Moscow, the largest city on the European continent, just had to be included in our City Collection.  Love or hate the idea of Russia and what it stands for, one cannot ignore the importance of Moscow when it comes to world history and art.

When I think of Moscow, I immediately think of the Red Square with the square box shapes of the Kremlin wall to the south of the square, in stark contrast to the round colourful towers of St. Basil’s cathedral right next to it.

It was these circular shapes of St. Basil’s cathedral that inspired the Moscow bollard.  This bollard is made up of circles interacting with each other creating a play of circles ‘cutting and filling’ along the height of the bollard.

Application

With its light facing directly down, it illuminates the concave concrete body of the bollard giving of a beautiful glow of light in a 180deg arc.  This makes the Moscow bollard great to use as edge lighting to define an area like a pathway, boundary wall, parking areas, or even your fire pit.

With the light source facing vertically down, the risk of the light source being disturbing is minimal making it ideal for use close to residential structures, walkways and next to driveways.

Features and Benefits

As with all our concrete products, the Moscow bollard is made from our high strength wet cast concrete.  Due to the wet cast process, each product is presented as it comes out of the mould with the timber mould details captured beautifully in the surface of the concrete.

Small air bubbles and slight mould bleed that are sometimes visible on the edges gives a unique and authentic appearance that only concrete can give, which is why we have been in love with concrete for so many years.

As with all our concrete products, our tried and tested two coat concrete sealant process gives this bollard a stunning, natural matt finish that will last for years.

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Johannesburg

Our City Collection would just not be complete without a Jo’burg tribute.  Johannesburg, with its rich history, cultural mix, and extremes bordering each other is a truly international city.  For me, it’s a smaller version of New York, which is exactly what our Jo’burg bollard is.

The Jo’burg bollard is versatile, durable, and very affordable which, combined with great aesthetics makes it ideal for almost any outdoor lighting application.

Application

The Jo’burg is one of the most versatile bollards in the City Collection series.  With its compact size and slightly angled light source, it projects light at an angle of 120° to form an oval pool of light in front of it.

It is ideal to light up pathways, circulation areas like a fire pit or open patio, and accentuate entrance areas.  Placing the bollard inside a landscaped area creates a stunning light effect with depth of field, where the light bounces off the vegetation in front of the bollard without taking anything away from the light emitted to the surrounding areas.

Features and benefits

As with all our concrete products, the New York bollard is made from our high-strength wet cast concrete.  Due to the wet cast process, each product is presented as it comes out of the mould with the timber mould details captured beautifully in the surface of the concrete.  Small air bubbles and slight mould bleed that are sometimes visible on the edges give a unique and authentic appearance that only concrete can give, which is why we have been in love with concrete for so many years.

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Introducing the new City Collection from Elemento.

But why a city collection, you may ask?  Well, the answer is simple and singular… Concrete!  Concrete is at the heart of any city; it is the essence of it.  Yes, there are steel and glass also, but without concrete, no city would exist.  Concrete is what gives a city its strength, its texture, its form, beauty, and longevity.  It is this same concrete that our City Collection is made of.  So, the thought of drawing life and inspiration from cities around the world for our new bollard collection became just too compelling to ignore.

New York

Many of us have never been to New York but have seen lots of photos of the city and watched lots of movie scenes playing off in its streets.  The one thing that has always struck me about this city is the needle-like appearance of the skyscrapers stacked so closely together.  I can just imagine what it must be like walking in between these tall thin structures with the sunlight peering in from the top, washing down the sides of these slender, tightly packed, skyscrapers.

It was with this image in mind that the New York bollard came to light.  This tall slender concrete structure with light peering in from the top, washing down the side of the structure, Illuminating and accentuating the concrete texture.  The thin sharp edges of the light recess speaking of the crispness that can be produced with concrete and of the strength thereof, being able to be formed in such slender elegance.

Application

The New York is one of the most versatile bollards in the City Collection series.  With its relative height and slightly angled light source, it projects light at an angle of 120° to form an oval pool of light in front of it.

It is ideal to light up pathways, circulation areas like a fire pit or open patio and to accentuate entrance areas.  Due to its tall light column, placing the light inside a landscaped area creates a stunning light effect with depth of field, where the light bounces off the vegetation in front of the bollard without taking anything away from the light emitted to the surrounding areas.

Features and benefits

As with all our concrete products, the New York bollard is made from our high strength wet cast concrete.  Due to the wet cast process, each product is presented as it comes out of the mould with the timber mould details captured beautifully in the surface of the concrete.  Small air bubbles and slight mould bleed that are sometimes visible on the edges gives a unique and authentic appearance that only concrete can give, which is why we have been in love with concrete for so many years.

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