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Linears

Blue Cross Blue Shield HQ

June 24, 2019 by

Blue Cross Blue Shield HQ — Richardson, TX

Carbonized Bamboo with Custom Stain

SKU(s): 82-2314-3

Project Details

Building Type

Office

Contractor

Drywall Interiors, Irving, Texas

SCOPE

9,000

ARCHITECT

Corgan Associates, Inc., Dallas, Texas

COMPLETION DATE

May 2009

9WOOD PROJECT

2206

AWARDS

Project Featured

8200 Linear Wood Wave – Real Wood Veneer

Featured Systems

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Featured Video

Wood Wave Ceilings – The Most Common Questions [VIDEO]

Michael Roemen: “Hey everybody, in today’s video we’re talking with Bret and Denise, two of our Design Assist Specialists about wood waves. There are lots of options and ways to introduce curved ceilings into your space. So let’s dive right into it and see what they have to say.” Waves – The Basics Denise Sprenglemeyer: …

Watch VideoWood Wave Ceilings – The Most Common Questions [VIDEO]

Featured Article

The 8 Different Types of Ceilings

Ceilings Matter. And although we prefer wood, understanding the different types of ceilings can help you communicate your vision for a space.

Read ArticleThe 8 Different Types of Ceilings

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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Performing Arts Center

June 24, 2019 by

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Performing Arts Center — Edinburg, TX

Solid Western Red Cedar with Clear Finish

SKU(s): 2116-2, 19-1112-8

The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley’s new Performing Arts Center was designed for their nationally-recognized programs in Mariachi, Baile Folklorico, band, orchestra, and chorus. Over 8,000SF of 9Wood grilles were specified throughout the faceted balconies and walls, and play a key role in meeting the specific acoustic requirements. And 6,000SF of Western Red Cedar Linears join in on the visual performance by greeting guests with a colorful welcome in the exterior soffit areas.

The centerpiece—the theatre—seats over 1,000. Solid White Oak was specified for the lower-elevation seating façades, while stained solid FSC Pacific Albus, a lightweight, economical hardwood, was specified for the upper areas. Page Southerland Page architect Josh Coleman commented that the grilles helped meet the space’s goals of “establishing proper base building geometry for acoustic reflections, creating acoustic dispersion on the walls within the audience chamber, providing acoustic transparency in the upper reaches to allow for acoustic tuning, and heightening the psychological perception of the acoustics through the selective use of wood.”

For the acoustical subcontractor, Marek Bros., this was a new installation experience. “It was our first job with this type of product…but the project actually went really smoothly. The product was easy to work with. 9Wood did a great job with the shop drawings and support. They were very helpful.” Marek cut nominally-sized panels to net length to fit the BIM and GPS data-confirmed geometric facades.

The front door of the building features 9Wood Western Red Cedar Panelized Linears. The variegation of the species naturally ties in with the confetti-color theme of the building, and echoes the brick throughout campus. Coleman says, “We feel this project separates itself from other designs by the way wood and other materials helped to create unique and innovative solutions for multiple design issues – including architectural, acoustic, and theatrical.”

Project Details

Building Type

Education

Contractor

Marek Brothers Systems, Inc., Harlingen, Texas

SCOPE

16,275

ARCHITECT

Page Southerland Page, Houston, Texas

COMPLETION DATE

September 2015

9WOOD PROJECT

5276

AWARDS

Project Featured

2100 Panelized Linear – Solid Wood

Featured Systems

Stunning results, seismic compliant and straightforward solid wood installation.

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Featured Video

Wood Grilles in Wood Ceilings – Most Common Questions

Michael Roemen: “Today Kat and I are going to talk about wood grilles. We’re going to talk about the most common questions that we hear about wood grilles and make sure that you as an architect are well informed about that type of product.” Grilles – The Basics A wood grille is a ceiling panel where the …

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Case Study

Performance, South Texas Style

Aesthetic treatment was critical for the faceted balconies and walls. The project featured over 5,000 SF of varied spacing grilles and 6,000 SF of Western Red Cedar Linears.

