A Modern Solution for Open Plenums: Ceiling Baffles
Baffles are free-hanging ceiling elements that can be suspended in a variety of ways to create elegant lines and eye-catching designs across ceiling and wall planes. They’re particularly suited for large, open spaces, where they contribute to beautifully airy aesthetics, allow easy plenum access, and, in some cases, offer noise control.
With an array of sizes, shapes, finishes, and suspension options, baffles unleash a world of creative possibility. They can transform university atriums, hotel lobbies, retail spaces, restaurants, auditoriums, open-plan offices, and other large indoor commercial areas into stunning, design-forward environments. They can add visual appeal and underscore the magnitude of open spaces, create design gestures that aid with wayfinding, and even establish the foundational design theme of a space.
Our sound baffles can also enhance the performance of any environment for optimum occupant comfort. They truly shine in projects involving creative reuse of older spaces, where beautiful but acoustically reflective materials like glass, concrete, and metal are present. Our acoustic ceiling baffles can help make sure that the space you design sounds as good as it looks.
A Visual Playground of Lines, Angles, and Curves
Whether it’s metal, fiberglass, wood, or felt baffles, the wide range of shapes, sizes, finishes, and suspension options across the CertainTeed Architectural portfolio allow designers to create everything from clean linear aesthetics to truly one-of-a-kind ceiling showpieces. Depending on material, our baffles can be angled, canted, staggered, zig-zagged, curved – both vertically and horizontally – or suspended from the ceiling or wall to create energy, movement, and just plain creative fun.
Metal Baffles: Versatile Visuals
Our metal baffles free you to create with no limits. Position them straight for a clean aesthetic with uninterrupted lines. Angle them to create a vaulted look. Use intriguing combinations of curves, arcs, and radii for a playful sense of movement. Or let your muse run wild with a completely custom creation. The versatility doesn’t end with shape and format — we offer an artistic array of standard and custom colors to take your designs even further. Our metal baffles also include wood veneer and impressively realistic powder-coated wood- or natural stone-look finishes, so they can even take on the look of non-metal materials.
Fiberglass Baffles: Acoustical Comfort
Available in straight, wave, and zig-zag profiles, plus a wide palette of standard and custom colors, our frameless fiberglass baffles offer visual pop and premium acoustical control that makes open spaces more comfortable and inviting. They’re also fully finished on all sides and edges, so they look great at any angle, while offering double-sided sound absorption. Plus, flexible installation options via cables or brackets can achieve a variety of suspension heights and plenum looks.
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Wood Baffles: A Natural Style
Wood baffles bring the beauty of nature indoors to create spaces with a biophilic aesthetic that are at once visually stunning and soothingly calm. With solid wood and wood veneer options in a variety of species and stains, including custom options, wood baffles are ideal for any space where beauty and function are equally important. CertainTeed Architectural wood baffles are also a great sustainability option, with products that feature 60% recycled content, 100% recyclability, and GREENGUARD Gold certification.
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