The entrance to 1900 Gallows Rd in Tysons, VA, welcomes guests and employees alike with an illuminated greeting shining from custom-designed Vapor® Exterior panels. This distinguished project features a tailored linear perforated design in these high-quality aluminum panels. The office HQ for Foulger-Pratt was completed in 2022 in collaboration with WDG Architecture. This 8-story office building offers 31,700-sf of interior space, including a 2,860-sf lobby.
Arktura’s Vapor® Exterior panels total over 2,000 square feet between the exterior façade and interior courtyard. Bringing over 150 total custom-design Vapor® Exterior and standard Vapor® (interior) panels to this project in a Burnished Bronze powder-coated finish, Arktura developed a striking pattern for these panels that offers a bespoke greeting to guests.
The final look of this sprawling project creates a unique identity for the building, presenting a notable characteristic that sets this structure apart from its neighbors. The project utilized 1/8” Aluminum Custom Exterior Vapor® Panels paired with Translucent Backers attached to another custom exterior Vertika® system. The exterior paneling was installed with exterior Arktura Backlighting, while the custom interior Vapor® panels featured a custom pattern to match exterior and backlighting.
Manufacturing this ambitious design took the Solutions Studio® team about 12 weeks to complete. While coordination did take longer than anticipated, the project took about 16 months from the close of the sale to the final touches on the installation. The exterior features multiple panels, installed by Reliant Drywall, creating a bright, modern facade surrounding the building’s signature “1900” landmark signage which required additional detailing and engineering. This same dazzling pattern is seen in various, smaller waypoint-finding markers on the property leading to the building’s main entrance.
Inside the lobby area, the same design language continues further into the building. The interior is arrayed with a series of Vapor® panels in the same custom pattern creating a dynamic and stunning waterfall effect. Precisely perforated panels stretch across the ceiling, illuminating those below, before pivoting 90 degrees upwards to cover additional wall coverage. Thanks to our proprietary Vertika® Wall Channel system utilized here, these panels create an effortless aesthetic throughout.
Project Name: 1900 Gallows Road
Location: Vienna, VA
Architect: WDG
Installer: Reliant Drywall
Systems: Vapor® Exterior
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