As part of its ongoing urban regeneration program, IOTA was commissioned by Birmingham City Council to supply granite planters for the downtown shopping district. These stone pots are sited throughout the district, along the pedestrianised zone of New Street to the south, north up Corporation Street, and west to the Cathedral Square. In addition to established tree planting, IOTA’s plant pots are the […]
Outdoor Landscaping with Custom-Made Granite Benches
IOTA provides a custom range of manufactured granite including outdoor furniture. These images showcase custom-made granite benches especially made for outdoor furniture at Castle Quay, a development comprised of residential, civic, and commercial spaces in St. Helier, Jersey. The developer required a cost-efficient and a methodical seating solution, in a simple and contemporary outdoor landscaping […]
Centre Court Redevelopment Features Venice Cube Planters
Wimbledon 2008 will be remembered for the epic battle played out between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the longest-ever final in the history of The All England Club. Away from the headlines (but no less spectacular), the 2008 Championship also saw the unveiling of the penultimate phase in the AELTC’s three-year development programme. This […]
An Elegant and Sleek Garden Table for Residential Design
Elegant and sleek, the IOTA Venice Table with matching stools is the perfect garden table for contemporary outdoor landscapes and indoor dining rooms. You can’t find Venice materials anywhere except IOTA. This unique material (also found in the Venice garden plant pot series) is made from a cement composite material reinforced with natural plant fibres. The tables and […]
Planters in Heavy Urban Streetscape Design – Fortitude Valley Brisbane
IOTA’s Granite 600 square pots were chosen by Mad Mex Mexican restaurant for landscaping and security for their outdoor seating area at the restaurant in the open mall of Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The location for this urban streetscape design is a high traffic heavy urban area. These outdoor granite planting containers soften the look of […]
Noosa Heads Residential Project – Monaco Slate Planters Showcase
This residential project required a feature between the garage and front door to break up the space and green up the paved area. The Monaco natural slate garden pot range suited the soft tones of the house and look great in the afternoon sun. The Monaco slate planters used in this residential project brought out the […]
Shopping Centre Streetscaping – Granite Tall Taper Large Planters
IOTA’s Canterbury range was specified for the Noosa Fair Shopping Centre in Noosa Heads, Qld. The Canterbury range is made out of polished granite and was recommended by The Noosa Gardener who undertook the shopping centre streetscaping project. “The granite is solid enough to handle the high traffic zones of the centre, while still retaining […]
Using Pots For Restaurant Plantscaping
IOTA’s Venice range of square containers were chosen by architect Robin Gibson & Partners for the Beluga Bar and Restaurant in Tedder Avenue, Main Beach, Gold Coast. These planters and pots for restaurant plant scaping added some greenery to the restaurant’s ambience. Thirteen Venice 500’s cubes were chosen for the project and designed to soften […]
The Perfect Outdoor Granite Planters for Lunch Areas in Brisbane
IOTA’s granite trough planters and tall squares were chosen for the boundary of the outdoor lunch area of one of the Government office buildings on Queen Street in the CBD of Brisbane. The outdoor granite planters offered a practical solution for “greening” the area in an otherwise very concrete and hard landscape Brisbane city area. They […]
Large Planters for Outdoors in Queen Victoria Market – Melbourne Inner City Streetscaping
IOTA’s granite stone pots were chosen for Melbourne’s iconic Queen Victoria Market. Thirty Tall Square stone pots line the Elizabeth Street cafe area with plantings of Lilly Pilly that help divide the eating area from the busy city road. These large planters for outdoors complement the urban scape of this city street. Around the corner […]
Sheraton Noosa Heads – XXL Granite Planters at the Hotel Foyer Entrance
Landscape designers Outdoor Noosa specified IOTA’s tall tapered XXL granite planters for the foyer of the Noosa Heads Sheraton. The polished granite makes for a striking entrance for guests and leads them from the entrance to the reception desk and then another pair leads them out to the elevators. Noosa Sheraton wanted something that would […]
Gold Coast – Westpac in Cavill Avenue
IOTA’s granite planters were chosen for the plant scape at the front of the Westpac in Cavill Avenue on the Gold Coast. The area is in the nightlife district and a solution needed to be chosen that was suitable for such heavy-duty commercial use. A selection of Granite trough 1000’s and a Taper 800 were […]
Derry City Council, N. Ireland – Custom Granite Planters
Custom granite planters were installed at the Derry City Council in preparation for the upcoming Homecoming Festival. The festival was in celebration of the high point in the eleven-month, 40,000-mile Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Derry-Lodonderry greeted ten 68-foot yachts at the conclusion of the last transatlantic leg. Ten custom granite planters were made […]