Wimberley Glassworks Showcases Art Glass Lighting Installations for Office Buildings and Healthcare Facilities at …

San Marcos, Texas (PRWEB) September 17, 2014

Wimberley Glassworks, one of the nations premier blown glass lighting studios today announced plans to showcase its striking installations for commercial properties at the Texas Society of Architects (TSA) 75th Annual Convention and Design Expo, November 6-8, in Houston.

Architects and other specifiers attending the conventions popular Design Expo will want to visit Wimberley Glassworkss booth (#516) to see vibrant video and photography of the award-winning studios nature-inspired, commercial installations around the country. These include A Sunrise at Matagorda Bay and The River of Glass installations, which complete the spacious lobbies of two prominent, Houston-area office buildings the Petrobas America building and Granite Properties Briarpark Green, respectively.

Wimberley Glassworks also will spotlight its collaborations with architectural firms on healthcare facilities such as Texas Childrens Hospitals Pavilion for Women which increasingly are being designed to create warm and welcoming spaces and environments for patients and their families.

Additionally, the studio plans to display TextureICE, a dazzling 37 x 38 translucent, textured glass chandelier that is representative of Wimberley Glassworks 2014-2015 commercial collection and the type of fixtures that architects and other specifiers can order.

While tenants decide to lease office space based on an multitude of factors, including cost, location, quality of the actual office space, furnishings and art in public areas, the landlords reputation and more, the look and feel of a lobby is a big part of the decision because it's the first impression of our future clients business home," said David R. Cunningham, Director of Development, Granite Properties, which operates in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston and Los Angeles. Since 1991, Granite has developed or acquired more than 23 million square feet of commercial properties, with an emphasis on Class A office space.

Wimberley Glassworks has been a vital creative partner in helping Granite and our architects to brand our buildings with one-of-a-kind, blown glass lighting ensembles in the lobbies they are always the centerpiece of discussion when we open buildings to the public, said Cunningham. The studios original and spectacular creations are, by far, a superior option to off-the-shelf fixtures you see in other buildings or elaborate works by celebrity artists which, quite frankly, are over priced and repetitive."

Tim de Jong, owner and creative director of Wimberley Glassworks, will be available at the studios booth during the TSA design expo to discuss the highly collaborative approach that he and his team of artists, designers and engineers take when working with clients and architects. This approach ensures that every piece is designed and fabricated to meet exact specifications, enhance and beautify the space it will occupy, and also be easy to maintain.

We look forward to showing architects at this years expo how a custom-designed Wimberley Glassworks piece can further differentiate their commercial projects, said de Jong. Our creations, always tasteful and never gaudy, become a focal point in the spaces where theyre installed and have a calming effect they slow people down and promote wonder and reflection. Theyre a source of pride for tenants.

The TSA is the Lone Star state component of the American Institute of Architects. It is one of the nation's largest organizations for the architectural profession, with 17 regional chapters and more than 6,000 members.

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