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Tips & Tricks
May 12, 2026
Concrete and wood : the pairing that always works
Concrete and wood : 5 good reasons to combine these 2 materials | Lyon Béton
Concrete and wood : the pairing that always works Concrete wood decoration is one of the most solid pairings in contemporary interior design. Not a trend. Not a passing fashion. These two materials have been found together in interiors since the 1960s and they still work today for the same reasons. In matters of concrete […]
Tips & Tricks
April 21, 2026
Concrete coffee table : how to choose the right one
Concrete coffee table : 5 essential criteria to choose the right one | Lyon Béton
Concrete coffee table : how to choose the right one The concrete coffee table is often the first concrete piece you bring home. It structures the living room, creates a visual anchor point, and completely changes how a space reads. But choosing a concrete coffee table isn’t like choosing a wooden or glass one. There […]
Tips & Tricks
April 08, 2026
How to care for concrete furniture
Concrete furniture care : the essential 5-step guide
How to care for concrete furniture Concrete furniture care is usually the first question that comes up after a purchase. And that’s normal. Concrete isn’t a material most people are used to having at home. The good news : it’s not complicated. But there are a few things worth knowing, especially in the first few […]
Tips & Tricks
March 24, 2026
Why concrete is becoming a design material
Concrete design material : 5 surprising reasons it belongs in our interiors | Lyon Béton
Why concrete is becoming a design material Concrete design material : nobody would have imagined that phrase twenty years ago. Bridges, buildings, underground car parks. A structural material, not an aesthetic one. Something changed. Not suddenly, gradually. Designers started looking at concrete differently. Not as a surface to hide, but as a material to show. […]
Stories
March 11, 2026
The return of true brutalism in contemporary furniture
Brutalist Furniture : why raw concrete never really went away
The return of brutalism in contemporary furniture Brutalism was long confined to concrete façades of the 1960s — the kind of buildings that divide opinion, that some love and others want torn down. And yet, it’s coming back. Not in the streets, but in living rooms, offices, and everyday spaces. Why now? Probably because people […]
collections
March 19, 2024
Dice
Dice Design System
Projets
November 24, 2023
Retreat by Darlene Molnar
Our Hauteville concrete bar stools in a modern yet warm project
For this villa overlooking the wide Patuxent River in Maryland, interior designer Darlene Molnar assumes a very modern style while combining it with furniture coming from or inspired by the Midcentury period. our concrete bar stools It’s not a surprise to find here our concrete bar stools from the Hauteville collection that by themselves incarnate […]
Collab
November 08, 2023
Bertrand Jayr the interiew
Between Art and Design, there is only a small step. In general, the creative process remains, in my opinion, essentially the same from one specialty to another. — Bertrand Jayr
We’ve often told you about the poetically designed products that designer Bertrand Jayr has created for us, but we’ve never really taken the time to introduce him to you. In order to fill this gap, Bertrand Jayr kindly agreed to be interviewed. What sparked your interest in industrial design and how did you pursue your […]
Tips & Tricks
September 22, 2023
Flat screen and TV unit
Flat Screen and Concrete TV Stand: Should You Place It on Top or Mount It on the Wall? 2 solutions
When you’re setting up your living room, especially if you’re still in the construction phase, it’s essential to consider the placement of your flat screen and concrete TV stand. There are two main options: placing your flat screen on top of the TV stand or mounting it above. Each of these approaches has its advantages […]
Collab
September 17, 2023
LB FEAT. PAPOTTE
Our concrete furniture on exhibit at Papotte, probably the most stylistic vacation complex in France
PAPOTTE is located in the heart of a restored 15th-century mill in Burgundy, France. Papotte’s 4 uniquely charming vacation houses can accommodate 2, 4, 6 or 15 people in a magnificent natural environment. Papotte hasn’t stopped there to ensure you have a dream stay, and offers a total experience in their universe. A café that […]
Projets
June 03, 2023
Berkshire Residence
Our concrete counter stools at Berkshire Residence
The Brooklyn-based architecture studio Of Possible, designs a beautiful construction for a very structured program. The house is located in rural Sheffield, Massachusetts, among the wooded hills of the Berkshires. A region where Appalachian wilderness and historic colonial towns coexist. The program sponsors grew up on the property in an old colonial house that had […]
Collab
May 09, 2023
Néo Béton Exhibition
