What We Do
Urbis Design creates contemporary plant containers, furniture and water bowls specifically for garden professionals.
At Urbis, we create pure, sculptural forms with integral colours and finely finished textured or metal surfaces. Our advanced glass-reinforced concrete technology enables us to produce chunky architectural statements with a fraction of the weight of conventional cast concrete. This unique process also allows a wide range of finishes to suit any context from traditional modernist concrete to natural stone or even rusted iron and copper verdigris. We have an exceptionally talented production team, most of whom are artists and designers in their own right. Urbis products are designed and manufactured entirely in-house at our studio works near the city of York.
Who We Are
Urbis Design was originally conceived in New York when living in lower Manhattan surrounded by concrete. Craving some greenery plant containers in Glass Reinforced Concrete, a lightweight mouldable architectural cladding, were designed. The resulting products are destined to occupy an urban setting, and so share the language of architecture; strong sculptural forms that can stand in their own right as pleasurable objects and also complement the planting.
At Urbis Design, every piece is a labour of love. We pride ourselves on using locally sourced, sustainable materials to create environmentally friendly products that not only look beautiful but stand the test of time.
What do our clients think?
Glass reinforced concrete has enormous potential, as forms with incredible strength can be created from whisper thin skins. Richard Mackness has spent years developing his technique to produce planters that are completely in sync with their surroundings.
As garden designers we are always looking for products that combine form and function beautifully. The Urbis pot does just this.
The gardens that we design often have patio areas, balconies or roof terraces that are finished with gorgeous impact plants in large patio pots. When we think of pots, we think Urbis. Richard Mackness’ pots contribute beautiful colours, elegant shapes and a superb contemporary look to an overall garden scheme.
Urbis Design’s pieces instantly command the attention normally reserved for works of art which, of course, is precisely what they are.
Rob Cassy, Garden UK
Contact us
Urbis Design creates an extensive range of planters to compliment any setting as well as support and sustain a wide variety of plants and trees.