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Chaucer

Style Group, working alongside Blue DPM and GR Interiors Ltd, delivered a Dorma Hüppe Variflex Glass semi-automatic movable wall for Chaucer, creating a flexible, light-filled meeting space that adapts quickly to suit changing office needs.

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Products

Dorma Huppe Variflex Glass

Location

London

Contractor

GR Interiors Ltd

Flexible Meeting Space Designed for Modern Working

Working in partnership with Blue DPM and GR Interiors Ltd, Style Group delivered a Dorma Hüppe Variflex Glass semi-automatic movable wall for Chaucer, creating a flexible meeting environment designed to support the changing needs of a modern office.

The installation allows a single meeting space to be reconfigured quickly and efficiently, creating a more adaptable working environment while maintaining an open, light-filled feel. The glazed design preserves natural light throughout the office, helping to create a bright and welcoming workspace without compromising on flexibility.

Finished with concealed silver anodised aluminium framing, the movable wall integrates seamlessly into the contemporary interior, complementing the surrounding office design. The semi-automatic sealing system enables the wall to be opened and closed with minimal effort, allowing staff to transform the space quickly to suit meetings, presentations and collaborative working.

Combining elegant aesthetics with smooth day-to-day operation, the installation provides Chaucer with a practical solution that is both functional and easy to use. The flexible layout allows the space to adapt as business requirements change, ensuring the office can accommodate a variety of working styles without the need for permanent partitions.

The completed installation has been extremely well received, with Chaucer praising how easy the panels are to operate, making room configuration quick, simple and effortless while delivering the flexibility required for everyday use.

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Zero-Joint Technology in the Healthcare Sector

NHS England’s Health Building Note 00-09 states clinical surfaces should be “impervious, designed for easy cleaning and free of fissures and unsealed joints.”
  • Laser-bonded, adhesive-free edge, with no seam or adhesive strip
  • Designed in line with the surface characteristics HBN 00-09 describes for clinical areas
  • Formaldehyde emissions tested significantly below the EU's REACH formaldehyde limit, in effect from 6 August 2026

Why it matters

HBN 00-09 sets out these surface characteristics because unsealed joints are a recognised place for moisture and micro-organisms to collect. A genuinely joint-free edge is designed to address that specific detail.

This is a surface and edge specification, not a clinical claim. Zero-joint technology has not been evaluated or certified by NHS England, and does not claim to reduce infection rates.

Zero-Joint Technology in the Hospitality Sector

Guest-facing spaces and food-service areas face frequent hygiene inspections and heavy daily use — seamless panels help simplify housekeeping and keep finishes looking newer for longer.
  • Seamless edge finish, with no visible transition between edge and panel surface
  • 100% adhesive-free construction — no hot-melt adhesive layer to fail
  • Edge processing on all four sides, built for daily commercial use
  • Low-maintenance and easy to clean

Why it matters

Food-service and guest-facing areas are typically inspected under hygiene and housekeeping standards that look closely at surfaces and joints. A seamless, moisture-resistant edge is designed with exactly that kind of scrutiny in mind.

Every one of these sectors shares the same underlying surface problem: a bonded-strip edge is a seam, and a seam is a place where dirt, moisture or wear can concentrate in a way a continuous surface can't. Zero-joint technology addresses that one structural detail across offices, schools, healthcare and hospitality settings alike — one construction detail, one shared weak point removed, four sectors that each care about it for their own reasons.

Zero-Joint Technology in the Education Sector

Classrooms and shared facilities see high daily footfall from children and staff, so partitioning needs to withstand daily wear and support fast, thorough cleaning.
  • Seamless, adhesive-free edge with no strip to lift or wear loose over time
  • Moisture-resistant, low-maintenance surface
  • Independently tested for VOC emissions to AgBB and EN 16516

Why it matters

Schools see some of the highest footfall of any building type relative to their size, and surface durability directly affects how long fittings stay presentable between refurbishment cycles. A seam-free edge that can't lift or peel with repeated impact and cleaning is a genuinely lower-maintenance fixture over the life of the building.

Zero-Joint Technology in the Corporate Sector

Open-plan offices and meeting suites see constant daily use — surfaces need to look sharp for years without high maintenance.
  • Seamless edge finish, with no visible transition between edge and panel surface
  • 100% adhesive-free construction — no hot-melt adhesive layer to fail
  • Edge processing on all four sides, built for daily commercial use
  • Low-maintenance and easy to clean

Why it matters

An adhesive seam is one of the few places on a standard partition edge where dust, spillage residue or cleaning-product build-up can collect, simply because it isn't a flat, continuous surface. Removing that seam removes that particular weak point — a lower-maintenance fixture designed to stay looking sharp for longer.

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