Durability Meets Urban Design
1111 Church adds a bold, mixed-use presence to Nashville’s rapidly evolving downtown corridor. The 25-story residential tower is supported by ground-floor retail, structured parking, and shared amenity spaces, creating an active urban environment that strengthens pedestrian connectivity and engages the surrounding neighborhood. At the base of the tower, a multi-level prefabricated concrete parking garage serves as both critical infrastructure and a highly visible public interface along Church Street.
Wells partnered with the project team to deliver an architectural building facade that balances strong visual expression with demanding performance requirements. The exterior features an emulated stone finish with deep horizontal ribbing and tapered profiles that transition from 8 inches thick to 4.25 inches, creating texture, rhythm, and depth while minimizing overall weight. Engineered to align with the garage’s sloped structural system, the facade system was also designed to meet code-compliant vehicle restraint requirements — eliminating the need for additional crash walls in select areas and supporting a clean, streamlined perimeter.
