Talk:Bennetts Associates

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message: Hello Wikipedians,
Full disclosure: I am an employee of the architectural practice Bennetts Associates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennetts_Associates); the company page is quite out of date and I would like to ask editors/moderators if they would be happy to make a few factual updates since I am too close to the subject. Below are the points which would need updating, if possible:
1. The text mentions Rab Bennetts who is not the only founder – he co-founded the practice with his partner Denise Bennetts. Suggestion: “It was founded in 1987 by Rab Bennetts (who had previously worked for Ove Arup & Partners[1]:40) and his partner Denise Bennetts.”
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02710265/officers
2. The practice has five directors and is employee-owned. The other directors are Denise Bennetts, Julian Lipscombe, Simon Erridge and Peter Fisher. Suggestion: in the box on the right, next to ‘Key architects’, add the remaining four directors’ names.
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02710265/officers
3. The practice did become known for the design of large office buildings in its early days but its range of project types has much more diverse for some time now. Suggestion: The practice has completed projects in the education, commercial and public sectors as well as theatres and other cultural and historic buildings.
https://find-an-architect.architecture.com/ArchitectPractices/Bennetts-Associates/Bennetts-Associates-London.aspx
https://find-an-architect.architecture.com/ArchitectPractices/Bennetts-Associates/Bennetts-Associates-Edinburgh.aspx
https://find-an-architect.architecture.com/ArchitectPractices/Bennetts-Associates/Bennetts-Associates-Manchester.aspx
4. It is correct that “in 2005 Brighton Central Library was nominated for the Stirling Prize”; however the practice has had projects nominated on two other occasions: in 1998 the Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts at the University of Leicester was nominated and in 2011 The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon was also nominated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_Prize
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jul/21/stirling-prize-2011-shortlist
https://www.dezeen.com/2011/07/21/stirling-prize-shortlist-2011/
https://www.e-architect.co.uk/awards/stirling-prize-awards
5. The practice has a studio in Manchester, in addition to the ones in London and Edinburgh. Suggestion: The practice has studios in London, Edinburgh and Manchester.
https://find-an-architect.architecture.com/FAAPractices.aspx?page=1&query=Bennetts%20Associates
If you need any other references, or have questions, please let me know. 
Regards,
Florence
Floatba (talk) 11:37, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bennetts Associates - Update Request  

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The text mentions Rab Bennetts who is not the only founder – he co-founded the practice with his partner Denise Bennetts. Suggestion:
It was founded in 1987 by Rab Bennetts (who had previously worked for Ove Arup & Partners[1]:40) and his partner Denise Bennetts.
 Name added to infobox
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The practice has five directors and is employee-owned. The other directors are Denise Bennetts, Julian Lipscombe, Simon Erridge and Peter Fisher. 
Suggestion: in the box on the right, next to ‘Key architects’, add the remaining four directors’ names.
 Names added to infobox
___________
The practice did become known for the design of large office buildings in its early days but its range of project types has much more diverse for some time now. 
The practice has completed projects in the education, commercial and public sectors as well as theatres and other cultural and historic buildings.
 Void for vagueness: Completed projects as a claim is too vague.
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It is correct that “in 2005 Brighton Central Library was nominated for the Stirling Prize”; however the practice has had projects nominated on two other occasions: in 1998 the Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts at the University of Leicester was nominated and in 2011 The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon was also nominated.
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The practice has a studio in Manchester, in addition to the ones in London and Edinburgh. Suggestion: The practice has studios in London, Edinburgh and Manchester.
 Already done: This information is already present in the infobox. 
 For more information about your request, please see the individual comments and replies in the quotebox above. 
Regards, Spintendo ᔦᔭ 16:51, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply quotebox with inserted reviewer decisions and feedback 1-FEB-2018

message: I appreciate the recognition from Just. To be clear, the GRI Sustainability Report was listed as a reference for the claim  A principle is a proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief, in this case, their ideas regarding sustainable design. The use of their own produced materials as references for their own belief systems and ideas about design is an appropriate use of the reference in question. The only other changes I made to the article were to add names to the infobox, one city to the main text, and the removal of the mentioning of an award nomination. I understand that Just isnt sure that the right changes were made, and that's fine, but I would object to any characterization that wrong changes were made, and I hope that's not the case. Regards, Spintendo ᔦᔭ 14:30, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I'm saying I'm not sure they were right, starting a discussion. My take: if the stuff about sustainable design is their own proposition, then we can't state it in Wikipedia's voice (and we really don't care what they say about themselves anyway – we don't do "mission statements" and the like here); I see no reference that says Denise Bennett was a founder of the company; and those five people are listed by Companies House as directors, not partners. What I suggest: let's see what happens at AfD, and re-visit this only if consensus is to keep the page. Would that work? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:27, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I absolutely agree.  Spintendo ᔦᔭ 21:18, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
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