Street Furniture News
HITSA lands in the UK, hitting the street furniture market with style
We are living in exciting times here at Bailey Street Furniture Group, particularly when it comes to products and our offering to the marketplace. Today we are excited about introducing HITSA and their stylish product range.
Metalco: Italian style driving a powerful social vision
Metalco has been providing products that support sustainable urbanisation and the creation of socially connected public spaces since 1984. The company has partnered with BSFG for more than 10 years, offering a unique range of products through the group’s Artform Urban Furniture division. What sets Metalco apart is its ‘Social Design for Real Life’ vision - to create urban furniture which meets the needs of users most effectively in a way that is sustainable for the environment and for people.
Creating accessible attractive and cycle-friendly transport hubs
The quality and visual appeal of transport hubs and interchanges, including railway stations, bus stations and tram stops, is crucially important in encouraging greater use and maximising customer satisfaction. Both are key to facilitating increased use of public transport across the country, but especially in major urban areas, where switching more people away from cars can help to improve local environmental conditions by lowering levels of road congestion, noise and air pollution.
Supporting placemaking and putting outdoor spaces at the heart of residential communities
No matter the style or location of the housing, all developments centred on placemaking share common objectives. Their design views the public areas around houses and apartment blocks as not only functional but also appealing and engaging, encouraging people to spend more time in them.
How to create sustainable, supportive outdoor areas in healthcare environments
The great outdoors can work wonders for our health and wellbeing whatever the setting. In healthcare environments such as hospitals, care homes and community health facilities, however, ensuring patients, staff and visitors have easy access to well-designed outdoor spaces on-site should be a priority, given the potential for substantial benefits.
Maximising purpose in outdoor educational spaces
Well-designed, high-quality outdoor spaces within school, college, and university grounds hold equal significance to their indoor counterparts in enhancing the overall educational journey, fostering positivity, engagement, and fulfilment. But what are the key considerations when crafting outdoor spaces that optimise attractiveness, usability, safety, and sustainability?
Optimising the outdoor environment on retail and commercial sites
The design of outdoor spaces surrounding retail and commercial buildings is crucially important to the site’s long term economic, social and environmental sustainability. This article explains the multiple benefits that can be realised by property owners and developers when external spaces are well-conceived, innovatively designed and constructed using class-leading quality products.
Street furniture trends to look out for in 2024
Our towns and cities are constantly evolving to cope with changes in social, technological, and environmental needs. But how is street furniture set to evolve in 2024?
Biophilic design and its impact on street furniture
Biophilic design is transforming the way urban spaces are designed. It is a concept that seeks to connect people and nature within built environments. It is an approach that is not only affecting how buildings are designed but also areas within an urban environment, particularly town or city centres.
Wrapping up a busy 2023 with a positive outlook for 2024
Birthday celebrations for Artform Urban, a charity trek in the Peak District and the launch of a new HVM-compliant seat were just three of the highlights of a busy 2023 for the Bailey Street Furniture Group (BSFG).
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