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Plan your stay: Official housing for Advanced Textiles Expo 2025 now open
March 11th, 2025
We are pleased to announce that Site & Stay has been selected as the official housing partner for Advanced Textiles Expo® 2025, taking place Nov. 5–7 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. Hotel booking is now open, offering attendees and exhibitors exclusive access to discounted rates at our official host hotels—all conveniently located […]
GuildWorks gives a California park its first shade
March 1st, 2025
River Park in Petaluma, Calif., is transforming. Its inaugural structure is the peninsula’s first shaded area—there aren’t even any trees—underneath a shade sail array composed of diamond shapes and providing a covered area more than 70 feet in diameter. It rises 20 feet and was created by GuildWorks LLC of Portland, Ore. “We see our […]
Blue and green roofs use many kinds of geosynthetics
March 1st, 2025
Microsoft offices in Vancouver, B.C., Canada’s downtown Gastown. The ZinCo-designed semi-intensive green roof features various trees, grasses, perennials and sedums in its rooftop amenity space. Image: ZinCo In the global push to lower buildings’ carbon footprint and energy and water use, some look to blue and green roof construction. These roofs can help combat urban […]
Awning business succession: An in-and-out approach
March 1st, 2025
The awning business is incredible. It offers enough challenges to keep you growing, consistency you can plan around, and is rewarding enough to keep you fulfilled. It’s also not building rockets, so being a genius isn’t a prerequisite. These are a few reasons why Scott Neville, Welhener – H.B. Wall Awning, and Travis Jenkins, Charlotte […]
Broward College shade sails win Soltis 502 contest
March 1st, 2025
Serge Ferrari held a contest celebrating the 25th anniversary of Soltis Proof 502 tensioned membrane fabric. The winning project was a 1,400-square-foot shade sail project at Broward College in Davie, Fla., by Hoover Architectural Products. Image: Serge Ferrari To celebrate the 25th anniversary of membrane fabric Soltis Proof 502, Serge Ferrari held a contest to […]
Cultivating the next generation of leadership
March 1st, 2025
Like everything else COVID-19 hit, the pandemic delivered a blow to workplace leadership development, says Oren Margolis, founder of Pinetree & Palm Consulting. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., the firm specializes in coaching founders, executives and high achievers to optimize performance and align personal and professional goals. “It’s been really hard for folks to focus […]
Origami-inspired foldable fabric bathtub
March 1st, 2025
The fabric bathtub Bathtope, by LIXIL Corp., adds a temporary tub to a shower. Image: LIXIL Corp. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of its plumbing and tile business, Japanese company LIXIL Corporation released Bathtope, a fabric bathtub that gives homeowners the flexibility of having a tub without the additional square footage needed for a permanent […]