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. In 2016 the firm's total shareholding was transferred to an Employee Ownership Trust.
In 1991 Bennetts Associates were shortlisted for the RIBA Building of the Year Award for Imperium Offices in Reading, and have been shortlisted for its successor, the Stirling Prize, four times: for the Richard Attenborough Centre at the University of Leicester in 1998; for the Jubilee Library in Brighton in 2005; for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2011; and for the BEAM arts and culture venue in Hertford in 2026.
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.National Life Stories, 'Bennetts, Rab (1 of 17) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018
Projects Projects undertaken by the firm have included: 1994: PowerGen headquarters, Coventry 2002: Loch Lomond Gateway and Orientation Centre, Dumbartonshire 2003: Hampstead Theatre, Camden, London 2009: Elizabeth II Court, Hampshire County Council Offices, Winchester 2010: Mint Hotel, Tower of London 2010: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 2011: Mint Hotel, Amsterdam 2018: Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh 2021: Crossrail suburban stations, West London
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