Home - Fabric Architecture

Air domes

Minneapolis’ Metrodome fabric roof may be the last of a dying breed
Pillow talk

Herzog & de Meuron’s Allianz Arena in retrospect
Millennium Dome

Ten years later, how is the roof of the Millennium Dome holding up?
Cool water

Shade ’sails’ on California marina keep boaters in the breeze

Case Studies
- Fabric structure sets the stage at Essence Music Festival Sep 1
  
  RE:BE Design created a massive, single-unit stage setting to host the Essence Music Festival.
- Florida golf and country club scores big with customized retractable awnings Sep 1
  
  Sunmaster of Naples and McWard Architects Inc. modify motorized retractable awnings.
- Hypar hypar Sep 1
  
  Doubling up a structural form creates a dynamic, compact venue for London festival.
- Unileverhaus named “World’s Best Office Building” Sep 1
  
  Unileverhaus won “World’s Best Office Building” at the World Architecture Festival Awards.
- World’s tallest tensile structure Sep 1
  
  Cable-net tensile structure claiming the title of world’s tallest tensile structure opens.
- Fiber façade wraps a Dutch master museum Jul 1
  
  Museum includes extension with hybrid para-aramid and carbon fibers.
- Green and blue together in Shanghai Jul 1
  
  An ETFE cushion roof covers the an amusement and indoor water park.
Cont ed
- Going to the limits: structural basics Sep 1
  
  Strict rules must be obeyed to achieve the freedom of form that a fabric roof promises.
Sustainability
- Solar tent promotes green energy education Sep 1
  
  FTL Solar and the NWF teamed up this spring to promote green energy education to school kids.
Design
- Architecture students design vertical exhibition center Jul 1
  
  Architecture students designed an exhibition hall to fit into a 10-story fabric-clad tower.