Architecture & Interiors
Bring drawings, renderings and design references together on a dedicated review wall. CinemaBoards gives your team a shared place to compare options, discuss revisions and keep work visible between meetings.
Three ways the wall gets used
Options pinned side by side at the size they were drawn. Plan, section and elevation for the same scheme in one glance, so the team is discussing the building rather than which file is current.
A wall that is already set up when the client walks in. No projector and no screen share, and the client can walk the length of the scheme at their own pace.
The version that stays up. Current drawings live on the wall between meetings, so anyone walking past sees where the project is without opening a folder.
Sheet sizes
On a single 4 × 8 ft board — a surface 96 in wide and 48 in high — allowing 2 in clear at each board edge and 1 in between sheets:
| Portrait (24 in wide) | 3 across, 1 high — 3 sheets |
|---|---|
| Landscape (36 in wide) | 2 across, 1 high — 2 sheets |
| Hung vertically instead | 2 portrait, or 3 landscape stacked |
Two boards side by side — a 16 × 4 ft surface — take six portrait sheets in a single row. A3 and A4 capacity is on the Boards page.
Measuring up
These get confused with each other, so it is worth keeping them apart when you measure.
The board faces butted together. One 4 × 8 ft board hung horizontally is an 8 ft wide, 4 ft high surface. Two of them are 16 ft wide and 4 ft high.
Where the surface sits, which is your decision. Desks, credenzas, skirting and window sills usually set it. There is no required mounting height.
A board hangs on a rail, so it needs free space above to come off again. That figure is confirmed for your configuration when we quote — it is not drawn here because it has not been measured.
Measure the clear width between obstructions and the clear height between whatever stands against the wall and the ceiling line, then send both with your request.
Where practices start
Drawn to the same scale. Sheet counts are 24 × 36 in portrait and A3 landscape.
Surface 8 ft wide × 4 ft high · 32 sq ft
The simplest way in. One board, one rail.
Surface 8 ft wide × 4 ft high · 32 sq ft
The same surface in two lighter pieces — easier to carry up stairs and to fit around a switch or a return.
Surface 16 ft wide × 4 ft high · 64 sq ft
A full project wall along one side of a meeting room.
Board dimensions are the panels. Surface dimensions are those panels butted together. If you want a reveal between panels, add it to the overall surface width and height. Sheet counts are calculated from paper dimensions, allowing 1 in between sheets and 2 in clear at each board edge. They are planning figures for laying out a wall.
Design studio questions
A single 4 × 8 ft board hung horizontally makes an 8 ft wide, 4 ft high surface, so it needs a clear run of 8 ft. Two 4 × 4 ft boards make the same surface in two lighter pieces. How high you hang it is your decision, driven by desks, skirting and sills rather than by the product.
Lightweight references — printed finish sheets, laminates, veneer leaves, swatches mounted on card — pin up fine. Boards are made for paper. Heavy material samples — stone, tile, thick timber or metal — should not hang from a pin on any fabric board; those need a shelf or a tray. Practices that review physical materials usually run a shelf or a sample tray below the wall and keep the pinned surface for drawings.
One rail is fixed to the wall, once. Everything after that goes into the fabric face rather than the plaster.
Yes. The boards lift off the cleat rail and go back up in a new space, and at about 15 lb for a 4 × 8 ft board they are straightforward to move. The rail stays with the old wall, so a new rail is installed at the other end. Mention it when you request a quote.
Dimensions, a photo if you have one, and what you need to keep visible. You will get a recommended layout and an itemised quote.