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Creating more with less
November 1st, 2010
Enhanced functionality in architectural textiles By Blaine Brownell As building related energy consumption and resource utilization invite increasing scrutiny, architects and engineers have placed additional attention on the materials that comprise the architectural envelope. Historically, the façade was a relatively simply affair, designed to protect building occupants from the elements. In modern times, however, the […]
A sound ceiling
November 1st, 2010
Threshold Acoustics practices what it preaches in their new Chicago offices. By Joanna Baymiller Carl Giegold, principal in the Chicago-based Threshold Acoustics LLC, used the knowledge of his discipline to soothe his landlord’s lament of “Why do you need that?” The landlord had asked Giegold why his firm wanted an open office plan when the […]
Meet at the station MGM
November 1st, 2010
As the largest privately-funded project in U.S. history, the MGM CityCenter in Las Vegas is a sizable urban development within the larger city, complete with a futuristic second-level light rail transit system. Weaving between CityCenter’s six buildings and connecting two name casinos—the Monte Carlo and Bellagio—as well as the Crystals Retail Center, the light rail […]
Mesh canopy elevates Arizona museum
November 1st, 2010
The sun stays hot and bright at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Ariz., and the museum store’s floor-to-ceiling glazed windows needed a canopy with an aerodynamic look. Arizona architects M3 used a wire mesh to provide an uplifting look, the illusion of transparency, light reflection and durability. The Pima Museum will also […]
Utilization of fabric structures in arid environments
November 1st, 2010
Learn strategies for designing for climates where scarce water, large temperature swings and delicate ecosystems require careful intervention. By R. Larry Medlin Arid climates like Las Vegas and much of the Southwestern United States, Mexico and many other areas of the world are very severe. They are characterized by a scarcity of water, high evaporation […]
IV Latin-American Symposium on Tension Structures
November 1st, 2010
Montevideo, Uruguay 6–8 April 2011 Held at the Faculty of Architecture, University of the Republic in Montevideo, the IV Latin-American Symposium on Tension Structures has a strong international line-up of featured speakers, including architect José Ignacio Llorens, Universidad politécnica de Cataluña, Spain; Nicholas Goldsmith, FAIA, FTL Design Engineering Studio, New York; architect Félix Escrig, ETSA, […]
Report: Textile Roofs continues to stimulate
November 1st, 2010
By Mark Zeh This year’s Textile Roofs Workshop took place between 3–5 June in Berlin. This was the 15th anniversary for the event hosted by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Lothar Gründig at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. This year it was co-hosted by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rosemarie Wagner of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Prof. […]
Dressing the apartment from the outside in
November 1st, 2010
A mesh fabric façade helps reduce solar gain while adding privacy as needed. By Mark Zeh In 2008, Firmengruppe Gundlach, a consortium of German home construction, property development and property management companies, opened a competition for architectural proposals for the redevelopment of part of the site of the former Pelikan factories in Hannover, Germany. In […]