We draw it, build it, and set it in place.
Every piece starts as a shop drawing on our own floor and ends installed on site. Scroll to watch a real Pio reception desk come together, part by part.
Design & Engineering
We translate the architect's intent into shop drawings and engineer every joint, radius, and tolerance before a single panel is cut.
Precision Fabrication
Cut, machined, and finished in-house on our own equipment, so the grain, the reveals, and the fit land exactly as drawn.
Professional Installation
Delivered and set by our own crews, scribed to real site conditions and dialed in for a seamless final result.
Every part, specified before it is cut.
This desk is a single curved run of moulded terrazzo, Silver Riftwood laminate, and brushed bronze, built over a plywood and flexible Kerfkore core on the R195⅝″ arc from the shop drawings. The numbers below match the callouts on the model as it comes apart.
- 01Moulded terrazzo transaction topST-1, honed white terrazzo, 1½″ build-up, ¼″ bevel, 46″ A.F.F.
- 02Terrazzo greeter podST-1, R18″ waterfall nose, ADA height at 34″ A.F.F.
- 03Riftwood work counterPL-01 Silver Riftwood over a ¾″ PB core, 35″ A.F.F.
- 04Bronze and riftwood slat screenMTL-1 brushed bronze with PL-01 slats at 3-3/16″ O.C.
- 05Curved die wall skins¾″ flexible Kerfkore faced in PL-01 riftwood
- 06Brushed-bronze base6″ MTL-1 base with a 2″ shadow reveal
- 07Integrated LED coveWarm strip lighting, supplied and set by others
- 08Lockable base cabinetsDrawer banks, doors, and false fronts with power and data
- 09Plywood core and framing¾″ studs, plates, ribs, and nailers, notched for wiring
- 10Cherry veneer lobby wallFull-height feature wall with a 90° return into gypsum
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