VIA RAIL - 1st Class rail car interior design
Julian Bowron, President of Feature Walters, and Jim Strasman, President of Strasman Architects Inc. (SAI), are pleased to announce that an interior design scheme created by the two firms has been selected by VIA RAIL for its entire fleet of 1st Class LRC railcars.
NCR lobby finish package in WTC Bldg 7
Following the successful completion of a reception project on floor 25, Feature Walters is proud to have completed the first phase of a $1M+ full-floor ornamental metal and glass project on floor 35. The 1st phase includes stainless steel and glass elevator lobby finish and frameless doors. Phase 2 includes unique animated showroom elements.
Take the stairs; It's good for you!
Two architectural stair projects recently completed at Feature Walters, each of which uses more than 30,000 lbs of steel, used the full extent of our drawing, engineering and fabricating capabilities. The larger of the two rises 3.5 stories in the 5th Avenue, NYC, global flagship of Tommy Hilfiger.
Shaw Discovery Auditorium
Building an ultra-custom interior is difficult under ideal circumstances, but in Edmonton Alberta, finding skilled labour is almost impossible. Using an array of leading-edge technologies, Feature Walters is helping solve the problem by detailing, fabricating and installing a completely pre-fabricated interior system.
Deegies Carma
A new retail concept (which opened 1 day early on March 2) features 18,000 square feet of free-form fixtures detailed and fabricated by Feature Walters. One of two retail projects produced this winter, the new store is designed by Gensler and strategically located in Kansas City, a popular test-bed for new consumer ideas.
HBO Shop
Designed by Gensler (and beautifully photographed by Andrew Bordwin), the attached images show the custom structural glass retail displays with integral AV technology built by Feature Walters for the flagship HBO Store, located on 5th avenue in uptown NYC.
Armani storefronts
Feature Walters' advanced BIM / PSM capability has resulted in several contracts to detail and produce components for a wide variety of projects. The most recent is a series of Armani Exchange locations across North America. The first store was completed in 2007 and others will be ready for spring '08. A rollout of additional locations is scheduled for deployment through 2008-2009
Gehry building Signage
Due to it's billowing form, detailing the Bruce Mau-designed signage for the new IAC headquarters in NYC provided a special challenge to Feature Walters engineers. The minimal mullions of the unitized glazing system provided none of the usual opportunities for anchoring the signs and the complex geometry of the building made it hard to hang the sign level and flat....
UBS Chandelier
A new client reception center being built in the lobby of the UBS Investment Banking Division at 299 Park Avenue in NYC now features a 2-ton glass and stainless steel "logo cube" which was detailed and fabricated by Feature Walters. The impressive facility was designed by Gensler New York.
WWII memorial complete
Designed by Brook McIlroy Inc.|Pace Architects as the centrepiece of Dieppe Gardens, a new public park in Windsor, the 50' (15.5m) tall Dieppe Gardens Peace Beacon is faced in Canadian stone, pattern-cut stainless steel and glass. Rendering by Anthony Murray.