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Dell Gates Computer Science Complex

June 24, 2019 by

Dell Gates Computer Science Complex — Austin, TX

Solid Douglas Fir with Custom Stain

SKU(s): 2112-6

Project Details

Building Type

Education

Contractor

Baker Triangle, Austin, Texas

SCOPE

12,582

ARCHITECT

Pelli Clarke Pelli, New Haven, Connecticut

COMPLETION DATE

January 2013

9WOOD PROJECT

3267

AWARDS

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2100 Panelized Linear – Solid Wood

Featured Systems

Stunning results, seismic compliant and straightforward solid wood installation.

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Featured Video

Linear Wood Ceilings – The Most Common Questions

A linear wood ceiling is when you look up from the floor and see a nice, wide piece of wood. We often hear it referred to as a slat or a plank.

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals

April 5, 2019 by

Jazz Pharmaceuticals — Palo Alto, CA

Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish

SKU(s): 2114-3

Whereas standard origami might use a single sheet of material, 9Wood’s custom ceiling design for Jazz Pharmaceuticals used two panel designs made of solid Western Hemlock. The design is a completely custom solution.

Architect Jacob Gelfand of STUDIOS Architecture asked 9Wood to come up with a “folded triangular acoustical wood ceiling.” Gelfand also wanted the ceiling to be economical.

9Wood developed a roughly 70-foot by 35-foot linear wood ceiling using solid Hemlock based on only two triangular panel designs. The simplicity of using just two panel designs helped keep the ceiling affordable.

The ceiling is comprised of 196 triangular panels that combine to create 48 “pyramids.” Each “pyramid” is about 7 feet by 7 feet square. Once assembled, the pyramids were attached to metal carrying channel housing linear light fixtures, diffusers, sprinkler heads and more.

Due to the unusual shape of the ceiling it had to be designed using 3-D software before estimating the project. “Our estimator couldn’t even quote the job until we had a design,” says 9Wood Project Manager Joshua Crouch.

Project Details

Building Type

Office

Contractor

Ad-In, Fremont, California

SCOPE

6,429

ARCHITECT

STUDIOS Architecture, San Francisco, California

COMPLETION DATE

October 2017

9WOOD PROJECT

13927

AWARDS

2018 CISCA Award of Excellence (West Region/Office)

Project Featured

2100 Panelized Linear – Solid Wood

Featured Systems

Stunning results, seismic compliant and straightforward solid wood installation.

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Featured Video

How to Angle Cut Wood Grille Ceilings – 9Wood Field Guides

This video shows how to do angle cuts for a Wood Grille Ceiling. Square cut ends and angle cuts are very similar.

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Featured Article

Acclimatization

Wood in interior spaces Wood is hygroscopic. This means moisture moves in and out of wood depending on the building’s relative humidity (RH). The key to a stable wood ceiling, one without undue movement, is a controlled building environment. This is defined as being within a range of 25-55% RH. An out-of-bounds environment can destroy …

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Case Study

Overhead Origami

9Wood used just two triangular panel designs to create a wood ceiling with perfect proportions.

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Hyatt Regency Seattle

April 5, 2019 by

Hyatt Regency Seattle — Seattle, WA

Solid Western Hemlock, White Oak Veneer, Elm Veneer with Custom Stain, Custom Stain, Custom Stain

SKU(s): 2100-Custom, 1116-3

The Hyatt Regency Seattle in Seattle, Washington has 1,264 guest rooms and 105,000 sq. ft. of meeting and ballroom space.

The ballroom features 17,860 sq. ft. of custom acoustic panelized linear ceilings. It also has 6,752 sq. ft. of custom acoustic panelized linear walls. The panels — 493 ceiling panels and 339 wall panels — are made with 3/4-in. plain sliced white oak veneered wood.

The wood members have various widths, and the panels themselves vary in width and length. The woven forms and varying surface colors of the linear wood walls and ceilings act like a “woven wood basket,” the architect says.

The wood grille ceilings in the hotel’s restaurant total 3,647 sq. ft. The restaurant ceiling was laid out as dozens of separate floating clouds. The architect was impressed not only with the subcontractor’s craftsmanship but also with the acoustical properties of the wood grilles. A private dining area has an additional 3,088 ft. open reveal continuous linear wood ceiling.

The use of wood reflects a Northwest design sensibility, as described by the architect, which also includes elements such as diffused light and reflective surfaces.

