Rhythm at Music Row, a posh resort in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee's music district is complete and ready for move-in. Rhythm's fourteen stories of upscale, contemporary Nashville condominiums offer views in every direction of the city's nightlife, shopping, and restaurants.
Music Row is an area just to the southwest of Downtown Nashville that is home to hundreds of businesses related to the music industry. Centered around 16th and 17th Avenues South (called Music Square east and Music Square west), Music Row is widely considered the heart of Nashville's entertainment industry. Numerous record labels, recording studios, music publishers and licensing companies, and video production firms can be found as well as radio station and network offices.
Kingbird Industries LLC of Salisbury NC, contracted by Choate Construction (http://www.choateco.com/), is proud to be the aluminum
architectural feature provider for the uniquely designed Rhythm at Music Row project. The most prominent feature of the building design by architects Wakefield Beasley & Associates (http://www.wbassociates.com/) are the (9) bronze-metallic 30-foot tall aluminum serpentine "music" scrolls that adorn the building.
architectural feature provider for the uniquely designed Rhythm at Music Row project. The most prominent feature of the building design by architects Wakefield Beasley & Associates (http://www.wbassociates.com/) are the (9) bronze-metallic 30-foot tall aluminum serpentine "music" scrolls that adorn the building. These serpentine scrolls that are the signature feature of the Rhythm at Music Row structure presented some interesting challenges to the Kingbird Industries design, production, and installation teams. At 30-feet in length with a waved design, a special frame was developed to accommodate the scrolls, give them structural strength, and provide mounting capability.
Each of the beautiful (9) serpentine scroll panels included 1-1/2" square x 1/8" aluminum tube horizontal members placed at 4-ft in
tervals and (2) each vertical 30-ft members shaped to the serpentine curvature. The decorative infill was created using 4' x 30' panels of 1/8" perforated sheet aluminum bent to contour to the vertical members. As will all Kingbird products, the serpentine scrolls are built with all-welded construction for long-term strength and stability. Because the scrolls were so long, each was built in sections that would fit Kingbird's in-house finishing process facility. On-site, each smaller panel was welded to construct the singular 30' scroll. The scrolls were finished with baked-on powder coat in a unique custom dark bronze metallic finish. The scrolls were curled around long tubular aluminum rods for the final touch to this custom project.
tervals and (2) each vertical 30-ft members shaped to the serpentine curvature. The decorative infill was created using 4' x 30' panels of 1/8" perforated sheet aluminum bent to contour to the vertical members. As will all Kingbird products, the serpentine scrolls are built with all-welded construction for long-term strength and stability. Because the scrolls were so long, each was built in sections that would fit Kingbird's in-house finishing process facility. On-site, each smaller panel was welded to construct the singular 30' scroll. The scrolls were finished with baked-on powder coat in a unique custom dark bronze metallic finish. The scrolls were curled around long tubular aluminum rods for the final touch to this custom project. 
An added decorative feature at Rhythm at Music Row are the (9) aluminum 4' x 4' Medallion Grilles inset above each serpentine scroll, finished in the same dark bronze metallic to match the giant architectural scrolls.
The additional aluminum architectural features that Kingbird Industries provided for the Rhythm building are:
- 2178 lf of 2-line balcony railing
- 345 lf of radius balcony railing
- 114 lf of 3-line glass infill railing with 3/8" glass
Kingbird's Value-Added Engineering service recommended changing the original railing-mount plan from core-drilled installation to footplate installation. Kingbird, due to our extensive work with replacing railing for concrete balcony restoration projects, recommends footplate installation with chemical anchors and escutcheon plates to minimize both stress to the concrete and moisture infiltration opportunity that will ultimately damage the structure. The project was able to deduct block-outs, posts, and grout while adding longevity to both the structure and the railings.
Kingbird also provided 6-foot high 2-line fence and double gates at Rhythm's loading docks and (9) 2-line aluminum arched single gates throughout the property. Engineering seals were provided for all Kingbird's aluminum features of this project. Kingbird's team of expert craftsmen installed the aluminum serpentine scrolls, the decorative medallions, and all gates and railing on this 14 story structure in the spring of 2009.Rhythm at Music Row is an outstanding feature of Nashville's music corridor and a proud entry in Kingbird Industries project portfolio, demonstrating once again that Kingbird goes above and beyond simple railing projects. Our Production Design Specialist, Horacio Romero, says, "If you can dream it, we can make it." The truly unique aluminum serpentine scrolls, testimony to this statement, are spot lit at night to illuminate the quality artisan workmanship that was devoted to this signature project.
For more information on the Rhythm at Music Row building (and to see photos of Kingbird Industries work), check http://www.rhythmnashville.com/. For your unique project, call Kingbird's sales engineers at 800.882.7092.
