Home - Fabric Architecture

Etude in blue

Jean Nouvel's Copenhagen Concert Hall is dynamically responsive
The skins game

The low and high costs of insulating fabric structures
Safe landing—redux

Helicopter platform in Aachen, Germany named "Building of the Week"
On the move

Retractable ETFE roof and self-venting walls respond to climate

Cont ed
- Continuing education: Acoustics with fabric May 16
  
  How technical fabrics aid acoustic control; reflection, absorption coefficients; design.
Case Studies
- Pumped up, a study of new air structures May 16
  
  Innovations in materials and design open up new uses for air-inflated structures.
- Fabric "racing fins" attract fans May 1
  
  Internal walls mimic air intake system of iconic car through series of fabric “fins.”
- Membrane makeover for swimming May 1
  
  Polyester membrane roof helped reduce construction, heating and air-conditioning costs.
- PUMA's mobile fabric pod packs light May 1
  
  PUMA employes inflatable fabric pod for temporary structure at Volvo Ocean Race.
- Shading structure promotes dining alfresco-with a view May 1
  
  Dynamic, responsive building in the Italian sun improves business with a flexible fabric shade.
- The story of "W," a hotel façade May 1
  
  Lobby of new W Hoboken Hotel sends modern message with metal mesh façade.
- Kickoff to Euro 2012 football Apr 12
  
  European football championships will be played in Kiev, Ukraine in renovated stadium.
Sustainability
- ASU college campus selected for top green award May 9
  
  AIA announces the 2012 Top 10 Green Projects.
- Lessons earned: fabric's response to drought May 1
  
  The language of shelter and sustainability frames a grammar school courtyard.
Expertise
- National Design Award winners announced May 4
  
  Included as a finalist is Clive Wilkinson Architects for the Interior Design category.
- IFAI seeks board candidates Apr 11
  
  IFAI members encouraged to recommend candidates; applications due May 28, 2012.

Design
- Northern [blue] lights: high-tech fabric in the woods May 1
  
  Woven PVDF frames a cabin on the U.S.-Canada border in brilliant color.
- Raise high the (textile) roof beams Apr 16
  
  The 17th annual international workshop on architectural membrane structures.