Project Details

Building Type

Hospitality

Contractor

Performance Contracting, Woodinville, Washington

SCOPE

33,103

ARCHITECT

LMN Architects, Seattle, Washington

COMPLETION DATE

May 2018

9WOOD PROJECT

11316

AWARDS

2019 CISCA Award of Excellence (West Region/Civic)

Project Featured

1100 Cross Piece Grille – Solid Wood

Featured Systems

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Case Study

Warm and Cozy Inside

"You walk into a large, expansive, flexible space. The finished wood product has acoustical properties that create an intimate experience."

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Charles Schwab Campus

April 5, 2019 by

Charles Schwab Campus — Austin, TX

Solid Western Hemlock with Custom Stain

SKU(s): 2316-2, 2116-2

The Amenity Center and Building 2 at Charles Schwab’s Gracy Farms campus in Austin, Texas, features 22,143 sq. ft. of Forest Stewardship Council certified western hemlock linear ceilings in multiple elevations and dimensions.

The wood “softens the modern architectural forms,” says the senior designer at Page, Austin, Texas. The ceilings contribute to “gracious and interconnected public spaces,” the architect says. “They complement the unique natural features of the campus setting in an urban forest.”

The Amenity Center features a 4,188 sq. ft. panelized linear wood ceiling in its lobby. The stained hemlock overhead adds warmth. It’s not an industrial space. Instead, it makes you feel at home. The panelized linear ceilings run on the lower lobby level and at the top of the staircase.

Building 2 has 17,955 sq. ft. of both panelized and continuous linear wood systems — (1) a 8,786 sq. ft. panelized linear wood ceiling in the lobby and hallways, and (2) a 7,774 sq. ft. continuous linear wood ceiling and 1,395 sq. ft. open reveal continuous linear wood ceiling in a multipurpose auditorium and dining room.

The auditorium is “where the magic happens,” the subcontractor says. These ceilings are V-shaped, and angle upwards, inwards and outwards. “The ah-ha moment came when the owners said, “That’s what we wanted. It’s absolutely beautiful.”

Project Details

Building Type

Office

Contractor

DPR, Austin, Texas

SCOPE

24,856

ARCHITECT

Page, Austin, Texas

COMPLETION DATE

February 2018

9WOOD PROJECT

12356

AWARDS

2019 CISCA Award of Excellence (West Region/Office)

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2300 Continuous Linear – Solid Wood

Featured Systems

Get a Sample2300 Continuous Linear – Solid Wood

Featured Video

How to Angle Cut Wood Grille Ceilings – 9Wood Field Guides

This video shows how to do angle cuts for a Wood Grille Ceiling. Square cut ends and angle cuts are very similar.

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Case Study

Angled and Intricate

"This was 100 percent the most intricate, detailed and complex ceiling we've ever built."

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State Farm Arena

April 5, 2019 by

State Farm Arena — Atlanta, GA

White Oak Veneer with Custom Stain

SKU(s): 2314-3

The State Farm Arena, Atlanta, a reported $192 million renovation of an existing arena, features about 20,000 sq. ft. of continuous linear wood walls and ceilings.

The most prominent wood feature is the arena’s west side continuous linear ceiling. It’s made of 8-ft.-long, ¾ in. by 3 ¼ in., custom-stained, plain-sliced, white oak veneer over fire-rated particleboard core planks. The ceiling hangs above the upper-level concourse seating, 90 feet above the arena floor.

“The introduction of wood within the bowl and concourses was a strategic decision to bring warmth, comfort and a sense of richness to the building resulting in a space that looks and feels more like a concert hall than an arena. 9Wood was easy to work with to obtain a custom color that complemented the material palette, and provided the flexibility in installation solutions for the various applications used throughout the building.” says Architect Emily Louchart of HOK (St. Louis, MO.)

Project Details

Building Type

Civic

Contractor

Anning-Johnson, Atlanta, Georgia

SCOPE

20,499

ARCHITECT

HOK, Kansas City, Missouri

COMPLETION DATE

October 2018

9WOOD PROJECT

17235

AWARDS

2019 CISCA Award of Excellence (East Region/Civic)

Project Featured

2300 Continuous Linear – Real Wood Veneer

Featured Systems

Budget-friendly system with real wood veneer, offering clean, uninterrupted lines and reveals for acoustics. Fast progressive installation delivered thanks to our Speed-Lock clips.

