Innovative street furniture and paving solutions
for captivating, enduring public spaces

Creating Memorable Places for the Community

Anston’s diverse range of locally made, architectural precast concrete street furniture, bollards, pavers and planters offers a smart, long-lasting solution for local councils delivering public realm projects. Designed to perform and withstand the conditions of high-traffic environments, these concrete elements combine durability, functionality and aesthetic appeal, helping councils create safe, attractive, and accessible spaces that serve the ever-changing needs of the community.

For council asset owners, the value of reliable, low-maintenance infrastructure is clear. Precast concrete products are highly resistant to weathering, impact, and vandalism, making them ideal for long-term use in busy public settings that are conducive to wear and tear. Their robust construction translates to fewer repairs, lower lifecycle costs, and less maintenance burden for facility managers. Meanwhile, the community benefits from well-designed, inclusive public spaces that encourage social connection, improve safety and enhance the overall liveability of local neighbourhoods.

With a wide range of shapes, sizes, finishes and graphic embellishments available, Anston’s designer suite of architectural concrete products can be easily integrated into any design language; from heritage-inspired town centres to contemporary urban developments. Anston’s expert team can also assist council architects with the production of bespoke, one-of-a-kind product designs, helping them leave a lasting legacy. By choosing locally manufactured concrete products, councils also support Australian industry and ensure quality, consistency, and timely delivery for every project.

Example Public Space Applications

Parks & Reserves

Parks & Reserves

Architectural concrete seating and landscape elements are a great inclusion in public parks and reserves, serving a range of functional and aesthetic purposes.

Anston offers a catalogue selection of design-ready concrete seating options that are easy to incorporate into park settings. Our team can also support designers looking to create unique customer products.

Streetscapes

Streetscapes

The design of a public streetscape is crucial to its success, as it determines the flow of traffic through the space as well as ensuring that the construction materials used are hardy and resilient, enabling periods of long performance.

Anston offers high-strength concrete bollards, durable concrete paving and versatile concrete furniture, all of which tick the boxes for function and reliability while enhancing and beautifying the streetscape.

Civic Spaces

Civic Spaces

Community buildings and historical landmarks are important spaces that help to shape modern civilisation, defining the character and feel of a specific suburb or precinct.

The materials used to construct civic spaces play an important role in how the spaces will be used and inhabited. Anston's range of architectural concrete products offer sophistication and longevity, easily fulfilling performance criteria and lasting for decades in the built environment.

Public Squares & Plazas

Public Squares & Plazas

The public square is an important asset to the community, offering a safe, spacious area for local residents and visiting tourists to gather.

Through thoughtful design and the incorporation of useful, beautiful landscape features and street furniture, councils can create vibrant, thriving hubs that spark user connection and liven up the atmosphere of the shared environment.

Transport Hubs

Transport Hubs

Train stations, bus interchanges and other transport hubs provide essential infrastructure for the general public. These important spaces require careful planning to achieve optimal safety, efficiency and accessibility for all users.

Architectural concrete paving, street furniture and other landscape elements can play an instrumental role in improving the visual appearance and public useability of a well-connected transport hub.

Parks and Reserves

Architectural concrete seating and landscape elements are a great inclusion in public parks and reserves, serving a range of functional and aesthetic purposes.

Anston offers a catalogue selection of design-ready concrete seating options that are easy to incorporate into park settings. Our team can also support designers looking to create unique customer products.

Streetscapes

The design of a public streetscape is crucial to its success, as it determines the flow of traffic through the space as well as ensuring that the construction materials used are hardy and resilient, enabling periods of long performance.

Anston offers high-strength concrete bollards, durable concrete paving and versatile concrete furniture, all of which tick the boxes for function and reliability while enhancing and beautifying the streetscape.

Civic Spaces

Community buildings and historical landmarks are important spaces that help to shape modern civilisation, defining the character and feel of a specific suburb or precinct.

The materials used to construct civic spaces play an important role in how the spaces will be used and inhabited. Anston's range of architectural concrete products offer sophistication and longevity, easily fulfilling performance criteria and lasting for decades in the built environment.

Public Squares and Plazas

The public square is an important asset to the community, offering a safe, spacious area for local residents and visiting tourists to gather.

Through thoughtful design and the incorporation of useful, beautiful landscape features and street furniture, councils can create vibrant, thriving hubs that spark user connection and liven up the atmosphere of the shared environment.

Transport Hubs

Train stations, bus interchanges and other transport hubs provide essential infrastructure for the general public. These important spaces require careful planning to achieve optimal safety, efficiency and accessibility for all users.

Architectural concrete paving, street furniture and other landscape elements can play an instrumental role in improving the visual appearance and public useability of a well-connected transport hub.

Clients we've worked with

Luna Park & Palais Theatre Revitalisation
Luna Park and the Palais Theatre are two of Melbourne’s most beloved landmarks.

For the revitalisation of this historic precinct, Anston supplied 100+ bespoke concrete seating modules that were integrated into the landscape. These robust seat modules are designed to withstand continuous exposure to high pedestrian traffic, weather elements and other conditions typical of the coastal environment.
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Princes Bridge, Melbourne CBD
An important landmark of Melbourne CBD, Princes Bridge provides a connection between the Melbourne Arts Precinct, Flinders Street Station, Federation Square and the CBD. In 2018, this frequently-traversed thoroughfare was selected as one of Melbourne’s key sites to be refurbished in a security upgrade.

Anston supplied 88 custom seat bollards to reinforce the boundary between pedestrian and vehicular traffic, improving safety conditions for all road users.
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Prahran Square
The expansive urban park named Prahran Square introduced 10,000m2 of much-needed open space to the dense Chapel Street precinct, creating a new setting for markets, festivals, gatherings and community activities.

Featuring an amphitheatre-style setting, each side of Prahran Square faces downward into the centre, while the widened corners are furnished with large circular planter seats that invite passers-by to enter the square.
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Mentone Station Heritage Deck
The Level Crossing Removal Project at Mentone Station delivered new community open space that was designated as a Heritage Deck and Gardens, celebrating the rich history of the area.

Anston worked with the Southern Program Alliance to deliver three types of custom colours pavers to be laid in the spacious pedestrian walkway.
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Bentleigh Library & Youth Hub
The beloved Bentleigh Library in the City of Glen Eira was redeveloped into a thriving new community centre, offering youth services and various community programs.

Anston supplied concrete pavers from our popular Granite Range for the hardscaped areas adjacent to the new library, where community members can spill out and enjoy the new plaza.
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