FORMAWALL® the complete wall system

H.H. Robertson launches a construction products company, which will ultimately become CENTRIA, and later expands its offering to include insulated metal wall panels. A superior performing, “foamed-in-place” insulated metal panel system is developed. A revolutionary pressureequalized horizontal joint for insulated metal panels is created. A horizontal window system that blends with horizontal insulated metal panels is designed. FORMAWALL® Dimension Series® is introduced. It is eventually named “Product of the Millennium.”

CENTRIA FORMAWALL “ rchitecture should speak A of its time and place but yearn for timelessness.” — Frank Gehry At CENTRIA we understand that in order to accomplish timeless designs, architects must be practitioners of both art and science. Here you’ll find innovations, ideas and images to ignite your imagination and the tools to make your imagination reality. It is also a reminder that, in the beginning, in the form itself — great leaps are always possible. That breakthroughs are always just an inkling away. And that unimagined possibilities are always within reach of the mind prepared to pursue...

“ ecognizing the need is the primary R condition for design” — Charles Eames Before a great building comes to be, there must be a great idea of a building. An idea, not merely of what a building COULD be, but of what it SHOULD be, what it was MEANT to be. Our idea is to give you ideas. To start a spark. To kindle an inspiration that will grow into a new reality: a sweeping, dramatic creation of shape and color and texture that only you could have imagined. That is the idea behind FORMAWALL.

CENTRIA FORMAWALL FORM an Idea: Shape FORMAWALL’s unparalleled flexibility lets your idea take shape in an infinite variety of forms. Experiment with the smooth, tranquil flow of curved panels. Explore vertical panels that soar toward the sky. Examine the array of thicknesses, reveals, and profiles — leading to endless possibilities that stretch the imagination and result in virtually unlimited creativity.

The ability to do custom fabrication is possible, either in the shop or on the jobsite. The Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas | New Philadelphia, OH | Legat Architects The panels curve easily, providing virtually unlimited opportunities for truly unique designs.

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5 The Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas | New Philadelphia, OH | Legat Architects

CENTRIA FORMAWALL FORM an Idea: Color With virtually unlimited choices, one doesn’t merely choose color, one commits to color. It is the eloquence of color that can inspire passion, evoke emotion, or meld a design into its environment with a subtlety and suaveness that is remarkable. From the coolest metallic whites to the deepest, richest reds, FORMAWALL colors can be the heart of a design, a signature element, or even just a whimsical exclamation point.

A combination of colors and a running bond pattern made it possible to create this unique aesthetic Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute | Hershey, PA | Payette Smooth 2” panels in a pearlescent Champagne Bronze and a metallic Champagne Gold result in an interesting contrast of color and texture.

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7 Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute | Hershey, PA | Payette

CENTRIA FORMAWALL FORM an Idea: Texture & Relief Texture adds dimensional nuances, tonal contrasts, and visual interest. It allows you to toy with light and shadow in innumerable ways. Or use texture to communicate a building’s depth of character. Sleek and smooth, striated and variable striated, embossed and precast — FORMAWALL’s range of textures works in concert with the light to create impactful design with emphasis, rhythm and contrast.

Lodi Memorial Hospital | Lodi, CA | HDR Inc. The rougher textured Duracast® panels provide an interesting contrast to the smooth, flat sea green panels. The 2” Horizontal panels feature a sleek, smooth finish that brings out the vibrancy of the intense Sea Green color.

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