Get a Sample2300 Continuous Linear – Real Wood Veneer

Featured Video

2300 Continuous Linear Installation Time Study [VIDEO]

The 9Wood 2300 Continuous Linear system is one of our fastest products to install. The Speed-Lock clip makes installation up to 3x faster than our competitors. To demonstrate this* we brought in two local installation teams with different levels of interaction with our products. Wood Ceiling Installation Team 1 Team 1 had not installed the …

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Case Study

Living Room for the City

The arena’s wood ceilings and walls are expansive. “It’s a unique landscape, wood traversing the building and clothing it with warmth.”

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April 2, 2019 by

University of California, Berkeley - Helios Energy Research Facility — Berkeley, CA

Solid Reclaimed Teak with Clear Finish

SKU(s): 2314-3,2114-3

Nineteenth and twentieth century Teak finds its way into a stunning interior and exterior ceiling design at the Energy Biosciences Building. The Teak, used at the Energy Biosciences Building, was harvested from old Indonesian houses and factories built 50 to 125 years ago.

The order for reclaimed Teak was placed 5 months in advance of the project. “The forethought you have to put into a material lead-time like that is just intense,” says 9Wood’s project manager, Rebecca Hart. “We got the project its own grade. No one has bought reclaimed Teak at this level of premium grade, so far as we know.”

It suits the researchers at this energy biosciences building, who are developing biofuels and biomass resources for the future. Everything here is about the environment. “The Teak species is a beauty that will last,” says architect Johnny Wong of the SmithGroup. “It tends to do well with moisture. It’s a stable, dense wood.”

Reclaimed Teak ceilings fill the lobbies and upper-floor corridors. They create “inspiration space,” says Wong. “Creative ideas don’t necessarily happen in front of a lab bench,” he says, “but often through collaboration in a more informal setting.”

“This is a truly custom, one-in-the-world ceiling,” says a 9Wood spokesman. The architect is pleased. “We created a lab building that doesn’t have an institutional look,” Wong says. “We brought life to it.”

Project Details

Building Type

Education

Contractor

Performance Contracting, San Francisco, California

SCOPE

12,791

ARCHITECT

SmithGroup JJR, San Francisco

COMPLETION DATE

October 2011

9WOOD PROJECT

4359

AWARDS

2013 Berkeley Design Advocates Biennial Awards for Design Excellence

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Watch VideoLinear Wood Ceilings – The Most Common Questions

Case Study

Generations in the Making

Nineteenth- and twentieth-century reclaimed Indonesian Teak finds its way into a stunning interior and exterior ceiling design at UC Berkeley’s energy research facility.

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University of Washington Foster School of Business – PACCAR Hall

April 2, 2019 by

University of Washington Foster School of Business - PACCAR Hall — Seattle, WA

Solid Douglas Fir with Clear Finish

SKU(s): 2112-5

Situated in the heart of University of Washington’s gothic campus, the brand new 132,000SF Foster School of Business Paccar Hall sits next to UW’s oldest building. Emphasizing the building’s focus on “interconnectedness”, the heavily-glazed five-story building includes terraces overlooking the quad, a café, a 250-seat auditorium, administrative offices and dozens of classrooms. The interior prominently features FSC-certified vertical grain Douglas Fir linear wood panels in the four-story atrium.

The LEED Gold Paccar Hall is heavily daylit. Because 45% of the building’s surfaces are glass, wood offers a warm high-end finish to balance the glazing. Douglas Fir has strong ties to the region’s heritage and it was important to have the members extra thick and wide to match the grandeur and scale of the space. Per the LEED requirements, the wood had to be harvested within 500 miles from FSC-certified forests. In addition, it had to maintain structural integrity and architectural aesthetics even with exposure to the elements. This required us to dig deep within our supply chain.

After thorough research and subsequent samples, the architect selected FSC-certified vertical grain Douglas Fir. The break-through came when we were able to source this wood from the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in Northern California, an FSC-certified landowner. This location barely met the 500-mile requirement. “It was 462 miles to be exact,” recounted our local rep. “I remember the number because they wouldn’t believe me at first!”

