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Miller Weldmaster hits the road with ‘Roadshow’
January 27th, 2011
The Miller Roadshow, a traveling exhibit by Miller Weldmaster, is set to begin its 2011 itinerary in Florida, according to a press release from the company. The peripatetic Roadshow is actually a tradeshow that goes to MW’s customers and would-be customers. Eric Helmick is the Roadshow tech who offers advice and demonstrates the company’s machines. […]
IFAI launches new website
January 20th, 2011
The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) has launched a new website to better serve its members and the specialty fabrics industry as a whole. The site features an event calendar, news blog, news feeds from the association’s seven magazine websites, revamped bookstore and information on IFAI interest groups and services. Non-members can easily join the […]
Ronstan launches AIA CES course for architects
January 10th, 2011
Ronstan Tensile Architecture, Portsmouth, R.I., has launched its continuing education course, “Exploring the Naturally Sustainable Form of Tensile Architecture,” on The Continuing Architect, an online educational platform. Accredited by the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Continuing Education System (CES), successful completion of the course earns one hour toward learning unit requirements, including the health, safety […]
Urban fabric
January 1st, 2011
Landscape architect Annette Wilkus offers unique insights on fabric opportunities in urban design By Frank Edgerton Martin Over the last 20 years, Annette Wilkus, ASLA, has forged a new niche for landscape architects. Working with some of the world’s leading designers, she serves as an on-site design advocate and construction specialist for some of the […]
New graphics for architecture
January 1st, 2011
New fabrics and printing technologies open up design possibilities. Compiled by Fabric Architecture magazine Architectural graphics today means more than simply selecting a typeface for a building’s address, room numbers or corporate site address sign. With durable, wide-format fabrics designed for large-format digital printers available, architects have a multitude of options to choose from, including […]
Painting off the wall
January 1st, 2011
Bill Moss is more than an artist when it comes to fabric structures. By Jean M. Cook Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the March/April 1991 issue of Fabric Architecture. Bill Moss died in 1994 at age 71. Talking to Bill Moss, one senses he is more comfortable with a curving line than a […]
Drawing to inform/inspire
January 1st, 2011
Legendary tension tent designer Bill Moss used sketchbooks like most architects use restaurant napkins: to get the next fleeting idea down before it disappeared By Bruce N. Wright In 1955, Bill Moss, painter and illustrator, invented the PopTent, a tensioned-fabric tent, launching a revolution in camping equipment and changing how people around the world enjoy […]
Shade canopy covers front of historic building
January 1st, 2011
Messrs. Adolph Ziegler, Ignaz Fanz and Anton Metler would be pleased that the building they built to house their sausage factory (the Ziegler Building, 1880s) is still housing food-related businesses in the Market Square district of downtown Knoxville, Tenn. more than 100 years later. Today, the building has benefited from a recent renovation led by […]
Tensile canopy protects public at new Ikea store
January 1st, 2011
You could say that Southampton is ruled by the sea. The Southampton Water estuary that fronts the harbor—and that flows past the Isle of Wight and thus to the English Channel—exerts tremendous influence on the physiognomy of this city of some 500,000 people, a bustling metropolis ranked 13th in the U.K. for shopping. Southampton’s docks […]
Bamboo German-Chinese House
January 1st, 2011
Germany and China—Moving Ahead Together Expo 2010, Shanghai By Mason Riddle What’s not to love about the German-Chinese House (GCH) designed by architect Markus Heinsdorff for Shanghai’s Expo 2010. Aesthetically provocative, eco-friendly and functional, GCH was a sort of new-age dream house. Visitors loved it. Organizers loved it. And a review, published in Munich’s respected […]