Many things shape the face of a city: buildings, bridges, parks, sculptures, even benches! That’s right, this simple form of public furniture can also add more emotion to a particular site.
A&D created this list of unusual bench designs to illustrate that creativity can transform busy streets into cozy communal living rooms. Whether grabbing a quick lunch or waiting for your date, these benches will brighten your day! (H/T)
01. Park In Vöcklabruck, Austria
02. Bench In Kyiv, Ukraine
03. The Blue Carpet In Newcastle, England
04. Creative Park Bench, Massachusetts
05. Rotating Bench Keeps The Seat Dry After Rain
06. Bench By Alleswirdgut Architektur, Luxembourg
07. Whale Tail Bench
08. Paprocany Lake Shore Redevelopment
09. Bench Out Of Pencils In Kyiv, Ukraine
10. Typewriter Bench
11. Musical Bench
12. Seats In The Shape Of A Tulip By Tulip Design
13. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe Book Bench, London
14. Custom Curve Seats, Cadigal Green, University Of Sydney, Australia
15. Off-ground, Copenhagen, Denmark
16. El Poeta Bench By Alfredo Häberli
17. Bus Stop Bench
18. Soft Bench By Lucile Soufflet
19. Double Doily, New York, NY
20. Glass Concrete Bench By Zoltan Bencze & Szovetseg’39, Pecs, Hungary
21. Lungo Mare Bench
22. Swinging Bench By Neulhae Cho
23. Creative Bench
24. Tree Bench Of Tree Bench, Seattle, USA
25. 888 Brannan Office Building In San Francisco
26. Book Bench In Paris
27. Benches In Exhibition At The Sheldon Art Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri
28. Garabatos, Series Of Benches By Pablo Reinoso
29. Creative Benches In New York
30. Funny City Bench, Bangkok
31. Benches In Riva Promenade Of Croatian City Split
32. “V” Shaped Bench In Belgium
33. Bench On Acid
34. The State Of The Pulse At Rest, International Garden Show Hamburg
35. Robot Bench In Enschede, Netherlands
36. Kansas City Public Library Stairs
37. Creative Bench
38. The Tree Bench In The Netherlands
39. Sail Benches, Vercheres, Canada
40. Letter Bench, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England
41. Space In Between By Worapong Manupipatpong
42. DIY Urban Bench
43. Lightwave, A Sculptural Bench In Ithaca, NY
44. Mountain Inspired Benches
45. Creative Public Bench
46. Piano Bench In Andrassy Ave, Budapest
47. Swan Bench In Amsterdam
48. Social Bench
49. Light Bench In Barcelona
50. Bench In New York
51. Modern Bamboo Bench In New York
52. The Wave In Chicago, IL
53. Nest Bench
54. Concrete Bench At New York Botanical Garden, Bronx
55. Benches In Jean Baptiste Lebas Park, Lille, France
56. Circular Bench Bruxelles
57. Buttmunches, San Francisco Ferry Plaza, CA
58. Swirling Bench
59. Unire/Unite In Rome, Italy
60. Flexible Seating By Izabela Bołoz, Gdynia, Poland
61. Bench Go Round, San Francisco
62. Sustainable Wooden Bench In the United Kingdom
63. Onsite Benches By Sebastien Wierinck, Berlin, Germany, And Paris, France
64. Unique Public Bench
65. Portable Bench In London
66. The Wanderest – A Seat That Attaches To Existing Circular Or Octagonal Lamp Posts
67. Bench Of Plates By Al_a
68. Claude Ponti Bench, Nantes, France
69. Creative Wood Benches
70. Water Bench Collects And Stores Rainwater
71. X- Shaped Loungers In Times Square, NYC
72. Modified Social Benches In NY
73. Klaipeda
74. London Bench
75. Debrecen
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