• Design

  • New radiation-reducing material introduced  May 7

    Applications include decontamination bags and workplace dividers.

  • Fabric ceiling transforms a school gym  May 1

    Floating layers of textiles transform a school gym into a concert hall.

  • Soft House powers up  Apr 18

    A flexible façade helps harvest energy in this innovative design.

  • Glen Raven premieres fabrics with recycled fibers  Jan 1

    Renaissance Unity fabrics contain 50% post-industrial recycled Sunbrella fiber.

• Sustainability

  • A "bearable" high-efficiency building design  May 1

    Building energy research in Germany finds inspiration from polar bears.

  • Structure shades a transit station  May 1

    A Knoxville, Tenn., transit complex creates a focused center—complete with shade.

  • Dynamic skins on the desert  Jan 1

    A recent conference on high rise structures revealed a creative shade solution.

• Expertise

  • A chic shading system  May 1

    A high-end mall fights off the sun with fabric.

  • Polyfab USA 2013 Tension Shade Workshop schedule and appearances  Feb 18

    This spring, Polyfab USA is hosting a variety of shade workshops across the country.

  • Legacy, what legacy?  Jan 23

    Authorities are having trouble finding uses for many of the 2012 Olympic venues.

  • A colorful canopy "UR" way  Jan 1

    An undulating and colorful canopy brings praise, and customers, to a seaside haunt.

  • Case study: Louis Vuitton's Singapore showroom  Jan 1

    FTL dresses up the Singapore showcase for designer Louis Vuitton’s newest store.

  • Fabrics shape a new media shop  Jan 1

    Three kinds of fabrics shape a 21st century production space.

• Case Studies

  • Fabric ceiling panels help create a classic retrofit  May 1

    Fabric panels give a historic building a modern face-lift.

  • Latin American symposium on tensile structures  May 1

    Now a biannual event, the Latin American Symposium of Tensile Structures has much to share.

Design for Sustainability

• This Issue

  May 2013: Woven structures, digital fabrication, tensioned interiors and more.

• Editor's blog

  Exploring digital’s origins in textiles

• Cont ed

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• Fabric basics

  Your starting point for designing with fabric.

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