core to Bayes Business School’s mission to enhance its standing as an institution of world renown.
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2000 - 2002
On a prominent London site, the office building uses its exposed steel frame construction to strike a chord with the similarly expressive Victorian warehouse buildings nearby.
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1999 - 2002
After a decade pioneering sustainability in headquarters buildings, City Place is the first, substantial, energy-efficient building completed by Bennetts Associates for the commercial office sector.
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1998 - 2001
The headquarters achieved the highest ever BREEAM rating for a commercial office building at the time and became a national benchmark for sustainability.
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2001
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, established as Scotland’s first National Park in 2002, required a visitor facility that could cope with millions of visitors per year whilst introducing the concept of sustainability in the natural environment.
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1996 - 1999
This high-profile energy-efficient headquarters building for BT in Scotland occupies a focal position on Edinburgh Park.
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1998
Cummins Engine Company, an American multinational manufacturing company with a distinguished architectural portfolio, appointed Bennetts Associates in 1996 to design an assembly plant for diesel-powered generator sets.
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1995
The Heathrow Airport Visitor Centre was designed and built in only nine months, immediately prior to the 1995 Public Inquiry into the Terminal 5 development.
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1995
One of the first major projects fulfilling BAA’s strategy for expansion of the retail facilities at Britain’s major airports was the extension to the departure lounge at Gatwick North Terminal, formally opened in 1994.
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1993 - 1995
The award-winning headquarters for John Menzies’ Wholesale Division situated at Edinburgh Park, master-planned by the distinguished American architect Richard Meier.
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1996
The Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts is an Arts Centre open to all, with its focus on people with disabilities and members of the public who have previously found access to arts education difficult.
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1991 - 1994
The Powergen Headquarters has been described as the most influential office building of the 1990s.
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1990
After an exhaustive selection process in the autumn of 1990, Channel 4 invited Bennetts Associates, Richard Rogers and James Stirling to participate in a competition for the design of their new headquarters in Victoria.
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1987 - 1989
The project was commenced late in 1987, shortly after the Government’s relaxation of planning controls, which allowed development of this kind within areas previously designated as industrial.
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2022
Our vision for a landmark workplace set in the heart of Athens.
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2023 - 2024
A timber and straw pavilion for the Robotics Living Lab at the Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University.