Street Furniture News

No matter the style or location of the housing, all developments centred on placemaking share common objectives. Their design views the public areas around houses and apartment blocks as not only functional but also appealing and engaging, encouraging people to spend more time in them.

The great outdoors can work wonders for our health and wellbeing whatever the setting. In healthcare environments such as hospitals, care homes and community health facilities, however, ensuring patients, staff and visitors have easy access to well-designed outdoor spaces on-site should be a priority, given the potential for substantial benefits.

Well-designed, high-quality outdoor spaces within school, college, and university grounds hold equal significance to their indoor counterparts in enhancing the overall educational journey, fostering positivity, engagement, and fulfilment. But what are the key considerations when crafting outdoor spaces that optimise attractiveness, usability, safety, and sustainability?

The design of outdoor spaces surrounding retail and commercial buildings is crucially important to the site’s long term economic, social and environmental sustainability. This article explains the multiple benefits that can be realised by property owners and developers when external spaces are well-conceived, innovatively designed and constructed using class-leading quality products.

Our towns and cities are constantly evolving to cope with changes in social, technological, and environmental needs. But how is street furniture set to evolve in 2024?

Biophilic design is transforming the way urban spaces are designed. It is a concept that seeks to connect people and nature within built environments. It is an approach that is not only affecting how buildings are designed but also areas within an urban environment, particularly town or city centres.

Birthday celebrations for Artform Urban, a charity trek in the Peak District and the launch of a new HVM-compliant seat were just three of the highlights of a busy 2023 for the Bailey Street Furniture Group (BSFG).

Every year, the arrival of Autumn reminds us of the importance of lighting in outdoor spaces, particularly when the weather is relatively mild and pleasant enough for many people to want to continue enjoying the great outdoors, despite the dark nights closing in. Having the correct lighting design and specification in an outdoor space will deliver a whole host of benefits which combine to boost its appeal and – potentially – value.

Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, 20 July 2023 - Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset management group, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in CReators of the Outside WorlD (“CROWD”, or “the Company”), a panEuropean leading provider of cycling infrastructure and sustainable street furniture, based in the Netherlands, with a strong presence in the DACH Region, from Convent Capital, an investment company based in Amsterdam. 

To ensure everyone can make the most of their time by the coast, it is important that all aspects of the public realm, in particular promenades, are designed and equipped to a high standard. And with many local authorities also needing to develop more robust defences to protect communities against the effects of climate change, the importance of good design in public spaces along the coast has never been greater.