Context

Langley Design manufactured and installed a range of external furniture to complement the design and feel of the new Christ Church Academy in Yardley Wood, Birmingham.

The brand new £19m high-end secondary school has created 1,500 new school places in the area. The project was the first to be delivered under the Department of Education framework (DfE) for the Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust and constructed under the Education & Skills Funding Agency High-Value Contractors Framework.

The new school also includes a sports hall, two full-size football pitches and one FA-standard 3G pitch. Traditional materials have been used in a contemporary way to create a clean, simple aesthetic, whilst providing robustness and ease of maintenance.

Challenge

Willmott Dixon approached Langley Design to manufacture and install a full range of bespoke external furniture to complement the high-end school's design and feel.

Solution

Langley used timber elements throughout and combined this with powder-coated steel to develop a harmonious external area against the school's facade.

Langley's curved benches were chosen to create feature seating areas with matching picnic table sets in order to complement each other. The double-width timber cycle shelters with clad ends offer a high-capacity and stylish storage solution in a minimal area and ties in with the cladding of the bin stores.

Products supplied

  • 2x Sheldon cycle shelter SCS310

  • 50x Langley seat LST101

  • 26x Langley bench LBN107

  • 25x Langley picnic table LPT102

  • 4x Sheldon bench SBN307

  • 8x Malford cycle rack MCR201-6

  • 23x Sheldon bollard SBD300