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Penthouse in A Blok.

A penthouse where a single run of walnut cladding draws the eye across the entire living space. MAESTRO slatted cladding carries from the living area onto an acoustic wall, and the ECLISSE flush doors pass through it with no visible frame — the line of the wood never breaks.

Penthouse living area with MAESTRO walnut slatted cladding

Location: New Belgrade · A Blok
Year: 2024
Build time: 5 weeks
Cladding area: 62 m² living area and acoustic wall
Cladding: Walnut slats matte lacquer, two flush openings

Challenge

One run of wood through the whole space.

The penthouse living space opens toward the terrace in a single sweep, but two openings — to the study and the utility room — threatened to cut the wall into disconnected segments. Standard framed doors would have broken the rhythm of the slatted cladding.

The second requirement was acoustic: an open plan with a stone floor and glass reflected sound, so the living area needed a softer, absorbing surface — with no visible panels that would reveal their function.

Solution

Cladding that continues, doors that disappear.

The MAESTRO walnut slatted cladding runs uninterrupted from the living area and folds onto the side wall, where it becomes an acoustic panel. The same slats, the same spacing — but behind them sits an absorbing layer that quiets the echo of the open plan.

Two ECLISSE Syntesis flush openings pass through the cladding: the leaf is faced in the same walnut and set flush with the wall, with no architrave or threshold. Closed, it follows the rhythm of the slats and disappears; open, it reveals the study.

A line that never breaksThe slats were hand-aligned across the flush leaf so the spacing continues over the door — a closed opening reads as part of the wall, not as a break in it.