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Time-lapse video shows project installation
September 20th, 2011
We’ve shown you the still picture; now watch it in high speed Back in May we reported on the announcement that Situ Studio selected a natural-looking acrylic fabric donated by Glen Raven Custom Fabrics for a renovation of the Brooklyn Museum’s great hall. Situ Studio has posted a time-lapse video of the installation of the […]
Fabric-wrapped Planetarium Exhibit
September 1st, 2011
A new exhibit at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium is wrapped in fabric As part of its first major renovation since 1999, the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum on the Chicago waterfront, enlisted Fabric Images Inc. to engineer and construct a tensioned fabric space portal and gallery area to its new Deep Space Adventure exhibit. The Clark […]
Tensioned-fabric city of the future
September 1st, 2011
Conceived as part of an imaginary Paris with its arteries connected to a metropolis of the future, la “Ville Intelligente”, designed by Jakob + MacFarlane architects, opened this June in Paris’ Park de la Villette like a vision of an orange spacecraft. The ephemeral Ville Intelligente appeared as part of an exposition of architecture and […]
Steel mesh bridge in Madrid
September 1st, 2011
French architect Dominique Perrault’s design of a footbridge (“Pasarela del Arganzuela”) links two banks of the Rio Manzanares in the heart of Madrid’s Manzanares lineal park and adjacent to his megastructure complex Caja Magica (2009). The 250m-long bridge’s helical form is clad in stainless steel mesh manufactured by GKD AG that permits both ventilation and […]
Fabric-roofed sports court
September 1st, 2011
Emmanuel Catholic College in Beeliar, Western Australia, liked an existing conic, tensile fabric-roofed sports court, so when funding allowed development of an additional recreational and sports facility, the college preferred a similar design with a central post. Greenline Shade & Shelter Pty. Ltd., a Wagga Wagga, New South Wales firm was hired to coordinate the […]
Geometric awning for carport
September 1st, 2011
A complex carport adds functionality and beauty to a Florida residence What could easily have been a recipe for failure ended up an example of success through perseverance. Consider: a client with strong convictions to the point of fanaticism for a preconceived design idea, a Greek chorus of consultant experts and a fabricator with high […]
Knoll Textiles Exhibit
September 1st, 2011
A recent exhibition in New York City enlightens as it delights By Mary Carey In May, the Bard Graduate Center of Decorative Arts presented Knoll Textiles, 1945–2010, an exhibition including the earliest innovators’ applications of materials and fiber construction for interiors. These innovations began the formation, shaping and disseminating of the Knoll brand. The exhibition […]
Green roofs and regenerative design
September 1st, 2011
Paul Kephart’s vision for regenerative design: Living architecture that does many things at once By Frank Edgerton Martin In every generation, some of the most innovative thinkers in landscape ecology come from outside the formal design disciplines. Paul Kephart, founder of Rana Creek Studio in Monterey, Calif., is one such inventor. Originally a landscape painter, […]
Geotextiles help save a Toronto park
September 1st, 2011
A plan to rework the Don River Park near downtown Toronto uses geotextiles to remediate soil and drainage problems By Adam Regn Arvidson A new neighborhood is growing on 24 hectares of former industrial land near downtown Toronto. Called the West Don Lands, it will be home to 6,000 housing units, office and retail buildings, […]
Fabric provides shade at Arizona zoo
September 1st, 2011
An Arizona zoo embraces the landscape; a fabric shade structure is key to its reinvigorated success At Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo, the entryway was redeveloped in 2003 to enhance facilities, demonstrate “green” building considerations and create a more significant identity for the zoo. The remodeled facilities building—arcing in plan from east to west—houses a gift […]