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London, EC2A 4BY sales@furnitubes.com 0208 378 3200 www.furnitubes.com
About Furnitubes
We thrive in the outdoors and we are on a mission to get more people outside! With over 70 years of experience designing and manufacturing street furniture – all of our products are rigorously prototyped and revised to withstand the test of time and the elements of the great outdoors. Our products are made in the UK from 100% recycled steel enabling us to maintain our high quality standards, minimise our lead times and reduce the impact on the environment. Furnitubes' extensive range of street furniture include ; bollards, security bollards, cycle stands, seating, benches, picnic tables, litter bins, dog waste bins, planters, not to mention our unique range of cleverly engineered modular solutions built to achieve endless configurations and set ups.
Areas covered
East Anglia, International, Midlands, National (Eng/Wales/Scot/NI), North Thames, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Thames, South West, UK Islands, Wales, Yorkshire North East
Types of work undertaken
- Roof Gardens/Green Roofs (unlimited)
- Commercial (unlimited)
- Street, Garden Furniture And Sculpture (unlimited)
- Design Facility (unlimited)
Projects
AKRI transforms residential roof-top
Furnitubes designed and manufactured a number of AKRI retaining steel wall planters with ped and tray system for the development of new apartments with rooftops in Bexleyheath, south London. AKRI’s unique ped and tray system allows the planters to be left freestanding, sitting on a layer of waterproof membrane. Decking and pergolas were installed and benches were later retro-fitted to the planters to seamlessly integrate seating, manufactured in all steel to accommodate the required A fire rating, creating stunning landscaped rooftops across both buildings in the heart of a bustling city.
Seating and bespoke planters - Westgate Lower Mall
Furnitubes designed, engineered, manufactured and installed 35 planters and 8 seating units. The planters were supplied in corten steel and aluminium trusses up to 6m high were bolted into the base of the planters for climbing plants to grow up. The seating is from Furnitubes’ Elements XL range, 4 units freestanding with bespoke backrests. All products are heavy enough to not be easily moved by the public, but can be readily moved by pallet truck if the spaces in the Lower Mall need to be rearranged in future.
Bespoke seating and planters for redeveloped Westgate Oxford
Furnitubes designers worked with landscape architects LDA Design to develop a series of planting and seating solutions for the rooftop terraces, designed around a kitchen garden concept and creating a series of unique outdoor spaces for 12 bars and restaurants and offering impressive views of the Oxford skyline and the countryside beyond. Themed areas include the sinuous Crinkle Crankle, a Vegetable Garden and Garden Court as well as the Kitchen Garden itself. Planters were manufactured predominantly in steel, some with additional timber cladding, others with integrated seating and lighting.