Collection by Olivia Martin

Cool Public Benches in Vancouver

The Urban Reef, a sculptural series of benches and pavilions, will be open to the public throughout the summer.

Kaz Bremner, Jeremiah Deutscher, Michael Siy, and Kenneth Navarra, a local team of architects, designers, and carpenters, created Urban Reef, which was selected as the winning design from among 78 entries.
Kaz Bremner, Jeremiah Deutscher, Michael Siy, and Kenneth Navarra, a local team of architects, designers, and carpenters, created Urban Reef, which was selected as the winning design from among 78 entries.
The entire 800-block of downtown Robson Street will be open as an Urban Reef, 24 hours a day, through September 1, 2014.
The entire 800-block of downtown Robson Street will be open as an Urban Reef, 24 hours a day, through September 1, 2014.
Each of the residences has outdoor space attached to it; the family’s unit has a roof deck. In 

lieu of a green roof is a galvanized tub filled with grasses—a collaboration between the architects 

and landscape architecture firm space2place.
Each of the residences has outdoor space attached to it; the family’s unit has a roof deck. In lieu of a green roof is a galvanized tub filled with grasses—a collaboration between the architects and landscape architecture firm space2place.