A city centre roof terrace where corten steel planters and clean paving frame a space built for eating, drinking and barbecuing, all set against 180-degree views.
Set high above the city, this roof terrace was designed to make the most of a genuinely rare asset — 180-degree views across the skyline — with a layout built for entertaining at height.
Designed by Burton Hall, the brief called for a terrace that worked as hard as its views: proper space for eating, drinking and barbecuing, without ever cluttering the outlook.
Cor-Ten steel planters anchor the space, their warm, weathered tone a natural cou nterpoint to the surrounding cityscape, while paving ties the terrace together underfoot. A dedicated area for dining and barbecuing makes the most of the height and the light, with those 180-degree views doing the rest of the work.
A roof terrace has no vehicle access and no storage, so every planter and every bag of soil was lifted up in sequence, without damage to the building or to anything already in place.
Elevated, warm, open — a terrace built for taking in the whole city.
The decisions that shaped it.
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Large Corten Steel Planters
Visually appealing, and filling the space with planting.
Corten Steel - 02
Planting Design
Pulled together by Burton Hall.
Planting
