A Light-Filled Dallas Showroom for Kimball

At the new Kimball showroom in Dallas, TX, products from the furniture manufacturer’s extensive portfolio are on view. Designed by the Dallas studio of Perkins&Will, the building serves as more than a display space. it’s an open, light-filled hub for the local design community, created with flexibility and collaboration in mind. The 8,000-square-foot showroom, located in the Union building, was ideal for the architects’ vision, and they wanted to ensure that significant elements were kept in place. “It was really a nice architectural space, so from the beginning our intent was to add very lightly to that original palette. We decided right away that the floors would be concrete, and the ceiling and columns would be left exposed,” said Brigitte Preston, principal and interior design director, Perkins&Will Dallas. Touches in the showroom pay tribute to Kimball’s history, known as makers of exceptional wood furnishings. “We decided to use the wood …