With a two-week timeline, Columbus, Ohio-based Capital City Awning Co. removed and replaced the fabric covers on 480 wall pads for a local Triple-A minor league ballpark. Photo: Greg Miller Photography Two case studies highlight the use of fabric to renovate and convert stadium spaces. By Jake Kulju Cities are full of movement [...]
The Lithuanian Air Force ordered three new EFASS hangar structures with Trident doors at each gable end, and also wanted Rubb to refurbish four existing Rubb hangars that were constructed at the Lithuanian AFAir Base in Siauliai 10 years ago. Work on all seven structures was completed in less than five months. Photos: Rubb [...]
Cities are pouring money into urban revitalization in an attempt to restore downtowns to their former vibrant glory, and many of those renewal designs are featuring shade structures, awnings and exterior shades, fused with the best of historic architecture. And in addition to providing shade and shelter from the elements, they also act as important [...]
PTFE fiberglass membrane is Energy Star® and Cool Roof Rating Council certified because it provides cooling by reflecting the sun’s rays and (in some membrane grades) can warm by absorbing 14 percent of the sun’s energy and 7 percent of re-radiated solar heat. Photo: Birdair Inc. MacDonald Island Park in Fort McMurray, Alberta, [...]
Industrial product design often centers on utility, simplicity and mass-production rather than flow, drape or mood. London-based industrial and product designer Catherine Stolarski combines both aesthetics in “Loop,” a pendant lamp with a curving shade made of a single folded piece of 3-D fabric mesh material. The look is soft, a cross between a pillow [...]
A report from the TextielMuseum exhibition: the current and future potential of textiles in architecture. The use of textiles in buildings is by no means new, with early examples of dwellings made using branches and animal furs...
A vanguard fabric airbeam supporting a tent atop Carnegie Hall is poised to expand markets. It takes a village to raise a child. And it takes a team to raise a tent—at least in the case of a challenging, vanguard installation atop a nine-story building in the center of Manhattan. Carnegie Hall, the renowned music [...]
Some of the most innovative new materials for architectural applications are found in flexible composites: 1+1=3 Buildings are supposed to stand up strong and—believe it or not—be both flexible and durable. Despite impressions to the contrary, even buildings made of steel and concrete must be flexible to resist cracking and ultimately falling apart. The length [...]
Retractable roof to be installed by 2016. Birdair Inc. was selected by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and architectural design and planning firm Rossetti to supply a 210,000-square-foot, PTFE membrane, retractable roof for the Arthur Ashe Stadium, with expected installation by 2016. The roof is part of a five-year transformation of the USTA Billie [...]
Gambling is a game of chance, and when the Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway in New York planned a $50 million expansion, project managers bet on a knock-your-socks-off entryway design to invite and excite the playing customer. Studio V Architecture PLLC, New York, developed a sweeping transparent tensioned fabric porte-cochere sculptured to emerge organically [...]
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