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PROJECT
| windows YKK AP America customized one of its window-wall products to fit the JW Marriott Nashville hotel. While the glass itself isn’t curved, the window wall is segmented to create the curve, and a slab-edge cover achieves the same look and feel as curtainwall.
A Star Is Born Curvilinear design challenges are addressed by window-wall technology.
T
he latest addition to Nashville’s downtown
rooftop curves of the adjacent Music City Center.
facade design challenges. The team worked with Cus-
skyline, the 33-story, 386-ft.-tall JW Marriott
Other amenities include a full-service spa, heated
tom Enclosure Solutions (CES), Cartersville, GA, and
Nashville hotel, greets guests with an elegant,
rooftop pool and bar, state-of-the-art fitness center, two
YKK AP America, Austell, GA, to design and install a
undulating front entrance. Intricate fountains, sculp-
more restaurants and bars, and 77,000 sq. ft. of event
custom façade system.
tures, and artwork contribute to the aesthetic.
facilities. The interior of the hotel was designed by
Owned by Turnberry & Associates, Aventura, FL,
Stonehill Taylor, New York, aligning with the inspira-
CHANGING RADIUS
and conceptualized by design architect Arquitectoni-
tion and feel of the exterior façade design. By design,
What looked like a simple, straightforward design was
ca, Miami, and architect of record, Smallwood, Reyn-
guests are treated to panoramic views of the city
actually quite complex. While curtainwall was used
olds, Stewart, Stewart (SRSS), Atlanta, the curvilinear
throughout the hotel.
on the podium level of the hotel, the architects chose
design draws inspiration from the nearby Cumber-
Because of its unique shape and complex configura-
window wall to achieve the desired curved look of the
land River, which weaves around the city, and by the
tion, the size and scope of the project posed significant
tower—rather than the more conventional choice of
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