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• Hypar hypar

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2010 issue
  Doubling up a structural form creates a dynamic, compact venue for London festival.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0910_nw1_hypar_hypar.html

• Millennium Dome—What’s up with that?

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2010 issue
  Ten years later, how is the roof of the Millennium Dome holding up?
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0910_f3_millennium_dome_update.html

• Günter Behnisch, 1922-2010

  Fabric Architecture | August 3, 2010
  On July 12, Professor Dr. E.h. Günter Behnisch passed away in Stuttgart at the age of 88.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/080310.html

• London hospital’s ETFE skylight

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2010 issue
  A redeveloped hospital complex links buildings with a membrane roof.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0510_f2_skylight.html

• U.S. Embassy in London revealed

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2010 issue
  Philadelphia architect KieranTimberlake has been selected to design the new American embassy in London.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0510_nw2_embassy.html

• Designing for people

  Fabric Architecture | from the November 2009 issue
  Eberhard Zeidler strives to include community and environment in his buildings
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/1109_f4_people.html

• A sustainable bridge to the future

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2009 issue
  Blaine Brownell’s proposal advocates sustainable interdependent skyscrapers.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0909_sk_bridge.html

• The UK’s blow-up structures experts

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2009 issue
  British fabric structures manufacturer Tectoniks is all set to help—bring on the disasters.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0909_f2_blowup.html

• Wimbledon’s new retractable roof lets the match begin, and continue

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2009 issue
  The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) wanted a retractable roof for the Wimbledon Centre Court in London, U.K.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0709_nw1_wimbledon.html

• Greenwich Market gets a makeover

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2009 issue
  The plans seek to highlight the market as the heart of Greenwich Town Centre and include the addition of a 100-bed boutique hotel and the redevelopment of historic buildings surrounding the market.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0709_nw3_market.html

• Formfinder

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2009 issue
  Formfinder is a lean and to-the-point program tailored for use by architects, designers and students.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0709_rv2_formfinder.html

• ETFE roof structures provide covered areas for schools

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2009 issue
  The project included two single ply ETFE roof structures installed at two schools in Oldham, Lancashire, United Kingdom (Radclyffe School and Failsworth School).
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0509_iaa5_schools.html

• England schools incorporate smart materials and design

  Fabric Architecture | from the January 2009 issue
  Oldham Schools in England leads the way to intelligent, and light-filled, educational settings.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0109_f1_schools.html

• Handprints decorate conical structure for festival launch

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2008 issue
  The public lend a hand at the launch of the London Festival of Architecture.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0708_nw1_handprints.html

• 2012 Stadium may be greenest yet

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2008 issue
  The London 2012 Olympic stadium, designed by HOK Sport and Peter Cook, could be wrapped in a material made from the cannabis family of plants.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0708_nw3_stadium.html

• 1950s tensile structure may grace London Festival of Architecture

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2008 issue
  The original “Skylon” was erected in 1951 on the edge of London’s South Bank for the Festival of Britain that year.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0508_nw2_festival.html

• Brewer distribution center acclaimed as Britain’s greenest warehouse

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2008 issue
  The Adnams Distribution Centre in Suffolk, England, instills the green approach to building throughout.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0508_f4_brewer.html

• Watercube uses series of ETFE air-filled pillows

  Fabric Architecture | from the March 2008 issue
  Designed by Australian architects PTW with ARUP, the “Watercube” as it is affectionately called, uses the same technology as Grimshaw’s Eden Project in Cornwall, England.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0308_nw5_watercube.html

• Printed foil scrims create a fitting memorial

  Fabric Architecture | from the March 2008 issue
  An evocative memorial to the victims of the 2004 train station bombings in Madrid provides a focal point for all those whose lives were touched by the horrific blasts.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0308_de1_memorial.html

• Art museum clad in metal mesh

  Fabric Architecture | from the March 2008 issue
  One of today’s “hippest” art museums is clad in the expanded metal mesh that many of us remember from our parents’ cheap summer lawn furniture.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0308_de2_museum.html

• Sports fans under fabric

  Fabric Architecture | from the January 2008 issue
  The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has released HOK Sport’s design of London’s 2012 stadium.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0108_nw2_sports.html

• Textiles provide hurricane protection

  Fabric Architecture | from the January 2008 issue
  Textiles are applied to revolutionize the capacity of hurricane protection systems.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0108_ev_hurricane.html

• Covered walkway forms weatherproof entrance for VIP guests

  Fabric Architecture | from the January 2008 issue
  his project features a covered walkway leading from the Queen Elizabeth II Pier to the newly refurbished O2 (formerly the Millennium Dome) in Greenwich, United Kingdom.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0108_iaa5_walkway.html

• Roof gives new life to old Dome

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2007 issue
  Re-emerging after bad press, the Millennium Dome shows that there’s always a chance to change.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0907_nw1_dome.html

• Temporary fabric structure decorates gallery lawn

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2007 issue
  In early July, the lawn next to the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Covent Garden neighborhood featured a temporary fabric structure designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid and Patrick Schumacher.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0907_nw5_lawn.html