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J U N E 2 0 2 4 | 19 Landscape Products Landscape Forms, North America's leading designer and manufacturer of high-design site furniture, structure, LED lighting, and accessories, recently released the new Plains & Pods – two complementary systems of modular seat- ing, surfaces, and planters created with London-based design studio, Industrial Facility. Plains & Pods are sibling products that work elegantly either together or separately, with a minimalist, non-prescriptive design to enhance its versatility. Rectilinear and architectural, Plains are comprised of large format platforms and a trestle, varying in height and width to create customizable settings of layered seating and surfaces. Constructed of naturally weathering wood, powdercoated metal, or a combination thereof, Plains are offered in four widths each with short and tall heights, as well as optional metalbacks and attaching side tables, thus providing a level of detail only rivalled by custom solutions. Pods are seating and planters designed to be grouped together in multi- layered clusters of respite space and attractive greenery. Different groupings of Pods modules give users the opportunity to determine how they interact with space – from large and open communal zones and areas for privacy to single seating and quick individual touch-down points. Interplay between Plains' crisp right angles and Pods' friendly curves offers added aesthetic richness, and combination installations create a variety of opportunities for different social experiences. "Together, these two products are all about layering space and experiences to create pockets of recognizable design DNA that are totally non-prescriptive," says Ryan Heiser, director of design for Landscape Forms. "People can approach a Plains & Pods installation from 360-degrees and determine exactly how they want to use it." Holger Rust, head and founder of South Africa-based Terraforce, continues to offer the Canadian market what it is famous for in its home country and across the world: the original, reversible, hollowcore retaining block. Versatility is one key to Terraforce's prominence in so many countries: its interlocking Terraforce 4x4 steps blocks can be used for stairs or seating arrangements, depending on which way they're laid. While Terraforce's full potential is yet to be realized in Canada, Rust notes that his company is busy "with some very interesting projects that demonstrate the effective- ness of our retaining walls, including a significant airport project in India." Rust is referring to India's Kempegowda International Airport at Bengaluru, for which Terraforce supplied over 110,000 L12 blocks for the construction of retaining walls on both sides of Terminal Boulevard, a new 10-lane thoroughfare that feeds directly into the airport. Plains & Pods from Landscape Forms. Terraforce retaining wall at the Kempegowda International Airport. T E R R A F O R C E R E T A I N I N G B L O C K S G R E E N W A L L L S S I N C E 1 9 7 9 Rock face, Round face, Flat face, Stairs. SOLD OUT OF ABBOTSFORD, BC B Y T R I S TA R B R I C K & B LO C K w w w. t r i s t a r b l o c k . c o m F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N O N T H E T E R R A F O R C E RETAINING WALL SYSTEM W W W . T E R R A F O R C E . C O M

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