Expanding Options for Warm Wood Visuals and Nature-Inspired Colors

Armstrong introduces LYRA PB VECTOR ceiling panels with sevenwood looks, updated finishes for WOODWORKS walls, wood visuals for SOUNDSCAPES Shapes and Blades ceiling and wall panels, and nature-inspired colors for three SOUNDSCAPES product lines.

LANCASTER, Pa. — This spring Armstrong World Industries launched LYRA PB (Plant-Based) VECTOR ceiling panels; introduced updated finishes for WOODWORKS wall panels; and added wood looks options for SOUNDSCAPES Shapes and Blades ceiling and wall panels. In addition, SOUNDSCAPES Shapes, Blades, and Canopies are now available in 15 nature-inspired colors. These new offerings give architects and designers additional opportunities to “bring nature indoors” with warm wood visuals that capture the natural beauty and uniqueness of wood in species ranging from walnut to cherry to ash, oak, and more, as well as through a palette of nature-inspired colors.

WOODWORKS wall panel options expand with nine updated finishes
The WOODWORKS wall panel portfolio now includes nine updated finishes offeringunparalleled natural beauty through varying species, graining, and color: Plain Slice Cherry, White Maple, White Ash, and White Oak, Vertical Grain Fir, Quartered Sapele, Mahogany, and Walnut; and Rift White Oak. These are in addition to four legacy veneers: NATURAL VARIATIONS Maple and Light Cherry, and CONSTANTS Walnut and Redux Wood Wheat. WOODWORKS wall finishes coordinate with most WOODWORKS ceiling panels.

Introducing LYRA PB VECTOR Wood Looks
LYRA PB VECTOR ceiling panels are available in seven standard wood-look visuals: Brown Sugar Walnut, Toffee Chestnut, Vanilla Ash, and Honey Oak. In addition, three made-to-order wood-look visuals are available: Earl Grey Teak, Bourbon Cherry, and Dark Mocha Walnut.

LYRA PB VECTOR ceiling panels with plant-based binder evoke the beauty of large-format wood ceilings and superior sound absorption (up to 0.90 NRC) without perforations. The 1/4-inch reveal between the lightweight, sag-resistant acoustical panels achieves the look of large-format monolithic wood, while downward accessibility makes LYRA PB VECTOR ideal for projects with limited plenum space. Themold- and mildew-resistant panels are also part of the Armstrong SUSTAIN portfolio and meet the most stringent industry sustainability compliance standardstoday, as well as the Armstrong CLEANASSURE family of disenfectable products. LYRA PB VECTOR ceiling panels are Build America, Buy America Act compliant.

SOUNDSCAPES Acoustical Shapes, Blades, and Canopies expand wood looks and/or colors

• Four new wood-look visuals (SOUNDSCAPES Shapes and Blades only): Brown Sugar Walnut, Toffee Chestnut, Vanilla Ash, and Honey Oak that coordinate with LYRA PB wood-look panels
• 15 new nature-inspired colors (SOUNDSCAPES Shapes, Blades, and Canopies): Riverstone, Stone, Light Grey, Oat, Sandstone, Boxwood, Fern, Ivy, Ocean, Twilight, Rainstorm, Mist, Topaz, White, and Black
• All three lines offer a mold- and mildew-resistant surface and select productscan ship in four weeks or less as part of the Armstrong FAST134 program.

SOUNDSCAPES Shapes acoustical ceiling and wall panels provide acoustical excellence (up to 1.15 NRC) while allowing architects and designers to aesthetically design spaces with angles, shapes, sizes, colors, and natural wood looks on ceilings and walls. SOUNDSCAPES Shapes allow for quick installation from the deck, drywall suspension system, or on a wall in adjustable heights and angles.

SOUNDSCAPES Blades Linear acoustical ceiling and wall panels offer excellent sound absorption (up to 2.05 NRC), and unlimited design possibilities achieved through avariety of designs, depths, colors, and wood looks. Also new are color-coordinated Armstrong PRELUDE suspension systems. SOUNDSCAPES Blades Linear panels arethe most acoustical linear product in the Armstrong portfolio.

SOUNDSCAPES Canopies ceiling panels offer unique hill and valley designs availablein two sizes, and enhanced sound acoustics with sound absorption up to 0.95 NRC.