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July 2010 Issue

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Features

The High Line: NYC’s mile-long green roof

An urban promenade for the 21st century, the High Line’s linear roof garden offers sophisticated drainage and planting solutions.
Target Center's green roof controls stormwater runoff

Atop the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis, a new green roof sports a couple of unusual geotextile layers.
Water bank stores stormwater underground

Geosynthetic materials play a major role in new underground stormwater detention system.

Case Studies

Moving wall panels customize classrooms

A three-story brick carriage house needed updating, repair and an image makeover.
Tension structure expresses nautical theme at Mexican exposition center

The aesthetic decision to reflect the nearby harbor in the design of a convention center.
Fiber façade wraps a Dutch master museum

Museum includes extension with hybrid para-aramid and carbon fibers.
Shigeru Ban’s Metz museum opens

Centre Georges Pompidou outpost art museum is a serious work of design.
Green and blue together in Shanghai

An ETFE cushion roof covers the an amusement and indoor water park.
Participatory environment features flexible poles and bungee cords

The installation will fill P.S.1’s outdoor courtyard from June through August.
Ken Smith’s fabric WallFlowers bloom in New York

Ken Smith’s temporary city garden grows with some surprising fabrics.
Shade canopies benefit Arizona campus plaza

Studio Ma has a track record of successfully improving life for ASU students.
Sun valleys and cable-membrane roof define Shanghai's Expo Boulevard

Expo Boulevard serves as main entrance to 2010 World Expo complex's pavilions.
The High Line: NYC’s mile-long green roof

An urban promenade for the 21st century, the High Line’s linear roof garden offers sophisticated drainage and planting solutions.
Target Center's green roof controls stormwater runoff

Atop the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis, a new green roof sports a couple of unusual geotextile layers.
Water bank stores stormwater underground

Geosynthetic materials play a major role in new underground stormwater detention system.

Design

The High Line: NYC’s mile-long green roof

An urban promenade for the 21st century, the High Line’s linear roof garden offers sophisticated drainage and planting solutions.
Moving wall panels customize classrooms

A three-story brick carriage house needed updating, repair and an image makeover.
Ken Smith’s fabric WallFlowers bloom in New York

Ken Smith’s temporary city garden grows with some surprising fabrics.
Target Center's green roof controls stormwater runoff

Atop the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis, a new green roof sports a couple of unusual geotextile layers.
Water bank stores stormwater underground

Geosynthetic materials play a major role in new underground stormwater detention system.
Architecture students design vertical exhibition center

Architecture students designed an exhibition hall to fit into a 10-story fabric-clad tower.

Expertise

Sun valleys and cable-membrane roof define Shanghai's Expo Boulevard

Expo Boulevard serves as main entrance to 2010 World Expo complex's pavilions.
Tension structure expresses nautical theme at Mexican exposition center

The aesthetic decision to reflect the nearby harbor in the design of a convention center.
Ken Smith’s fabric WallFlowers bloom in New York

Ken Smith’s temporary city garden grows with some surprising fabrics.
The High Line: NYC’s mile-long green roof

An urban promenade for the 21st century, the High Line’s linear roof garden offers sophisticated drainage and planting solutions.
Target Center's green roof controls stormwater runoff

Atop the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis, a new green roof sports a couple of unusual geotextile layers.
Water bank stores stormwater underground

Geosynthetic materials play a major role in new underground stormwater detention system.
Shade canopies benefit Arizona campus plaza

Studio Ma has a track record of successfully improving life for ASU students.

Sustainability

The High Line: NYC’s mile-long green roof

An urban promenade for the 21st century, the High Line’s linear roof garden offers sophisticated drainage and planting solutions.
Target Center's green roof controls stormwater runoff

Atop the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis, a new green roof sports a couple of unusual geotextile layers.
Sun valleys and cable-membrane roof define Shanghai's Expo Boulevard

Expo Boulevard serves as main entrance to 2010 World Expo complex's pavilions.

Cont ed

Low-Impact Design: Stormwater management applications for geotextiles

New technique seeks to return water to the ground as near to where it falls as possible.

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