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Dramatic feature seating for iconic London tower
Tower 42 at Bishopsgate was built in the 1980s and is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city of London. As part of a refurbishment project, Factory Furniture was asked to create two feature seats for the iconic tower. HED landscape architects / urban designers had come up with an ambitious seating concept which needed to be made into a
Tower 42 at Bishopsgate was built in the 1980s and is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city of London.
Work undertaken
As part of a refurbishment project, Factory Furniture was asked to create two feature seats for the iconic tower. HED landscape architects / urban designers had come up with an ambitious seating concept which needed to be made into a reality.
Each seat reaches over 3m in height and required a design that could cope with the changing levels of the site and the curving wall onto which they sat. The sweeping FSC timber seat slats and armrests are carried by a modular steel frame. The seats were broken into sections that were assembled in the workshop before being transported to site ready for installation. Each seat was fitted with integrated top-down lighting which dramatically illuminates them during night-time hours.
