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Graceful floating fabric sculpture
January 1st, 2012
A floating fabric sculpture graces the entrance atrium in the new MediaCityUK Living Lab at the University of Salford (Manchester, England). Appearing to hover above students throughout the entryway, the ribbon-like sculpture interlaces itself through the space and up to the second level atrium ceiling stretching nearly 22m from end to end. Designed, engineered and […]
Barcelona: Textile structures X 5
January 1st, 2012
A recent international conference introduced the latest R&D on fabric structure design By Josep l. de Llorens Structural Membranes 2011, the Fifth International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, was held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2011. Organized by the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), the conference was the fifth of […]
Urban(e) wildlife: fabric and wood cover public park restaurant
January 1st, 2012
Fabric and wood combine for a unique restaurant in Hamilton, New Zealand's most stunning public park—in the heart of the city Understand that Hamilton, New Zealand, a sophisticated city of around 200,000 habitants located 120km south of Auckland, had the foresight to preserve a large (54ha), stream-fed lake, Lake Rotoroa, a mere five minutes away […]
Ecologies revealed: woven mesh replaces zoo fences
January 1st, 2012
Woven mesh helps the Auckland Zoo make fences disappear By Frank Edgerton Martin Opened in 2011, Te Wao Nui exhibit at Auckland Zoo offers an immersive and intimate experience of some of the Southern Hemisphere’s most beautiful and rare ecologies. Like many other new zoo exhibits around the world, woven metal mesh plays a leading […]
Rural living: bringing the shade home
January 1st, 2012
Integrated shading in a New Zealand residence By Mason Riddle Aesthetics. Unobstructed views. Structural integrity. These were just three of the issues addressed by Shade Plus Ltd to satisfy a discerning client who needed shade relief for her new, contemporary rural home located approximately 25 minutes from the central business district of Christchurch, New Zealand. […]
College sails
January 1st, 2012
The Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, a prestigious teaching and family studies private college in Tauranga, New Zealand, recently upgraded its campus with enhanced outdoor landscaping and dedicated event and gathering spaces. One of these spaces benefited from the addition of two custom interlocking shade sails designed and fabricated by Shade Protection Ltd. Shade Protection designed an […]
Handmade to spec: from pergola to canopy
January 1st, 2012
This residential canopy is a retrofit of an existing wood pergola. Located in Parklands, an upscale suburb north of Christchurch, New Zealand , the project fits on top of the wooden support structure, perfectly matching the architecture of the house. Kolorful Kanvas Ltd., Waltham, created a low, curved-steel unobtrusive frame below the house roofline that […]
Shade sail for the BBQ
January 1st, 2012
The client’s brief called for a practical shade sail that had style and visual appeal to cover a backyard barbeque area. Shade Protection Ltd. designed a saddle-shaped (hypar) four-point sail with its eastern side open high enough to allow the morning sun to creep in and flood the patio (“great for early morning coffee,” says […]
Canopy with form and function
January 1st, 2012
Small details make this eye institute’s canopy a work of art. By Kelly Frush For architecture and interior design practice Tom Eliot Fisch of San Francisco, Calif., working with the shape and form of its client’s building was first and foremost on its list. The firm ended up creating an attractive, functional structure that met […]
Revered aquarium covers fish in fabric
January 1st, 2012
Coney Island is the setting for a refurbished aquarium with new fabric roof. As the oldest continuously operating aquarium in the United States, the New York Aquarium—operating under the Wildlife Conservation Society’s ambitious plan to protect endangered marine species—has an interest in connecting to the public. With more than $150 million over a 10-year public-private […]