Néo Béton Exhibition, the opening night, at Sofffa
A look back at the opening of the NÉO BÉTON EXHIBITION.This exhibition, organised in partnership with Sofffa, honours artists who have worked on our concrete supports in the tradition of abstraction, geometry and optical art, while creating a bridge between the aestheticism of graffiti and contemporary abstract art. It was a bit of a rush […]
Shooting sessions
January 11, 2023
Strut struts his stuff in front of a cemetery
Strut concrete coffee tables at Grange Berchet cemetery
There’s nothing like a dull winter sky to take pictures in front of a cemetery. Our Strut concrete coffee tables Just enough time to load the truck with a carpet, a few outdated accessories, our concrete and tinted glass tables and we are on our way to the second cemetery of Belleville-en-Beaujolais: the landscaped cemetery […]
Projets
January 06, 2023
Dice at Helen of Troy
236 Dice concrete cubes at Helen of Troy Lausanne
Last October, Helen of Troy, the global consumer products company, inaugurated its new office for their Europe and Middle East headquarters. They are located near Lausanne, Switzerland in a new kind of office building created by QoQa: the QG center. The interior designer commissioned by Helen of Troy fell in love with our DICE modular […]
Shooting sessions
January 06, 2023
Curb at Studio EVOL
Curb concrete coffee table by Studio EVOL
We recently took benefit of the hospitality offered by the design and communication agency Studio Evol to take pictures of the concrete, metal and wood dining table Sharp by the designer Bertand Jayr. Our concrete coffee table And while we were at it, we also brought another piece of furniture from the same designer: the […]
Collab
November 25, 2022
LB FEAT. cinqpoints
Concrete frame LB FEAT. cinqpoints
If you follow the Lyon Béton brand, you know our passion for architecture. Just like the architects we admire, we are obsessed with the aesthetics of form, the harmony of ratios and the use that humans will make of our creations. We found this obsession at cinqpoints and its founder Larence Calafat. The universe she […]
Projets
November 09, 2022
Clouds in the Marais, Paris
Small concrete decorative object in the Marais, Paris
Après Bercy, Nation et Belleville, c’est dans le Marais que The People ouvre son quatrième établissement hybride parisien qui brouille les frontières entre hôtel, auberge de jeunesse, bar et restaurant. 400 lits répartis en dortoirs, chambres doubles et chambres familles. complété par un bar, restaurant à la future programmation festive sur 700 m² : le […]
Stories
October 24, 2022
Dice at Zoé
Dice concrete storage unit at Zoé
In the Haussmannian apartment of Zoé, art director in Paris, the obvious dominant color is white, enhanced by a beautiful parquet floor that brings warmth and sparing touches of black for contrast. Zoé is passionate about beautiful objects that she knows how to marry with taste. She manages to make the periods cohabit in a […]
Projets
October 24, 2022
Dice at Retrofutur
Our Dice vinyl storage cubes at Retrofutur
Since September 2022, our Dice modular concrete vinyl storage cubes have been on display and available at Retrofutur in Lyon (and soon in Paris). Retrofutur is the specialist of acoustic products that you can test in store: connected speakers, sound furniture, portable players, headphones, turntables, amplifiers… Their selection is obviously based on the audio qualities […]
Projets
October 06, 2022
Frag feat. nasty
Nasty works on concrete frames Frag and exhibits at Galerie Brugier Rigail in Paris.
Nasty obviously has loved working on Frag. Just a few weeks after we delivered him a good twenty of our concrete frames Frag, Nasty created a new series of unique and striking works. The artist is exhibited in the Brugier-Rigail gallery in Paris. NASTY – WORKS ON CONCRETE FRAMES FRAG An exhibition to be seen […]
Tips & Tricks
August 26, 2022
Caring for concrete furniture
Our tips for maintaining, cleaning and repairing concrete furniture.
So you’ve got yourself a handsome piece of concrete furniture, and you’re wondering how to care for it. Of course. It’s not every day that you bring a chunk of concrete into the house.At Lyon Béton, we often say that buying a piece of concrete furniture is a commitment.It’s an object that will enter into […]
designers
July 14, 2022
Lucie Albon
Lucie Albon
Illustrator The soft and poetic universe of this illustrator from Lyon was first revealed in her books and comics. Her characters quickly escaped in giant murals that embellish our cities. We managed to capture some of them on our FRAG concrete frames a few years ago. Lucie Albon delights us with a new collaboration on […]
collections
July 09, 2022
Strut
Strut
Lyon Béton and designer Bertrand Jayr have teamed up once more to bring you Strut, a multi-use table that’s a hybrid of a gueridon and a coffee table. The glass tabletop crosscuts the concrete pedestal, creating a stage for showstopping decorative items and other objets d’art.
