Improving acoustic clarity in a specialist healthcare environment
Skyfold is the revolutionary vertically rising, fully automatic acoustic moveable wall system, housed discreetly in the ceiling cavity and which glides quickly and silently into place at the push of a button. Hugely popular within the corporate sector it not only delivers practical, flexible space, but is an impressive showcase for client areas.
Skyfold
Birmingham
Weedon Architects
Wates
Working with contractor, Wates, and Weedon Architects, Style was specified to install 6 Skyfold moveable, partitioning walls in the firm’s meeting rooms, restaurant and conference/seminar suite.
Skyfold is the revolutionary vertically rising, fully automatic acoustic moveable wall system, housed discreetly in the ceiling cavity and which glides quickly and silently into place at the push of a button. Hugely popular within the corporate sector it not only delivers practical, flexible space, but is an impressive showcase for client areas.
In the training rooms, Style provided a white board finish so that, when in place, the wall could be written on. In the seminar suite, meeting room and conference area a classy fabric finish provided chic interior design. In all areas, Skyfold offered outstanding acoustics reaching up to 56dB Rw.
“The speed at which the Skyfolds allow us to divide the various areas is invaluable,” confirms Penny March, director of Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. “There is no fuss and, in fact, they are actually rather impressive as they descend from the ceiling.”
“We were delighted to have been specified to work with such a major global brand as Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co,” said Style’s director for the midlands, Mike Fine.
“This is an incredibly impressive city centre office in the heart of Birmingham’s growing financial quarter, and Skyfold was the perfect product because it is ideal for boardrooms, training areas, conference facilities and other vital meeting areas.”
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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.
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.
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