Urban Furniture
Street-level design and architecture that shapes public spaces through functional and sculptural objects.
Urban furniture encompasses the objects and structures that define how people interact with cities and streets. From benches and shelters to installations and temporary structures, these designs balance practical needs with aesthetic and social considerations.
The community explores industrial and modular approaches to street furniture, temporary interventions that activate public space, and how small-scale design can transform urban environments. Work ranges from permanent installations and facade systems to portable structures and furniture concepts adapted for different urban contexts.
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1Y Architects Stacks Red Plastic Stools into a Tapering Tower for Foshan's Creative Week
In Foshan, China, a 36 m² installation turns the humble Cantonese red plastic stool into a steel-framed tower you can sit beneath and look up through.
OUT Architecture Turns a Coffee Cup Stain into a Broken Ring of Benches on a London Market Corner
A broken ring of steel and cork benches outside an Aldgate café reclaims an overlooked Petticoat Lane corner for the London Festival of Architecture 2026.
Hello Wood Stacks a Pink Timber Food Hall, Beer Garden and Tree Houses onto a Former Zürich Freight Yard
On an abandoned rail yard in Zürich West, a three-level CLT complex of terraces, tree houses and blue steel stairs turns street food into civic theatre.
Studio NOR Revives Beijing's 798·751 Train Street with a Modular Kit of Steel Frames and Converted Carriages
In Beijing's 798·751 Park, a former coal yard and rail terminus regains public life through lightweight steel pavilions and retrofitted train carriages.
