Radiator Seating by JDS Architects

Okay, it's not even close to cold yet, even here in Montreal. But we still love this idea from Montreal firm JDS Architects. It's seating shaped around the fin-tube radiators that line the windows...

The seating looks like it's made of bent metal tubing. On cold days, the seats would be warmed by the heat from the radiators beneath, making a comfortable place to sit in the window and bask in the low winter sun. Check out JDS Architects for more.

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Looks cool, but also uncomfortable. And wouldn't the metal tubing get a little too hot after a while?

posted by Artichokesoup on August 26th 2008 at 12:16pm
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SO awesome!

posted by SCADanielle on August 26th 2008 at 12:48pm
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brilliant. fanatasized about something similar.

posted by aad on August 26th 2008 at 1:02pm
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At my old house, we had a metal radiator cover over the long and low radiator in the living room, the one in front of the picture window. Even though the radiators got really hot, what with the boiler working so hard to heat this really drafty old house, the radiator cover never got too hot to sit on. In fact, there were times that the only way to get warm was to lie on top of it with a blanket on. God, I don't miss that house in the slightest.

posted by RoseCampion on August 26th 2008 at 1:24pm
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This does not look comfortable. Looks like I would get fanny fatigue pretty quickly sitting on these.

posted by suzy8track on August 26th 2008 at 2:22pm
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My college had radiators tucked into deep window-wells with stone seats on top, they were everyone's favourite place to sit between classes, so cozy!

posted by azuki_bean on August 26th 2008 at 2:23pm
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OMG! Radiators with stone seats. That sounds AWESOME. I love this seating by the way.

posted by ltblmr on August 26th 2008 at 4:43pm
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A lot of the older homes (particularly duplexes and triplexes in the Verdun area) have old radiators like RoseCampion mentioned above. I have a few friends who rent in Verdun, and one of my favourite places to sit while we're having get-togethers and playing video games is on top of the nice toasty radiator.

This type of seating seems pretty interesting.

posted by SputnikSpak on August 26th 2008 at 5:20pm
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