Project Highlights

Workbench - East Austin

Floor-to-ceiling sheer drapery in the lobby and motorized Kleenscreen solar shades on the office floors of Workbench, an East Austin office building built by Swinerton. Specified, submitted and installed by Rolli.
Sheer drapery and a pendant in the Workbench lobby lounge

Large Commercial · Austin · 2026

Workbench, East Austin

A new office building on the east side, delivered floor by floor with the general contractor. Sheer drapery softens the lobby lounge; motorized solar screens handle the glare on the open-plan floors above.

Floor-to-ceiling sheer drapery and a statement pendant in the Workbench lobby lounge
ClientSwinerton Builders, general contractor
LocationEast Austin, Texas
ScopeLobby and two office floors, submittals to install
ProductSheer ripple fold drapery · motorized 3% solar screens
TimelineSubmittals 2025 · floors delivered Jan 2026

The brief

Two jobs in one building: soften the lobby, tame the floors

2floors delivered
3%solar screen openness
12 Vhardwired DC motors

Workbench is a concrete-and-glass office building with a double-height lobby and open-plan floors that face the sun. The design intent: a ground floor that reads like a lounge, not a reception desk, and office floors that stay bright without glare on screens.

The answer was two products with one supplier. Floor-to-ceiling sheer drapery, ripple fold on a ceiling-mounted track, wraps the lobby glass. Upstairs, Kleenscreen 3% solar screens on low-voltage motors cut heat and glare while keeping the view of the street.

Rolli worked inside the construction schedule: product data submittals through the general contractor, shop drawings per floor, a scissor-lift install in the lobby, and hardwired low-voltage motor power panels coordinated with the electrical trade.

Lobby lounge with sheer drapery along the glass and a wood slat ceiling
Lobby lounge
Ripple fold sheer panels catching afternoon light
Ripple fold, backlit

How it came together

Delivered the way a contractor needs it

Submit

Product data for the shade fabric, motors and controls went through Swinerton’s submittal process. Approved as noted, August 2025.

Coordinate

Floor by floor. Motor power panels and low-voltage runs were located with the electrical trade so nothing is surface mounted.

Fabricate

Sheer panels sewn to the measured ceiling height. Solar screens cut to each mullion bay on the office floors.

Install

Lobby sheers hung from a scissor lift once the ceiling closed. Office floors installed and commissioned as each level completed.

Sheer drapery beneath a sculptural pendant light
Lobby, pendant
Lobby planters against the glass before the drapery went in
Lobby glass, before
Exterior of the Workbench office building
The building
Reception area with sheer drapery and a pendant chandelier

The details

What was specified

Lobby
Floor-to-ceiling sheer drapery, ripple fold, ceiling-mounted track. Softens the glass without blocking the street.
Office floors
Kleenscreen 3% solar screen roller shades. Cuts glare and solar heat; view stays open. Sanitized fabric, NFPA 701.
Motorization
Automate 12 V DC motors on a central power distribution panel, up to 18 motors per panel. No batteries to change.
Control
Hand-held remotes by zone, with a hub for app and schedule control.
Process
Submittals, shop drawings, trade coordination, lift install, commissioning.
Who did what
Rolli: specification, submittals, fabrication, installation, commissioning. Swinerton: construction and schedule.

“On a construction site the product is half the job. The other half is showing up when the schedule says, with the submittals already approved.”Rolli design team

Sheer drapery wall in the Workbench lobby

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