SPECIFIERS GUIDE (ENTRANCEWAYS): That first impression
Jul 1, 2001 12:00 PM
- Stride Rite
Columbus, Ohio-based design firm Chute Gerdeman created this inviting entrance with the help of Lake Mary, Fla.-based contractor Treehouse Development Corp.
The entrance has a residential feel and features elements found within the store. The doorway's colors are in keeping with Stride Rite's customers: babies, boys and girls.
Circle 314 on reply card - Timberland
Blurring the line between indoors and outdoors, the Timberland Maroussi flagship store's long glass façade invites shoppers into the store. The entrance is a creation of Cincinnati-based FRCH Design Worldwide.
The image fits in with the company's mission to, “Equip people to make a difference in their world.”
Circle 315 on reply card - Parade
When redesigning this Parade shop to reflect the retailer's new brand name and revamped strategy, Worthington, Ohio-based Fitch gave the store's entrance a subtle and sophisticated look. Rochester, N.Y.'s Store Crafters Inc. served as general contractor.
Circle 316 on reply card - Velvet Pixies
FRCH Design Worldwide created a picture-frame façade and entryway featuring pink and purple neon to begin a fantasyland experience even before shoppers enter Velvet Pixies. The Rockaway Township store is a little girl's dream starting at the door.
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Web resources
- Ampco Products Inc.
www.ampco.com - The Cookson Co.
www.cooksondoor.com - Dagendor Ltd.
www.dagendor.com - Dynamic Closures Corp.
www.dynamicclosures.com - Eliason Corp.
www.eliasoncorp.com - Horton Automatics
www.hortondoors.com - Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
www.lpcorp.com - Nana Wall Systems Inc.
www.nanawallsystems.com
Product alert
Dynamic Closures
“We found talking to potential clients there is one part of the rolling security storefront grille that is broken a lot” says Greg Trimboli, vice president of marketing for Dynamic Closures. “Bottom bar locking problems happen for many reasons, most of them user-related due to where the lock is located on the floor.”
In real world use, Trimboli says, employees are not careful. “I was at a national retailer and the person responsible for store maintenance said, ‘If there's a way to break it, our employees will.’”
Dynamic Closures developed a way for the staff to never have to touch the grille. The company's new Self Locking Motorized Grilles, which meet ADA guidelines and feature a three-year warranty, are operated remotely.
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Cornell
SentryGate 3 grilles from Cornell offer maximum protection while maintaining product visibility.
The SentryGate
Attractive features include open style curtains for protection while still maintaining visibility and ventilation and alightwieght push-up motor for easy operation.
The SentryGate's 65% open design brick-pattern curtain allows for interior mounting to existing construction. Practical applications include storefronts, display kiosks and counter windows.
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CR Laurence Co.
Los Angeles-based CR Laurence Co. Inc. introduces the CRL Wedge-lock dry glazed door rail system, which the company claims provides the fastest installation time of any rail product.
The Wedge-lock system works by applying pressure form the bottom of the door rail. The rotation of socket head cap bolts is converted into a clamping force. This action, along with a special retaining gasket, creates more than 100-lbs.-per-inch of force.
Access to the clamping bolts does not require removal of the cover plates, and tightening is obtained through the use of a T-handle wrench, rather than an end-wrench.
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