The Benefits of Good Acoustics in Healthcare Environments
Look up at a vertically rising wall in its lowered position and you’ll usually see it: the ceiling pocket that stores the wall when it’s retracted. Skyfold® Classic™ Premium keeps everything the Classic is known for – and adds built-in closure panels that hide that pocket completely.
Classic™ Premium is the newest addition to the Skyfold® range: a fully automatic, vertically folding retractable wall that disappears into the ceiling to maximise usable floor space. Like the Classic™, it uses a lift system with pantographs, so it handles tall ceilings and can be used in stepped or sloped spaces.
It was designed to solve acoustic challenges in complex architectural spaces – from offices and classrooms through to auditoria with sloped or stepped floors – while looking as considered as the room around it.
The main difference between the Classic™ Series and Classic™ Premium is the latter’s built-in closure panels. They conceal the ceiling pocket for a seamless look, so the ceiling looks flush and unobtrusive when the wall is lowered.
For architects and interior designers, that means the wall can be specified as part of the interior scheme rather than worked around. For venue and facilities managers, it means a room that looks finished in every configuration.
Exceeding industry standards, the Classic™ Premium 51, 55 and 60 models ensure privacy and confidentiality are maintained between adjoining spaces, with sound isolation of up to STC 60 / Rw 59. The Classic™ Premium NRC model goes a step further for meeting and conference rooms, reducing ambient noise to improve user comfort.
Classic™ Premium is at home wherever a room needs to change shape without compromising on acoustics or appearance – hospitality venues and ballrooms like the one pictured, corporate meeting suites, lecture theatres and auditoria. If your space has heavy furniture or other obstructions in the wall’s path, the straight-down Zenith™ and Zenith™ Premium models may be a better fit; our team can talk you through the full Skyfold® range.
Style Group is the UK’s exclusive supplier of Skyfold®. If seamless finish, acoustic privacy or ceiling height are on your brief, our team can talk you through where Classic™ Premium fits – see the full product details, download the brochure, or get in touch to discuss your project.
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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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