Tips & Tricks
July 07, 2022
Dice Hifi
Dice Hifi, our storage furniture for vinyl
When we asked our designer Alexandre Dubreuil to come up with a modular storage system capable of housing our vinyl record collections in other words, a piece of storage furniture for vinyl records,, we couldn’t have imagined the result. He went above and beyond by creating a system featuring two modules, each with an internal […]
Projets
July 05, 2022
DEMATHIEU BARD
Lyon concrete at DEMATHIEU BARD with our TWIST pedestal tables with swivel top
Founded in 1861 in Lorraine, France, DEMATHIEU BARD is today one of the main French players in the construction and real estate development sector. The company is recognized for its technical expertise and its savoir-faire, particularly in the field of complex constructions and engineering structures in France and abroad. In December 2021, DEMATHIEU BARD brings […]
designers
June 29, 2022
Bertrand Jayr
Bertrand Jayr
“Between art and design, there is only one step.” According to Bertrand Jayr, there is a transversality linking these disciplines that are both distinct and related. It is precisely by transgressing its own limits that Art constantly redefines itself. This is how this artist and designer from Lyon considers these two practices simultaneously. An innovative […]
designers
June 29, 2022
Henri Lavallard Boget
Henri Lavallard Boget
designers
June 29, 2022
Martin Cuel
Martin Cuel
Designer and creative director. With each of his creations, he looks to offer innovative answers to unsolved problems. His design style is restrained and minimalist, allowing his intentions to shine through. If his designs speak to you, it’s to better start a conversation. With Bak, the sink he designed for Lyon Béton, Martin explores the […]
designers
June 29, 2022
Lyon Béton
Lyon Béton
collections
June 29, 2022
Sharp
Sharp
When we look at a concrete structure, we often forget that it contains metal. Invisible, buried under the cement, it is in fact the metal that gives the building its structure. This symbiosis between cement and metal has been going on clandestinely for over 150 years.
collections
June 29, 2022
Perspective
Perspective
The perspective collection has a very straight forward design: a concrete layer on top of a steel structure. We chose a raw look & feel but the execution is of a handcrafted finesse that can be seen at first sight. The legs are available in two finishes: transparent matte varnish for a raw style or velvet black epoxy paint for […]
collections
June 29, 2022
Sliced
Sliced
You’ve carefully curated you’re interior decor. Don’t ruin it with ho-hum shelves. So long, ugly brackets The beauty of sliced concrete shelves comes from its simplicity: a well-proportioned cuboid made of raw material that speaks for itself. We didn’t want to spoil that simple design with brackets, so we put our heads together and came […]
collections
June 29, 2022
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud is more than a storage solution; it’s an installation that brings a little fresh air to the places that need it the most. Designed by artist Bertrand Jayr, this concrete shelf celebrates toilet paper’s unique shape by lifting your spare rolls up off the ground and out from under the sink, cradling your T.P. […]
collections
June 29, 2022
Hauteville
Hauteville
During the tuberculosis epidemic of the nineteenth century, the town of Hauteville in eastern France was home to a number of large sanatoriums dedicated to caring for tuberculosis patients.
collections
June 29, 2022
Twist
Twist
Our twist collection, which consists of a concrete coffee table and a concrete side table, tells the story of a harmonious juxtaposition of form and material, inertia and motion.
collections
June 29, 2022
Curb
Curb
Gourmets of design love to be surprised by details. Furniture of the Curb collection can’t be taken in with just one glance. Each of their faces is unique and impacts differently the scenography of your interior.
Tips & Tricks
June 05, 2022
The ideal companion for your chaise longue
The perfect companion for your chaise longue, our Twist concrete side table.
The concrete side table with a rotating top that will follow you everywhere You already know that the coffee table and concrete side table from the twist collection with their metal swivel tops are the perfect companions for your sofa. You may not know that the gueridon is perfectly suited for outdoor use too. It […]
collections
April 29, 2022
Monobloc
Monobloc
This is the monobloc collection, with a minimalist design of a single concrete block for functional use. It will effortlessly enhance your decoration with a touch of raw, industrial and modernist design.
Tips & Tricks
February 05, 2022
DOC, vinyl records storage
DOC, concrete vinyl records storage
The perfect vinyl display rack to isolate a selection of records DOC, concrete vinyl records storage When designer and artist Bertrand Jayr designed the doc inspired by the computer directory icon, it was to make a magazine rack. But like Bertrand, we buy vinyl records more often than magazines and the idea of using it […]
Shooting sessions
April 04, 2021
Bak at l'Arbuissonnière
THE BAK CONCRETE SINK AT L’ARBUISSONNIÈRE
A couple of our friends recently changed their lives to embark on a very respectable adventure: making good wine! Jean and Stéphanie have recently settled in the Beaujolais region in Arbuissonnas, they have named their small wine estate, partly Beaujolais Village and partly Brouilly, l’Arbuissonnière. We let you discover why on their website. At the […]
