A corridor that reads as one continuous piece of art
Wall Style Innovations installed a custom-printed mural wallcovering along a corridor inside a commercial building on Stephen Avenue, in Calgary's Downtown Commercial Core. The artwork is an ink-splash rendering of the Calgary skyline in black and grey on a white ground: towers rise out of a wash of ink along the lower half of the wall and the upper wall stays clean white beneath the wall sconces.
The before photographs show the same corridor with plain painted walls. After installation the mural ran the full length of the wall, continued around the inside corner beside the doorway and finished tight to the baseboard, the door casings and the ceiling bulkhead.
- Service
- Commercial mural wallcovering installation
- Location
- Downtown Commercial Core, SW Calgary
- Material
- Custom-printed mural wallcovering, Calgary skyline artwork in an ink-wash style, panels printed to the wall sequence
- Scope
- Corridor wall and wrapped inside corner in an occupied commercial building
Project challenge
A printed mural is one image split across panels, so every panel has to land exactly where the print file expects it. A corridor adds its own obstacles: wall sconces, outlets, exit signage, door casings and a ceiling bulkhead all interrupt the wall, and the sconces throw raking light down the surface that shows any ridge or bubble.
The building stayed in use, so the corridor had to be handed back clear and clean with no residue on the doors, floor or fixtures.
Installed solution
The walls were checked and prepared for a printed wallcovering, the panel sequence was laid out from a plumb line so the artwork would land at the intended height relative to the baseboard, and each panel was matched to its neighbour before trimming. The mural was carried around the inside corner rather than stopped at it, and every fixture, outlet and casing was cut in tight.
The corridor was handed back with the exit signage, sconces and doors all untouched.
Why murals suit corridors and lobbies
Long blank corridors are the walls tenants and visitors see most and remember least. A printed mural turns that surface into the identity of the building for the cost of one wall, and a commercial-grade wallcovering stands up to the traffic a corridor gets far better than a painted feature.
The same approach works for lobbies, elevator vestibules, stairwells, restaurant walls and office reception areas. Send a photo of the wall and the artwork or brand direction you have in mind, and we will advise on the substrate, the print format and the panel plan.
Before the mural
The same corridor before installation: plain painted walls, the sconce, the corner and the full run toward the exit.
Planning a mural wallcovering for a commercial space
Send the wall, not just the art
A wide photo of the whole wall plus its dimensions lets us plan the panel count and where obstacles such as sconces, outlets and signage fall in the print.
Choose the artwork format early
Print files, brand artwork or a licensed image all work, but the file has to be prepared at the wall's proportions before printing, not cropped on site.
Plan the working window
Corridors and lobbies stay in use. We schedule the install around the building's quiet hours where possible and hand the space back clean.
Explore related Calgary projects
On the same street, see the Stephen Avenue storefront solar film. For more commercial wallcovering, see the Highfield showroom Type II vinyl and the downtown restaurant guest-facing wall. For other printed murals, see the 25 ft living-room mural in Sundance and the peony mural in Winston Heights, or browse SW Calgary installations.
Have a corridor, lobby or feature wall in mind?
Send a photo of the wall, its approximate size and the artwork or brand direction. We will review the substrate and the print format and tell you the next practical step.
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