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• Unileverhaus named “World’s Best Office Building”

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2010 issue
  Unileverhaus won “World’s Best Office Building” at the World Architecture Festival Awards.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0910_nw6_best_office_building.html

• Herzog & de Meuron’s Allianz Arena 10+ yrs

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2010 issue
  The Allianz Arena in retrospect.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0910_f2_allianz_arena.html

• Ingo Lishke, 1963-2010

  Fabric Architecture | August 5, 2010
  Ingo Lishke, the founder and director of Textil Bau GmbH, passed away June 16, 2010.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/080510.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

• Fiber façade wraps a Dutch master museum

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2010 issue
  Museum includes extension with hybrid para-aramid and carbon fibers.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0710_nw2_facade.html

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

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2010 issue
  Expo Boulevard serves as main entrance to 2010 World Expo complex’s pavilions.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0710_rep_shanghai.html

• German architecture firm wins competition for helicopter landing platform design

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2010 issue
  Proposed helicopter landing aims to speed patient recovery by speeding delivery times.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0510_nw1_platform.html

• Summer means Textile Roofs in Berlin

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2010 issue
  The 15th annual international workshop in membrane structures will take place at the Technical University of Berlin (TU-Berlin) from June 3-5.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0510_nw5_roofs.html

• GINA Studio course teaches students valuable design lessons

  Fabric Architecture | December 7, 2009
  Last September, 13 architecture students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design began a provocative one-semester studio program titled GINA Studio.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/120709.html

• Aging of membrane materials

  Fabric Architecture | from the November 2009 issue
  How to keep membrane materials looking new over time.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/1109_ce_aging.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

• New retractable roof for Vancouver Whitecaps

  Fabric Architecture | from the November 2009 issue
  The Vancouver Whitecaps move into a refurbished world-class soccer venue next year, as the BC Pavilion Corp., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, hopes its retractable fabric roof will give fans an intimate yet light-filled experience.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/1109_nw2_retractable.html

• First single-layer ETFE membrane installed in North America

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2009 issue
  A North American first shelters shoppers and diners in “Kansas City’s living room.”
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0909_cs_membrane.html

• Structures designed for recovery

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2009 issue
  Around the world, companies have come forward with innovative emergency relief shelters.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0909_f3_recovery.html

• Designers discover the potential of interactive mesh

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2009 issue
  Designers discover the potential for illumination and interactivity in metal mesh fabrics, blending electronics, architecture, innovation and economy.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0709_f2_mesh.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

• Architects have their day in the Stuttgart

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2009 issue
  The international trade fair for roller shutters, gates and sun shading draws wide interest.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0509_rp_stuttgart.html

• The ephemeralization of energy production: Photovoltaics using fabric

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2009 issue
  The skinny on photovoltaics using fabric and where to find it.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0509_f1_photovoltaics.html

• Designing innovative fabric structures

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2009 issue
  How a German engineering/architecture firm is leading the way in designing exciting and unusual fabric structures.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0509_pr_designing.html

• World’s largest awning casts wide shadow

  Fabric Architecture | from the March 2009 issue
  In an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records during the recent R+T trade show, the Stuttgart, Germany international trade fare unveiled an enormous retractable awning.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0309_nw3_awning.html

• Dome houses Made in Berlin exhibition

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2008 issue
  The dome was created to house the Made in Berlin exhibition at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, a trade show for furniture and interior design.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0908_nw2_dome.html

• Trade show to focus on worldwide energy consumption

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2008 issue
  The global trade fair will be placing special focus on one of the most pressing problems of our time: the rapidly rising levels of worldwide energy consumption.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0908_nw8_show.html

• Networks of influence: Blurring the roles between engineers and architects

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2008 issue
  A student of Otto explains how she teaches the basics.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0708_f2_networks.html

• Pioneering the field: The founding father of the fabric tension structure industry

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2008 issue
  Frei Otto is considered by many to be the founding father of the existing fabric tension structure industry.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0708_f1_pioneering.html

• Glass envelope with oval footprint creates fitting memorial

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2008 issue
  FAM, a group of young architects in Madrid, designed a glass envelope with an oval footprint on top of the subterranean visitor room.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0708_iaa6_memorial.html