Five whimsical City Benches animate London's streets
A concrete pineapple and a pair of colourful cartoon eyes are among the playful benches that young architects and designers have installed for the London Festival of Architecture. More
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Vestre presents urban furniture designs that act as "sustainable and inclusive meeting places"
Norwegian street furniture brand Vestre is showcasing the Code planter and the bench system Stones as part of the Dezeen x Planted collaboration during this year's London Design Festival. More
GreenPee installs hemp urinals in Amsterdam to stop "wild peeing"
Dutch company GreenPee has installed eight hemp-filled sustainable urinals in Amsterdam to combat an increase in people urinating in the streets after the coronavirus lockdown ended. More
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Stefano Boeri designs hybrid tree planters and street furniture
Superverde is Italian architect Stefano Boeri's design for modular street furniture for cities that comes with trees, plants and benches. More
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Arup designs parklets to help Liverpool's restaurants reopen during social distancing measures
Engineering firm Arup has designed parklets, hybrid street furniture and planters to help Liverpool's restaurants reopen as the UK's coronavirus lockdown lifts. More
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Chris Precht and Arthur Mamou-Mani use sand to 3D print pavilion in Saudi Arabia
Precht and Mamou-Mani Architects have completed a sustainable sand-printed installation called Sandwaves in Diryah, Saudi Arabia. More
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Camille Walala transforms London street into colourful "urban living room"
French designer Camille Walala has installed benches, planters and flags adorned with her signature colourful patterns along South Molton Street to turn the road into the Walala Lounge. More
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Paul Cocksedge creates undulating communal bench in London
Please Be Seated is a giant outdoor seating installation made of three concentric rings of wave-like forms made from scaffolding planks. More
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Six outdoor urinals for when you need to wee in the wild
From female urinals for festivals to pissoirs on the streets of Paris, here are six of the freshest outdoor urinals designs for peeing in the fresh air. More
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London water fountains design chosen by focus groups
The widely criticised design of the public water fountains that are set to be installed across London was decided by focus groups, says Thames Water, which oversaw the design process. More
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Snøhetta designs bench for Nobel Peace Centre that brings people together
A bench designed by architecture firm Snøhetta for the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo is shaped like a partial circle to encourage people to sit closer together and start conversations. More
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City Benches by young designers brighten London's Cheapside
A giant sleeping whippet and a bright red sundial are among the playful street furniture enlivening the UK capital during the London Festival of Architecture.
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Level Up street pavilion provides multi-level hang-out space for Rijeka
Brett Mahon, Joonas Parviainen, Saagar Tulshan, Shreyansh Sett have built a multi-level pavilion where people can gather and relax in Rijeka, Croatia. More
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Print Your City turns recycled food containers into street furniture
The residents of Thessaloniki, Greece, can now recycle their plastic waste into 3D printed furniture for the city, using a new laboratory set up by Rotterdam studio The New Raw. More
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Djao-Rakitine creates monolithic street furniture for London's Selfridges
Landscape architecture practice Djao-Rakitine has erected a monolithic marble drinking water fountain and bench outside London's Selfridges department store. More
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Urban Shapes is a geometric bench that celebrates the materials of construction sites
Three colourful stools are joined by a steel grid to form this modular bench by Belgian design office Nortstudio. More
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Zaha Hadid's twisted steel advertising board "expresses dynamism" of traffic
A sculptural digital advertising board, designed by the late Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher, has been unveiled in west London. More
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Reimagined fire hydrant doubles up as a water fountain for people and dogs
This multipurpose drinking fountain, designed by ÉCAL industrial design graduate Dimitri Nassisi, can be used for fighting fires, quenching thirst, filling bottles and refreshing pet dogs. More
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Beirut-based designers advocate new uses for the city's overlooked public spaces
Architects and designers can take an activist approach to instigate social change, according to participants in this year's Beirut Design Week. More
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Nine benches created by young designers enliven London
A gravestone dedicated to a deceased dachsund and an undulating strip of bright yellow rubber are two of nine imaginative public benches unveiled as part of this year's London Festival of Architecture. More
