Screens and perforated plates can create interesting backdrops signage of all shapes, sizes and finishes. TWG’s products have been used in a variety of sign types and add a layer of texture and depth.            

Woven wire covers two massive entry doors Wieden + Kennedy office, located in the midst of Portland, Oregon’s Pearl District. Text graphics are painted onto the screen post-installation.

Mounted to the southeast facade of this parking structure are several installations that demonstrate not only the capabilities of tension screen as a cladding and sunshading system but also its possibilities as an eye-catching signage display. In this instance, the graphic images were applied by an artist whose spray booth size limitations forced screens to be manufactured in 10′ heights; typically tension screens may extend greater than 20′ in height […]

An example of how woven wire can be used for retail installations, framed woven wire is the backing material for Safeway’s main entry signage. The solution provides a semi-transparent “canopy” in a convex form; the steel tube forms behind the screen were also provided by TWG.

The signage outside of this award-winning Willamette Valley winery displays an impressive vertical wall, known for centuries as a “gabion”. In this example, tons of local river rock are retained inside a cage of TWG’s welded wire and plate steel with dramatic effect.

Exterior cladding for this multi-story parking facility is achieved using hundreds of perforated panels mounted to steel tubing. Panels are arranged in a pattern that allows for occasional gaps and overlaps on a large radius. The slotted openings in each panel provide excellent shading while maintaining a level of transparency both day and night.

Landscaping has recently redefined the northbound entry onto Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Northeast Portland, Oregon; included in the design is a curvilinear  and gently sloping screen wall made by TWG out of perforated corten steel. The weathered but warm appearance of the steel contrasts well with the lush green plantings surrounding it.

Perforated panels line this feature fountain near the entrance to the Denver Tech Center. Large planes of stainless steel are perforated with round openings and form a gently curved wall, one that allows water to trickle and splash down its face from an upper pool. In the lower pool, triangular steel boxes seem to float on the surface and surround the jetted fountain heads from which columns of water erupt.

Exterior signage at one of the largest shopping centers in the state of Oregon includes TWG-provided panels of perforated metal as a backdrop. Other applications include various forms of woven wire sunshading: planes that extend horizontally above storefront windows and decorative angled screens that cast long shadows across stucco facades. Welded wire was also used in way-finding applications on the mall site.

In creative hands, TWG’s woven wire takes on the appearance of stained glass infill at this retail art gallery in Sacramento, California. For window coverings and an arcing gateway, wire of varying weave patterns is crafted into shapes that match the organic forms conceived by the artist.