A bench is long a seat for one or more people, which may be stationary or mobile. With many styles, forms and shapes available, a bench can add visual interest to a space, as well as offer seating. While a traditional bench may blend into a number of different environments, a design bench may serve as an interesting centerpiece. On ArchiExpo, benches are categorized by such properties as intended use, material or style.
Benches are found in both domestic and commercial environments, and may include integrated planters, lighting, storage or shelving. Interior benches may be used as additional comfortable seating. It is sometimes padded and may even double as a storage surface.
In commercial and public environments, the durability and resistance of the bench is often more important than comfort. It may be used for high-traffic exterior environments such as bus stations, public parks, or hospitals.
Popular bench materials include concrete, wood, stainless steel, aluminum and plastic, though some few are made of cardboard, vegetable fibers or other unusual materials.
Consider whether the bench will be used indoors or out, its seating capacity and whether it should be stationary or mobile. It must be the right height for its habitual users, children or adults. Bench style should fit its environment. Bold shapes and styles may make it striking centerpieces in a neutral environment, but would be inappropriate in a highly ornate context.
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Design public bench in stone COLLEZIONE LA PIAZZA PANCA PONTE METALCO
Re-thinking the urban spaces with a modular project characterised by three-dimensionality and the choice of a unique prestigious material: the PIAZZA project is an initiative by METALCO...
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Contemporary bench and table set for garden VIGOR Royal Botania - Red Label
An eye striking set with charisma to spare. The rough Teak or Mahogany beams are jointed...
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Contemporary kids garden bench (with backrest) LUXEMBOURG by Frédéric Sofia FERMOB
Children will love having their very own spot with the Luxembourg Kid bench. Combined with the...
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Contemporary garden stainless steel bench NINIX by Kris Van Puyvelde Royal Botania
NINIX means both minimal and maximal. A Contradiction? Not if you know that in material selection,...
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Design garden bench (with backrest) TITIKAKA by Naoto Fukasawa B&B Italia
The new Titikaka bench, in teak lathes with an aluminium frame, contradicts the rigid shape of traditional outdoor benches. Perhaps...
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Contemporary bench GROOVE by Piero Lissoni Porro
Simplicity, equilibrium and symmetry - the basic principles of Japanese furnishings, can be found in the Groove bench in solid wood, with a typical Zen look. The bench is...
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Contemporary public bench in metal (with backrest) EGLA-TWIN 4223 HAVER & BOECKER
Weight: appr. 7,2 kg/m² (1,48 lbs/sqft) Open area: appr. 43% Main applications: Ceiling, Space the flat surface on one side of the EGLA-TWIN creates a reflection across...
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Contemporary public bench in concrete and steel SLITTA LAB23
The legs of the SLITTA bench are in stainless steel AISI 304, Thickness 60/10, constructed from two fascias, 120x2257 mm, with four folds 67.1 degrees bent,...
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Design public bench in wood NORWEGIAN-BENCH Accsys Technologies
Accoya has been chosen as the material of choice for the new seating area in Sarpsbourg Square in the centre of the city. The inspiration of the...
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Contemporary commercial bench with armrests TRANSIT by alegreindustrial Actiu
A bench seating with massive potential for public...
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Original design bench MARIPOSA by Riccardo Dalisi Zanotta
Bench. Nine originals numbered and signed. Pale blue painted...
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Design public bench in concrete (with backrest) 108 by Enric Batlle & Joan Roig SANTA&COLE
Modular seat with rhomboid shapes, designed in concrete and mass coloured. Urban bench arising...
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Scandinavian design bench 10 UNIT SYSTEM by Shigeru Ban Artek
10 UNIT SYSTEM Bench Designer: Shigeru Ban Year: 2009 UPM ProFi wood plastic composite. White or black. 10-UNIT SYSTEM includes 10...
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Contemporary bench by Harry Bertoia BERTOIA BENCH Knoll
Platform bench cushions are available separately, up to a maximum of three Awards "Designer of the Year," 1955 Certificate of Merit, American Institute of Architects Design...
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Contemporary bench by Harry Bertoia Knoll international
Dimensions 183cm W x 48cm D x 39cm H Features Sculptor Harry Bertoia's exceptional 1952 seating collection formed from bent metal rods includes the simple, elegant Bertoia bench of wood slats...
