Improving acoustic clarity in a specialist healthcare environment
A key requirement was to maximise light, deliver a feeling of space, and offer stylish ambience for the hotel’s guests, which made Varitrans the ideal solution. As a glass partitioning wall, guests feel connected with the rest of the hotel even when they are enjoying the privacy of being in their own dining area.
PHP Architects
Galliford Try
Working with contractor, Galliford Try, and PHP Architects, Style was appointed to create flexible space with a sense of panache to complement the hotel’s interior design. For the private dining and café areas, DORMA Varitrans was chosen with single pass doors.
A key requirement was to maximise light, deliver a feeling of space, and offer stylish ambience for the hotel’s guests, which made Varitrans the ideal solution. As a glass partitioning wall, guests feel connected with the rest of the hotel even when they are enjoying the privacy of being in their own dining area.
“This is a stunning hotel with breathtaking interior design throughout,” said Mike Fine, Style”s director for the Midlands.
“Varitrans was the perfect product because attractive glass can be incorporated to provide a tailored atmosphere for rooms whilst also offering a practical partitioning wall that is simple to manoeuvre, can be opened and closed effortlessly and is extremely durable.”
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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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