CMS provides clients with specialist, business-focused advice in law and tax matters, and employs 3,000 legal professionals across the world. Style was specified by MCM architects to work with main contractor, ISG, to design and install a complex configuration of moveable walls at CMS’s recently refurbished offices in London.
"Impressive, showcase offices such as this demand partitioning solutions that are both aesthetically impeccable as well as outstandingly practical," comments Style’s group managing director, Julian Sargent. "Skyfold delivers on both fronts. Hugely innovative, this fully automatic, moveable wall descends with silent elegance from its housing in the ceiling cavity, instantly dividing an area with an acoustic barrier that is second to none."
Style advised using two smaller Skyfold partitions, finished in clean white laminate, to separate the meeting rooms. Two larger Skyfold walls, both with fabric finishes, enable the expansive, open-plan presentation suite to be split into up to three individual rooms. All units have the impressive acoustic rating of 59dB, ensuring privacy between areas.
Two semi-automatic DORMA Variflex sliding partitions, also finished in white laminate, offer adaptable room arrangements for the training areas. A highly versatile moveable wall, Variflex panels are manufactured separately to the frame, making them entirely interchangeable and replaceable if room design is changed or individual panels are damaged. Contributing to the superb aesthetics of CMS’ new offices, a flush telescopic panel creates a seamless appearance when the sliding wall is in position. Simplifying use even further, an unusually long transfer track allows the panels to be housed remotely from the training area.
"We’re delighted to have been specified yet again by such a global brand," enthuses Sargent. "It demonstrates that our inward investment in products, people and processes is resulting in very satisfied customers."