The Royal Parks Foundation’s quest to create the ultimate drinking fountain for the Royal Parks was finally complete as Watering Holes, a unique sculptural stone fountain, was launched in Green Park, London, following the unveiling of Moxon Architects’ Trumpet in Kensington Gardens earlier this year. The two fountains are the winners of an international design competition supported by The Tiffany & Co Foundation, New York.
Robin Monotti Architects and Mark Titman’s Watering Holes is an 800kg slab of Cornish granite – the same as was used in the Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park and Tower Bridge – perforated with three watering holes at heights from which adults, children, wheelchair users and dogs can drink cool, fresh water, in one of London’s most visited Royal Parks.
The installation in Green Park, near the new Bomber Command Memorial, marks the end of a two-year collaboration between the Royal Parks Foundation, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, RIBA Competitions and The Royal Parks, to create a new drinking fountain that is both beautiful and robust and which enhances The Royal Parks’ Grade-I listed landscapes.
The Watering Holes drinking fountain in Green Park
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