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Cochran Expands and Enhances Landscape Forms Lifestyle Furniture for Terrace Life
April 29, 2016
Landscape Forms is pleased to introduce the Cochran group, relaxed outdoor furniture designed by award-winning landscape architect Andrea Cochran. The new product joins the Terrace Life group, Landscape Forms lifestyle furniture for sophisticated, high-value outdoor spaces. Landscape Forms President, Richard Heriford, explains, “We chose to partner with Andrea Cochran because we like the architectural sensibility of her landscape work. The Cochran group has the Zen-like quality of her landscapes. We set out to design a modern classic and I think that’s what we have. It’s furniture for protected public spaces that is so elegant, you might want to take it home.”
Cochran includes a lounge, side chair with arms and low table that give the term “casual elegance” fresh meaning. Cochran is a natural for outdoor spaces where cache, comfort, and camaraderie are prized, from the corporate campus to refined hospitality settings. Andrea Cochran explains the spirit behind the design: “This is about how people live today. They would rather sit comfortably in a low chair or lounge with their phone or laptop than at a high table. In that spirit we designed the chair to be wider than typical, so it feels generous and a little expansive.”
The Cochran elements have subtly sculpted cast aluminum frames that support engineered mesh fabric seats and Landscape Forms proprietary Meldstone™ tabletops. Kirt Martin, Landscape Forms Vice President of Design and Marketing, explains, “The design is very clean, modern and, like Andrea’s landscape architecture, it is timeless. The Cochran pieces are stripped of any unnecessary noise. This is design that allows you to get comfortable and simply experience being outdoors.”
Cochran is engineered to meet the demands of today’s active commercial environments. The lounge and chair’s strong continuous-loop cast frame supports a cast aluminum rail that stretches and holds the mesh seating fabric and is secured to the frame with discreet connections. The replaceable fabric is Phifertex® Plus, a nylon weave that has strength, color, stain and mildew resistance, and UV protection. A ¼” reveal between the structural frame and fabric rail is repeated on the table between frame and top – giving all pieces a “floating” quality. The complementary 24” Cochran table with legs and polished MeldStone™ ultra high-performance cast concrete tops can be used singly or grouped effectively to create sociable settings. Cochran group elements are manufactured using sustainable materials and processes. Aluminum frames contain 100% recycled material and are fully recyclable. Cast concrete is a natural material. Aluminum parts in the standard color palette are finished with Landscape Forms proprietary Pangard II ® HAPS, VOC, lead-free polyester powdercoat. Phifertex® Plus is GREENGUARD Gold Certified.
About Andrea Cochran
Andrea Cochran, FASLA, is founder and principal of Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, based in San Francisco. The firm, which has earned wide acclaim for its public, commercial and residential work, is recipient of numerous awards including the 2014 ASLA Design Medal, the 2104 National Design Award in Landscape Architecture from the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and multiple regional and national ASLA awards. The work of Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture sculpts and navigates space through a seamless integration of landscape, art and architecture. The work draws boundaries with a controlled palette of materials, creating permeable edges that blur the line between the natural and built environment. Spare geometry applied to vibrant plant life results in sharp compositional order. This exercise in restraint heightens a sense of the elements—texture, light and movement.
About Landscape Forms
Landscape Forms is the industry leader in integrated collections of high-design site furniture and advanced LED lighting. Since its founding in 1969 Landscape Forms has earned a reputation for excellent design, high quality products and exceptional service. The Landscape Forms U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan with sales representatives throughout North America, South America, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Landscape Forms collaborates with renowned industrial designers and consultancies, landscape architects, and architects to design and develop integrated collections of products that address emerging needs and help create a sense of place. Additionally, the company has formed global marketing partnerships with select companies that share its commitment to design. Landscape Forms has an installed base of products around the world. Clients include municipalities, transit centers, corporate, college and health care campuses; and familiar brand leaders such as Boeing, Cisco Systems, Disney, Sprint, American Airlines, Herman Miller and Nike. The company was recently named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Top 15 Small Workplaces in the US.
Company: Landscape Forms Inc.
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