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Design solid wood bench by George Nelson NELSON BENCH VITRA HOME
This bench's clear, straightforward lines reflect Nelson's architectural background....
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Contemporary garden metal bench PARK LIFE by Jasper Morrison KETTAL
Park Life is a complete family of furniture for outdoors, whose clean cut profile is adaptable to a wide...
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Commercial bench MIND-SHARE Allsteel
There’s more than one way to Gather. And that’s the beauty of the modular Mind-Share. Create one-, two-, or three-sided micro-environments....
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Contemporary garden bench (with backrest) STING by S.Borselius & F.Mattson Blå Station
Sting Arm-Bench is a neat, linkable and stackable bench in aluminium and stainless steel. The bench can be used indoors as well as outdoors. Sting Bench is also available without armrests. Sting O32A O32A * Stackable and linkable * Can be used...
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Conventional upholstery is based on a simple principle: foam is encased in fabric to provide comfort. The 25 bench eliminates foam from the equation...
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Contemporary bench C3 Bulthaup
The bulthaup c3 table features a lightweight appearance and superlative functionality. The table top has been adapted to the material thickness...
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Contemporary bench SATYR by ForUse CLASSICON
There is no shortage of lounge classics, but hardly any of them is so fresh and saucy as the Satyr. There it stands, bold and robust – and that really...
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Contemporary wooden bench SOFT by Front MOROSO
The concept of appearances emerges clearly in the work of an all-female group of young Swedish designers, FRONT, whose range of seating, sofas and armchairs is their first work...
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Contemporary public bench in corten steel MORELLA by Helio Piñón Escofet
BANQUETA MORELLA is an urban bench, part of the MORELLA series. It is built using a single sheet of folded COR-TEN steel, with a final result that resembles the cross-section of a U-shaped metal profile. Its slender but resistant line leaves free space beneath the seat. It only requires bolt anchorage to the ground to project a sense of lightness and utterly natural resting on the pavement. TABURETE...
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Contemporary public bench in wood and metal (with backrest) MADRID : UM330 Benito
Material: Legs and center reinforcement made of 50 x 8 mm steel plates. Stainless steel screws. Two tropical wooden boards of 170...
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Design public bench in concrete DUCTAL® Lafarge concrete
Urban environment: A facelift for the city Making cities more attractive and more practical, while being both a communal area and living space offering mobility and relaxation; street furniture that brings structure and rhythm to daily city life. A multitude...
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Design public bench in wood and metal TUXEDO by Bassam Fellows Herman Miller
Designed to offer a generous platform for seating without visually overpowering their surroundings, Tuxedo Benches are precisely proportioned and exquisitely detailed. They are based on a modular grid that accommodates for designs ranging from...
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Contemporary garden bench (teak) NETWORK 002 by Rodolfo Dordoni RODA
Rodas archetypal collection, the one which marked the firms real turning point in terms of design. A product line whose highly distinctive feature is the marked presence of solid teak,...
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Contemporary garden bench in resin wicker SOHO by Frank Ligthart DEDON
SOHO, a collection that could hardly be more straightforward. With its clear lines, purity of form and distillation to only the most...
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Contemporary garden metal bench PATTERN by Arik Levy EMU
The first one-piece moulded and shaped outdoor chair made entirely of completely recyclable steel was made thanks to an innovative high-tech method, making important evolution for EMU in its approach to metal. This development started with sheet and tubular metal,...
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Design bench by Finn Juhl (scandinavian) Triode Design
A bench or table used for both, designed by Finn Juhl for BOVIRKE in 1953, as part of a series of furniture with a simple steel frame in burnished steel. The bench is in the design family with furniture such as the Nyhavn Table and FJ Sideboard. Finn Juhl had an international breakthrough in the USA in the...
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Contemporary commercial polymer bench VIGNELLI BIG BENCH by Massimo Vignelli Heller
Bench appropriate for indoor/outdoor commercial, institutional and residential...
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Contemporary garden bench FLAT by Mario Ruiz GANDIA BLASCO
Made of thermo-lacquered aluminium profiles (white,sand...
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Contemporary bench CORVUS Hess AG
70.00600.1 ESCHE Bench CORVUS with back Sides of cast aluminium Sitting surface...
