Interior room divider

To provide a show-stopping lobby experience in commercial office building 4747 Bethesda, located in Bethesda, Maryland, ZGF Architects created a dramatic staircase feature wall utilizing Banker Wire mesh pattern SZ-4 in stainless steel and copper. “In regards to the wire mesh finish, the combination of the copper and stainless steel is not only unique, but sophisticated,” says Ruben Quesada, designer, ZGF Architects “The high quality of the material warrants a front-of-house application; this mesh should not be hidden.” The reception desk of the lobby is set against the backdrop feature wall comprised of Banker Wire’s SZ-4 wire mesh, fabricated by Synergi. Spanning three stories—from the lobby to the ab... More

Located in the Zurich Airport, you will find a brand new urban center that began to open its doors in November 2020. Covering 180,000 square meters, The Circle is a revolutionary space that boasts two Hyatt hotels, a convention center, medical and beauty services, office space, dining, shopping, art exhibits, event spaces, and co-working spaces for professionals and student alike.   One of the challenges of this project was finding a way to split the convention center into different configurations without sacrificing the style and elegance of the high angled glass ceilings. Some of the architects on the project first worked with Skyfold walls while designing the SwissTech Convention Center. There, Skyfold had supplied a uniquely conf... More

Can you expand meeting area without actually adding new square footage? The Walter E. Washington Convention Center did just that by using 17 Skyfold Classic vertically folding acoustic retractable systems to capture 48,000 square feet of new flexible meeting space within the original building’s footprint.WORKING WITH WHAT YOU GOT   At this DC convention center, a retrofit renovation was the ideal alternative to a costly scheme to build an expansion across the street where estimates came in at many times the convention center’s final budget. The secret to their success? Making two large registration areas convertible as part-time meeting rooms with Skyfold vertical folding retractable walls, a gain of about 20,000 square... More

Student centers are increasingly seen as live-learn hubs for today’s growing colleges and universities. More than places to relax, socialize, snack and study, the best examples become campus destinations: a magnet for social life and a microcosm of the entire institution. THE STUDENT CENTER THAT DOES IT ALL The trend is exemplified at Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina. At the core of its student center is a soaring atrium with a three-story climbing wall, as well as the Frank Stewart Hall, a large and adaptable performance space that serves as an auditorium and banquet hall, or as a coffeehouse, club room or study area when its operable walls are lowered. Two Skyfold Classic™ 51 walls retract vertically into a ceilin... More

Skyfold Classic™ 51 converts floor area from a service corridor into functional space for this ultra-modern, high-tech Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver. THE RENOVATION Capturing back-of-house hotel space for front-of-house use is no easy feat. Yet, that’s what a last-minute retrofit achieved in a clever reworking of the award-wining design of the Fairmont Pacific Rim, a five-star hotel featuring modern interiors. A brainstorming session for increasing floor area and flexibility of the function rooms led to the idea of opening the walls to a shared service corridor and kitchen to expand the hotel’s popular ballrooms.Two ballrooms—one large and the other small—were originally separated by the corrido... More

On the 25th floor of an office building in downtown Montreal, a masterclass in design engineering, collaboration and retrofitting took place between Skyfold engineers and architects. THE DESIGN CHALLENGE  HUMÀ design + architecture was tasked with redesigning a multipurpose conference room for law firm BCF. The conference rooms were being used for client meeting spaces and employee training. In both cases, privacy and noise control were top concerns. In the original design concept, HUMÀ was considering traditional movable walls, but limited floor space meant that storage closets on the floor for horizontal panels were out of the question. Instead, HUMÀ, wanted to give their clients a flexible space solution t... More