Once the species and module had been selected, the focus turned to the installation of the 40-foot tall interior and exterior ceilings and custom mitered walls. The 12-foot long ceiling panels ran end to end for 250 feet and would have to be aligned perfectly. From the fourth-story walkways, the close-up sightline would reveal any misalignment along the long run. The panels weighed about 40 pounds each and had to be raised in a scissor lift both for the interior and exterior. There was little room for recourse once a panel was installed because of the extreme coordination required to maneuver the scissor lift around other trades.

The architect summarized the final installed product by saying, “The Paccar Hall building interior is a warm and rich environment because of the combination of finishes, especially the wood wall and ceiling panels and their textural relationship with the brick, metal, and glass in the space. It is quite striking.” Paccar Hall is set to be a campus center for decades to come.

Project Details

Building Type

Education

Contractor

Forrest Sound Products, Redmond, Washington

SCOPE

12,680

ARCHITECT

LMN Architects, Seattle, Washington

COMPLETION DATE

December 2009

9WOOD PROJECT

2813

AWARDS

2010 Construction Excellence Awards (Bronze, West Region, Interior Finishes),2011 NWCB Outstanding Project of the Year (Suspended Ceiling, Washington)

Project Featured

2100 Panelized Linear – Solid Wood

Featured Systems

Stunning results, seismic compliant and straightforward solid wood installation.

Get a Sample2100 Panelized Linear – Solid Wood

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Watch VideoLinear Wood Ceilings – The Most Common Questions

Case Study

Clearly Designed for Connection and Community

The building’s interior is a warm and rich environment because of the combination of finishes, especially the wood wall and ceiling panels and their relationship with the brick, metal and glass.

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Arizona State University – Interdisciplinary Science & Technology Building IV

April 2, 2019 by

Arizona State University - Interdisciplinary Science & Technology Building IV — Tempe, AZ

Solid Western Hemlock with Clear Finish

SKU(s): 1112-7, 2113-4

Enter the five-story atrium of the university’s newest science and technology building, look up, and wonder. How did these angular, integrated walls and ceilings come to be?

“The way we wrapped the wood from the horizontal to the vertical is innovative,” says Mathew Chaney, AIA, associate at Ehrlich Architects.” 9Wood created ceilings and cladding with a high degree of accuracy — very close to our design intent. I’d say, 98 percent close.”

Linear wood panel awnings are suspended over the elevator doors. They angle upward, steeply, and become vertical cladding for upper floor balcony rails.

“The challenge was to understand your corners and have panels come together and look uniform,” says TP Acoustics field superintendent Derrick Amerson.”It required critical shop drawings with critical dimensioning by 9Wood. The drawings were well executed.” The drafting team constructed detailed and coordinated shop drawings 40 pages in length.

Mathew Chaney, AIA, associate at Ehrlich Architects specified Western Hemlock — stained Teak. 9Wood provided staining canisters so the installer could retouch the Hemlock after making cuts.

“The atrium is designed to draw the eye into a vertical circulation,” says Chaney about his design intent.”The wood has unusual mass, but the panels are light in character.”

Project Details

Building Type

Education

Contractor

TP Acoustics, Phoenix, Arizona

SCOPE

17,417

ARCHITECT

Steven Ehrlich Architects, Culver City, California, HDR Architecture, Phoenix, Arizona

COMPLETION DATE

December 2011

9WOOD PROJECT

2893

AWARDS

2012 CISCA Award of Excellence (Gold, West Region, Interior Finishes)

Project Featured

1100 Cross Piece Grille – Solid Wood

Featured Systems

An elegant and practical system using solid wood that is seismically compliant and simple to install and remove.

Get a Sample1100 Cross Piece Grille – Solid Wood

Featured Video

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Watch VideoLinear Wood Ceilings – The Most Common Questions

Featured Article

The Most Accessible Wood Ceiling

Accessibility and dropped wood ceilings are a classic conflict because you have your mechanical systems, HVAC, lighting, and electrical, and then you cover it all up with highly custom decorative wood products. With ceiling accessibility, you must think about the damage over time, whether you’re the designer or the facilities person taking a panel down. Because …

Read ArticleThe Most Accessible Wood Ceiling

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