Royal Chambers, Guernsey

Custom granite planters from IOTA were commissioned for Royal Chambers, a new-build landmark office building within the financial centre of St Peter Port, Guernsey.

The planters are used principally to green a split-level courtyard area, with lush, evergreen planting incorporating a green wall system. The images here show the courtyard still under construction, with IOTA’s planters sited and installed, but not yet planted. The planters are made from polished mid-grey granite in 25mm thickness, which coordinates well with the flame-brushed granite paving and stainless steel railings. The scheme required various sizes of planters to be manufactured to extremely fine tolerances, including 1200mm and 1420mm rectangular troughs, and also a 1274mm trough in trapezoid shape with two sides of 909mm and 789mm.