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Structure allows all-weather usage of synthetic bowling greens
March 1st, 2009
Shade to Order Pty Ltd. | Gateshead, New South Wales, Australia The client, Raymond Terrace Bowling Club, Australia, wanted an aesthetic, practical and energy efficient structure, which won an Award of Excellence in the tensile structures, more than 25,000 sq. ft. category of the 2008 International Achievement Awards, that allowed all-weather usage of synthetic bowling […]
Covering creates inviting space that demands attention
March 1st, 2009
Comercial Industrial Delta S.A. | Lima, Peru Plaza Barena, Lima, Peru, consists of a circular platform and a connected mezzanine. To define and integrate both spaces, Comercial Industrial Delta designed a covering, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the tensile structures, 6,000-25,000 sq. ft. category of the 2008 International Achievement Awards, with posts, cables […]
Freestanding structure provides shade and waterproofing
March 1st, 2009
Shade to Order Pty Ltd. | Gateshead, New South Wales, Australia The client, Brigidine College, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, requested a radical and visually stunning structure, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the tensile structures, 6,000-25,000 sq. ft. category of the 2008 International Achievement Awards,: a freestanding structure overlapping the existing two-story buildings to give […]
Opera house features award-winning design
March 1st, 2009
Art and architecture comingle in the new Oslo Opera. Norwegian architects Snøhetta are winners of the World Architecture Festival 2008 for their design of the Oslo Operahouse. The building’s arresting forms, integrated mix of materials and the designer’s close collaboration with artists convinced the jury of the project’s worth, winner of the culture category of […]
Tension structure provides shade for hotel guests
March 1st, 2009
FabriTec Structures | Costa Mesa, Calif., United States The purpose was to announce the entry to a hotel that was being extensively renovated and re-branded as a Holiday Inn in Palm Springs, Calif. The tension structure, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the tensile structures, under 6,000 sq. ft. category of the 2008 International […]
Multicolored fabric forms help create eclectic gathering space
March 1st, 2009
FabriTec Structures | Costa Mesa, Calif., United States Grier Pavilion, Riverside, Calif., which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the tensile structures, under 6,000 sq. ft. category of the 2008 International Achievement Awards, is dedicated to the diversity of the people who have, are currently, and will in the future embody the spirit of Riverside, […]
Cantina design incorporates tensile structure
March 1st, 2009
FTL Design Engineering Studio, New York, N.Y., United States | & H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, New York, N.Y., United States The Santa Fe Opera Cantina, Santa Fe, N.M., is a new food service and outdoor dining facility for the Santa Fe Opera’s Ranch campus, serving breakfast and lunch for the Opera company and lecture dinners […]
Structure encloses open area of hotel
March 1st, 2009
Port Douglas Sailmakers Pty Ltd. | Cairns, Queensland, Australia The purpose of the project, which won an Award of Excellence in the tensile structures, under 6,000 sq. ft. category of the 2008 International Achievement Awards, was to design and construct a structure to enclose an open area of the Central Hotel Port Douglas, Port Douglas, […]
Lighting the way
March 1st, 2009
Fabric’s traditional role in architecture has centered on shading, with awnings or other fabric constructions tempering the sun. Yet today, sunlight — the natural light form — has competition. By Todd Willmert Writing in the early 1900s, the noted Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier struggled — along with other designers and architects — with the new […]
Navigating the complex world of building codes
March 1st, 2009
There are no simple answers, but there are successful strategies. By Juli Case It’s a story that’s becoming all too familiar: An awning company takes a job fabricating a simple entrance canopy. It’s the type of installation that this company has done hundreds of times before—but this time, that company is given a veritable laundry […]