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• Solar tent promotes green energy education

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2010 issue
  FTL Solar and the NWF teamed up this spring to promote green energy education to school kids.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0910_nw3_solar_tent.html

• Students design breakfast spaces out of fabric

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2010 issue
  The response to this challenge was as varied as the students who designed the spaces.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0910_sk_student_designs.html

• Canopy forms a crucial link at New York college

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2010 issue
  Bard College gets it right with a helical connector canopy.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0510_f1_canopy.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

• Outdoor shade structure offers glare-free, lower heat

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2010 issue
  Employees the world over squabble and scheme to get offices with windows, so contemporary office designs let the sunshine in with floor-to-ceiling glass—and sometimes wall-to-wall glare.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0510_nw4_glare.html

• Visionaries inspire architecture students to design inflatable structures

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2010 issue
  Architecture and Vision partners lead University of Minnesota students in a workshop on inflatable structures.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0510_sk_workshop.html

• Cool structure designed for hot climates

  Fabric Architecture | March 19, 2010
  A traveling fabric-clad exhibition structure has been designed by the European design firm Architecture and Vision, to take advantage of natural cooling strategies and low-embodied energy materials such as fabric.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/031910.html

• Analyzing project size for fabric structure budgets

  Fabric Architecture | from the January 2010 issue
  How to make different-sized projects cost effective with maximum impact.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0110_f2_size.html

• Art and architecture in fabric and steel

  Fabric Architecture | from the January 2010 issue
  Every two years, a landscape architect is chosen through a juried competition to create an installation for the Cleveland Public Art Park.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0110_nw3_steel.html

• Alumni gift enables construction of open-air pavilion

  Fabric Architecture | from the November 2009 issue
  An open-air pavilion provides form and function for students and community alike
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/1109_cs_alumni.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

• Architects prepare for disaster

  Fabric Architecture | from the September 2009 issue
  New York architects Viraline have a plan for repopulating Manhattan — after the hurricane that hasn’t happened yet hits the NYC shoreline causing Katrina-like damage; it could happen.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0909_f1_disaster.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

• Tension tent pavilions produce energy

  Fabric Architecture | from the January 2009 issue
  PromoMod produces sufficient energy to power an array of devices, including computers, communications devices and lighting.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0109_nw2_energy.html

• The future of smart materials

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2009 issue
  Sustainable materials expert Blaine Brownell discusses possible futures for textile-based architecture.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0709_f1_smart.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

• Biological approach presents possibilities for designing fiber composite structures

  Fabric Architecture | from the July 2009 issue
  Exploiting the concept of “adaptive growth” found in nature may suggest new methodologies for creating fiber composite structures.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0709_f3_biological.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

• Dubai cricket stadium features self-cleaning membrane

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2009 issue
  Dubai Sports City now contains a 25,000-seat cricket stadium constructed of steel frames and a fiberglass-woven PTFE membrane with a self-cleaning topcoat of titanium dioxide (TiO2).
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0509_nw3_stadium.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

• Better living through photovoltaics

  Fabric Architecture | from the May 2009 issue
  A New York design firm is defining the new frontier of building technology.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0509_f2_living.html

• Awnings & canopies

  Fabric Architecture | April 1, 2009
  For decades the choice of awning and canopy fabric was limited to cotton canvas.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0409_f1_awnings.html

• Fabric structures

  Fabric Architecture | April 1, 2009
  The material’s role in the structure’s performance makes the selection process especially important.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0409_f2_structures.html

• Eco-conscious home offers smart green features

  Fabric Architecture | from the January 2009 issue
  Prefab green ‘smart home’ lets the sunshine in.
  http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0109_rp1_home.html