Inspiring TED Talks: How Public Spaces Make Cities Work
Amanda Burden, Urban Planner talks about the significance of amazing, well planned public spaces in shaping a whole city. Watch here.
Street Art From Around the World – Orlando Towers, South Africa
The town of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa has formerly only been renowned for the Soweto Riots during the Apartheid era. But today, artists and extreme sport lovers have disbanded this stigma by creating some truly revolutionary street art on 33-storey high cooling towers. The Orlando Power Station was constructed in 1935 but took until […]
Quality and Efficiency Always Outweigh Initial Cost
Selecting the correct manufacturing supplies and workmanship is a critical phase of the planning process. With any new operation, the budgeting forecast is the baseline for the proposed work, the design and the implementation phase. And yet all too often, the financial calculations forget to factor in the long-term operational and maintenance costs, specifically those […]
Urban FF Goes to Church!
St Josephs Cathedral in Rockhampton gets a makeover and UrbanFF ensures the parishioners are sitting comfortably. Check out the project for more great photos and project rundown.
Park Rd Project
Urban Fountains and Furniture were approached to manufacture and supply the new bespoke bike racks/signage and coloured concrete stools for Park Rd Milton. Check out the project page for the full project rundown and gallery!
CF200 Chiller Fountain
As one of Australia’s leading outdoor drinking fountain manufacturers and suppliers, Urban has designed an outdoor fountain that is able to provide chilled water in the public space. The fountain also incorporates a bottle filler that allows the public to be able to fill water bottles with fresh, cool, filtered water. The fountain does require […]
Royal Flying Doctor Service Project
Urban have just completed an exciting project for the The Royal Flying Doctor Service in Alice Springs, supplying bench seats, picnic tables and bins. The Aston Bin, PT02 disabled accessible picnic table and the SB5 steel rod seat were chosen from our product range for the project. Due to the extreme climate in Alice Springs, […]
Exciting New Releases: DB06 & PT06
We’re excited to launch 2 new additions to our range of seating and picnic tables. The DB06 and the PT06 are stylish and robust furniture pieces that are designed to complement any park or shoreline setting. Urban have again focused on creating not only strong functional pieces but ones that are aesthetically pleasing, by incorporating […]
Lane Cove Project
The beautiful Sydney Lower North Shore now features our stylish and durable balustrading extensively, plus custom made steel seating. Working with the Lane Cove Council in a recent urban renewal project, we supplied our SS24 balustrading along with manufacturing a custom steel bench seat and wall mounted seat. We worked closely with the Council in […]
Exciting New Release: Apollo 280 Drinking Fountain
We’re pleased to announce the release of our new Apollo 280 Drinking Fountain. We’ve combined the features, design & versatility of the BF200 Refill Fountain, with more traditional aspects of our Apollo range. The stylish new design not only looks great, but provides a long lasting finish with its stainless steel basin and front panel. […]
Cityscope Art Installation
For this month’s case study of street art around the world, we discovered the innovative and colourful art installation, Cityscope by Marco Hemmerling. This masterpiece was designed for an architectural festival in Cologne, Germany back in 2008. The design of the beautiful art installation offered so much more than just being aesthetically pleasing to the […]
Southbank Precinct Project
We recently worked on the upgrade of Brisbane’s, Russell & Grey Street in the Southbank Precinct. Our robust Aston Bins and Tree Grates were supplied for the project, giving the area an attractive uplift. Built to withstand the toughest treatment against vandals, our Aston Bins with vibrant red and yellow battens, are a great addition […]
Queensland Rail Partnership
We are pleased to announce our partnership with Queensland Rail Ltd for the supply of our Apollo 880 drinking fountains. The design and construction of our A880 has been improved to comply with all Design for Access and Mobility Australian Standards. Look out for our vibrant blue drinking fountains coming soon to a station near […]
Exciting New Release: Water Bottle Refill Fountain
We are very thrilled to announce our newest product – the BF200 Refill Fountain. This environmentally friendly system is a must-have for any streetscape or park area. The BF200 is an innovative solution to a no brainer problem, with masses of bottled-water consumers frequenting these areas. It’s the perfect solution for reducing waste and accommodating […]
Are You Using Colour To Your Advantage?
The use of colours not only brightens up an area by making it stand out and giving it character, but it is also symbolic of a whole range of feelings and emotions. Colours are used to depict a number of moods, making it the ideal tool for using on street scapes. The choice of certain […]
Floating Umbrella Installation
Our February focus has been about brightening up public places with colour. In accordance, this month’s edition of street art around the world, we have been mesmerised by the vividly spectacular Floating Umbrella Installation in Águeda, Portugal. The art and cultural festival, AgitÁgueda celebrated its seventh year last year, featuring music, theatre events and shows, […]
Product Showcase: Mode Park Tree Grates
These bright and colourful Tree Grates were designed exclusively for use in Brisbane’s North Lakes, Mode Park. Urban FF worked alongside Eureka Landscaping and Aecom Architects on this exciting project, creating a remarkable and effective park area – the tree grates being a stand out feature. For this project the original tree grate design was […]
Have you met Pinterest?
If you are yet to discover the amazing world of Pinterest – you are in for a treat. This wonderful social media site allows you to create your own digital pin board. Scrolling through images of categories relating to anything and everything, you can pin to your board or share through email and other social […]
El Alamein Fountain
One of Sydney’s most loved icons is the El Alamein Fountain, located in Fitzroy Garden, Kings Cross. It has received local and international success, winning numerous awards and replications around the world. While to the unaware, the fountain may seem like a simple dandelion, it was constructed as a war memorial for the Australian Imperial […]
Product Showcase: The Phoenix
For a bench seat that offers simplicity and comfort, look no further than The Phoenix. The ergonomically-designed seat is made from high quality timber slats, double stained and clear coated for extreme weather durability. The versatility of The Phoenix makes it ideal for a variety of locations. With custom designed features like choice of colour […]
Welcome 2013
Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed the holiday break and wish you a great start to 2013. We’re feeling refreshed and motivated for the New Year. We have an fantastic year ahead planned, with exciting new custom designs in the pipeline. We have more great projects planned for 2013 with the Brisbane City Council. Stay […]
New 2012-13 UrbanFF Catalogue Released!
Our NEW 2012-13 catalogue is now available to check out. The catalogue includes an up-to-date listing of our standard product range, with photographs, descriptions and specifications for each product. As per usual, most products in our range can be custom modified to suit your needs desired design and function. To check out the new 2012-13 […]
Urban FF receives the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Certification
Urban Fountains & Furniture are proud to announce we have received the tick of approval in quality business management principles. The International Organisation for Standardisation are the world’s largest developers of voluntary business management standards. As the leading standards for management systems they provide global specifications in products, services and good practice. Urban Fountains & […]
Product Showcase – Apollo 880
Introducing the Apollo 880, a truly unique and original design. Comprising of a singular sweeping curve, the fountain exudes modern design. The stainless steel body comes in a variety of finishes making each one a custom, standout product. Check out the product page for more information.