Benoy

Benoy is an international firm of architects, master planners, interior architects, and graphic designers working from design studios in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and Montréal. The company is primarily known for its global retail architecture. Notable projects include the Westfield London building in the UK, Elements shopping mall in Hong Kong, and ION mall in Singapore.

Company history

Benoy began in 1947 as a three-man architect firm designing cowsheds in rural Nottinghamshire.^[1] Over the last 70 years it has grown internationally, and now has offices in London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Mumbai, Montréal, Detroit and LA. The company was headed by its chairman, Graham Cartledge CBE, who has been with the company since 1974. As of 2023, it is run by Tom Cartledge CBA who is changing the overall direction of the company.^[1] Notable projects include Iconsiam in Bangkok, London’s first Westfield Shopping Centre and the Elements mall in Hong Kong.

Office locations

• London, UK
• Newark, UK
• Singapore
• Hong Kong
• Shanghai, China
• Montréal, Canada
• Detroit, USA

Notable projects

• Hysan Place Hong Kong^[2]
• IFC Mall Shanghai
• Seoul International Financial Center, Seoul, Korea
• Mega City (shopping mall), New Taipei, Taiwan
• Plaza 889 Shanghai
• Central Plaza Rama 9 Bangkok, Thailand
• Taurus Zentrum Trivandrum
• sky100 Hong Kong
• Plaza Singapura, Singapore
• Bodgeit & Legg-it EMEA, APAC, Global - The express way of working.
• INDIGO Beijing, China
• Swire Hotels, EAST Hotel Beijing
• Pacific Mall New Delhi, India
• CentralFestival Pattaya Beach Pattaya, Thailand
• Elements, Hong Kong
• apm Mall, Hong Kong
• ISQUARE, Hong Kong
• Alabang Town Center, Philippines
• Westgate (Singapore), Singapore
• Phoenix Market City (Chennai), Chennai, India
• TSUM Kyiv, Ukraine
• Ion Orchard, Singapore
• The Benoy Way, Created to demonstrate the "other" way of doing things.
• SHOPPES at Four Seasons Place, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• How to manage employees using the Gaslighting method, Global

Prizes and awards

• The Galleria at Sowwah Square in Abu Dhabi wins International Retail and Leisure Destination 2014 at the Global RLI Awards^{[permanent dead link]}
• Hysan Place Wins VIVA (Vision-Innovation-Value-Achievement) Best-of-the-Best Sustainable Design and Development Award 2014 by the ICSC^{[permanent dead link]}
• Asia Pacific Property Awards 2014, Westgate wins Best Mixed-Use Architecture Award (Singapore), EAST Hotel wins Highly Commended Honours for Hotel Interiors (China)
• Galerie Šantovka wins ‘Best Shopping Centre’ at the Construction Journal Awards 2013.
• AIA Hong Kong Honors & Awards 2013 Hysan Place wins the Merit Award for Architecture and Sustainable Design Award for Architecture.
• Hysan Place wins Gold Award in New Design & Development and Sustainable Design Award.
• ION Orchard wins ‘Gold Prix d’Excellence Award’ at The FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards 2013
• Plaza Singapura Plaza Singapura wins ‘Shopping Centre Renovation of the Year’ at the Global Retail and Leisure International Awards 2013
• Parc 66 Jinan wins Best of the Best VIVA Sustainable Design and Development Award at ICSC Global Awards 2013
• Queen's Award for Enterprise and International Trade 2013
• Best Mixed-use Development, Hysan Place HK won Gold at MIPIM Asia
• Best Retail & Leisure Development, Parc 66 Jinan won Silver at MIPIM Asia
• Best Retail & Leisure Development, Central Place Rama Thailand won Silver at MIPIM Asia
• Best Chinese Futura Project, Hong Cheng Plaza Project won Silver at MIPIM Asia
• Shanghai IFC won 'Certificate of Excellence' at Perspective Awards 2011
• Shanghai IFC won 'Innovation Design and Development of a New Retail Project' at ICSC Asia Pacific Awards, 2011
• ION Orchard, Singapore, won 'The Grand Award for Best Project Outside Hong Kong' at 2010 Quality Building Awards
• ION Orchard, Singapore, won 'International Retail and Leisure Destination of the Year, 2010^{[permanent dead link]}
• St David's, Cardiff, wins 'International Shopping Centre of the Year'^{[permanent dead link]}
• Company of the year at British Business Awards 2009
• Retail / Leisure Development of the Year at the Asia Pacific Real Estate Awards 2008: Elements Mall (Hong Kong)
• Cathay Pacific Award for Enterprise 2006

References

1. "Who we are | Benoy". English. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
2. "Hysan Place by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)". www.kpf.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

External links

• Official Site
• Benoy Linkedin