DESIGN COMPETITION
COMMERCIAL | FIRST PLACE Elizabeth Gerdes
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This massive drapery installation graces a new luxury co-working office space in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta that is more than 30,000 square feet. The job called for draperies and sheers Stitch Above the Rest installed over extra-long and extra-wide windows along corridors and in meeting rooms, booths and Woodstock, GA hallways, plus a few locations like sitting areas and phone booth rooms. On average, the windows in each corridor were 16 feet tall and 20 feet wide, with the largest coming in at 22 feet by 20 feet. The job included 1,393 feet (width only) of ripplefold draperies/sheers constructed from 1,309 feet of 100 percent polyester flame-retardant Kvadrat fabric hung on 519 feet of traversing track. Unable to find track sturdy or long enough, Gerdes purchased it piecemeal and assembled it herself. Except for the installation, Gerdes worked alone, a total of 529 hours over 86 days.
DESIGN COMPETITION
COMMERCIAL | SECOND PLACE Olga Polyanskaya When Polyanskaya’s client, the owner of a wellness club and spa, fell in love with a sheer Drapery Expressions and Blinds Colorado Springs, CO 2ND PLACE
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patterned fabric (Medusa in Cream from Fabricut), Polyanskaya agreed that it was perfect for the décor. The problem was the large repeat of the pattern didn’t work well with the accordion-fold goblet-pleated panels she had planned. So, Polyanskaya invented a new pleat she named goblet pleat with wings: three pleats in one, with the middle pleat a standard 5½-foot round goblet pleat. Her client was happy with the solution and the sheers are a beautiful addition to the spa.
