
At this scale, flatness is the whole problem — and the whole craft.
KENT engineers oversized door leaves and joinery to roughly 8 m for lobbies, ballrooms and grand portals. At this scale the challenge is keeping a tall, heavy leaf flat: balanced construction, a climate-stable carcass and framed internal structure resist the warp and movement that the Gulf's heat and humidity would otherwise drive. Cores are specified to weight and rating — solid and engineered timber, or mineral and hollow cores where fire or weight demands — and hung on pivot or heavy-duty hardware sized to the leaf.

A tall leaf wants to bow. Balanced layups and a climate-stable carcass keep the forces symmetrical so the leaf stays flat through thermal and humidity swings.

The right core depends on the job — solid and engineered timber for warmth, mineral or hollow cores where fire or weight rules. Heavy leaves are hung on pivots or heavy-duty hardware sized to the leaf.
Grand portals and oversized leaves, engineered to stay flat at scale.