Title & Author:

Putting Buildings Together / [presented by] Rab Bennetts (Bennetts Associates).

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1996.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (39 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
John Menzies Offices, Edinburgh -- Wiggins Teape "Gateway Two", Basingstoke, Arup Associates. Atrium -- Wiggins Teape "Gateway Two", Basingstoke, Arup Associates. Coffer Construction -- No.1 Finsbury Avenue, London, Arup Associates. Construction -- Imperium Offices, Reading. Entrance Elevation -- Imperium Offices, Reading. Building Strategy Diagram -- Imperium Offices, Reading. Atrium -- Imperium Offices, Reading. Office Space -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. Night View -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. Floor Plate Axonometric -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. Floor Plan -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. Cross Section -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. South Elevation -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. Resultant Temperatures -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. Coffer Perspective -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. Coffer Construction -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. Interior Showing Three Floors -- Powergen Offices, Coventry. Atrium -- John Menzies Offices, Edinburgh. West Elevation -- John Menzies Offices, Edinburgh. Floor Plan -- John Menzies Offices, Edinburgh. East Elevation -- John Menzies Offices, Edinburgh. Office Interior -- John Menzies Offices, Edinburgh. Curtain Wall Detail -- John Menzies Offices, Edinburgh. Atrium.

Summary:

Rab Bennetts has always been concerned with the function of buildings, with the way buildings are put together, and with architectural space. He develops these three themes in some depth in his talk, illustrating them with three office buildings he has completed; though offices are by no means the only category of building he has worked on. It was because of his interest in the relationship between space and structure and services that he worked for Arup Associates after leaving Heriot Watt University, staying for ten years, most of that time with Peter Foggo - whom he considered a "fantastic architect" - and in the company of engineers, quantity surveyors, and other architects. With them he learned how the concrete structure of a building, if exposed, had the effect of damping down the internal climate and radiating coolness at the time of great heat outside. Structure led to architectural expression. In 1987, Bennetts set up his own firm in London and was immediately invited to work on a new building near Reading, the Imperium. This led, in 1991, to his being approached by Powergen to design their headquarters. Bennetts' recent completed office building is for John Menzies in Edinburgh. Designed around an atrium it further develops his ideas for light and ventilation to suit the cooler northern climate.

Subject:

Industrial design.
Architectural design Great Britain.
Design.
Design architectural Grande-Bretagne.
Architectural design.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Bennetts, Rab, narrator.