Tensioned awning

February 1, 2017  |  Case Studies, Exteriors, Landscapes

Beachfront golf anyone? Overlooking a pristine beach that stretches along the northeast coast of New Zealand, Tara iti Golf Club has been positioned as the premiere private golf club in the country. Located on a former pine tree plantation, this exclusive club oversees a landscape that has been clea…
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‘Fly’ bridge

September 1, 2015  |  Case Studies, Landscapes

Fabric sails add shade and aesthetics to pedestrian bridge. The Galveston Street Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge in Chandler, Ariz., offers walkers and bikers a safe route over Arizona State Route 101. Completed in January 2014, it is laid out in a sleek S-curve and includes elements of fabric sails a…
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Lessons in community, ecology

July 1, 2015  |  Case Studies, Landscapes

Fabric roof hovers over spaces used for environmental teaching. By Kathy Carlson The Longbush Ecosanctuary protects native plants, birds and wildlife in a rare lowland bush near Gisbourne, on New Zealand’s eastern coast. Longbush Ecological Trust wanted an inviting environmental education space to…
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Floating on the land

September 1, 2013  |  Exteriors, Features, Landscapes

ETFE is the solution for a lively French resort. By Frank Edgerton Martin Located in Neydens, France, Vitam’Parc is a 50,000 square meter tourism destination that is part spa, part sports center, and part shopping mall. Its New Age offerings include: meditation rooms, climbing walls, a water p…
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Fabricating an art-filled forest

May 1, 2013  |  Features, Landscapes

Finding a way through the woods via fabric gateways. By Mason Riddle GuildWorks: Architecture of the Air, a team of creative types based out of Portland, Ore., makes their client’s life easier by designing all manner of fabric installations for spaces and events, large or small, temporary or p…
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Spinning the web of a structure

May 1, 2013  |  Features, Landscapes

New digitally-driven technology explores what it means to build buildings. By Marc Swackhamer In November 2012 the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart, led by Professors Achim Menges and Jan Kni…
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Ecologies revealed: woven mesh replaces zoo fences

January 1, 2012  |  Features, Landscapes

Woven mesh helps the Auckland Zoo make fences disappear By Frank Edgerton Martin Opened in 2011, Te Wao Nui exhibit at Auckland Zoo offers an immersive and intimate experience of some of the Southern Hemisphere’s most beautiful and rare ecologies. Like many other new zoo exhibits around the wo…
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Geotextiles help save a Toronto park

September 1, 2011  |  Features, Landscapes

A plan to rework the Don River Park near downtown Toronto uses geotextiles to remediate soil and drainage problems By Adam Regn Arvidson A new neighborhood is growing on 24 hectares of former industrial land near downtown Toronto. Called the West Don Lands, it will be home to 6,000 housing units, of…
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