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January 2010 Issue

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Unusual bamboo and fabric structure offers design advantages

Careful attention to joinery and geometry brings a work of art (and a functional pedestrian bridge) to a busy intersection in Colombia.
The cost of building fabric structures (part 1)

Experienced professionals comment on how much it costs to build fabric structures.
Analyzing project size for fabric structure budgets

How to make different-sized projects cost effective with maximum impact.
Inside the distinctive Georgia Dome

Atlanta’s Georgia Dome establishes a number of new fabric-roof records.

Analyzing project size for fabric structure budgets

How to make different-sized projects cost effective with maximum impact.
Inside the distinctive Georgia Dome

Atlanta’s Georgia Dome establishes a number of new fabric-roof records.
Suzhou sky canopy features multimedia projection surfaces

In Suzhou, China, Harmony Times Square, next to Suzhou Industrial Park Jinji Lake, is a new landmark for the city, including office buildings, retail streets, riverfront cafes and a state-of-the-art shopping mall.
Eye-catching entrance shade canopy acts as sales tool

A south Florida awning company takes its own advice and installs a new entrance shade canopy; customers take notice.
Unusual bamboo and fabric structure offers design advantages

Careful attention to joinery and geometry brings a work of art (and a functional pedestrian bridge) to a busy intersection in Colombia.
Art and architecture in fabric and steel

Every two years, a landscape architect is chosen through a juried competition to create an installation for the Cleveland Public Art Park.
Anish Kapoor sculpture blends fabric and steel in New Zealand

International sculptor Anish Kapoor stretches fabric and steel to manipulate views of the New Zealand seascape.

Design challenge seeks to improve New York streetscape

New York City’s urbanSHED competition invited designers to propose alternatives to the ubiquitous grimy, dark sidewalk scaffolds that blight the city.
New mobile home design inspired by the Sydney Opera House

Dutch industrial designer Axel Enthoven has designed a new mobile home inspired by the Sydney Opera House.
The cost of building fabric structures (part 1)

Experienced professionals comment on how much it costs to build fabric structures.
Tension structure connection details

God is in the details when it comes to tension structure design.

Snohetta: architecture-landscapes-interiors

The innovative, award-winning and environmentally conscious architectural firm Snøhetta, is featured in a multi-faceted exhibition at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America.
U2 fabric stage makes world tour

U2, recognized worldwide for its driving yet melodic musical vision, launched the band’s “360° World Tour” in June 2009 on a fabric-clad stage that rocks around the clock.