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August 4th, 2011
In business for 130 years, New Jersey-based Hudson Awning & Sign Co. is celebrating its long and varied history this year. Interesting to note: awnings were not their first business; it was sails for tall ships that launched the firm. Hudson Awning & Sign Co. is a long-time member of IFAI, publisher of Fabric Architecture […]
Opening soon…
July 20th, 2011
The largest composite building in the world sees first panels put in place on the new façade of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam As reported in Fabric Architecture, July 2010, the museum façade redesign by Benthem Crouwel Architects consists of a single surface of Teijin Twaron and Toho Tenax fiber composite panels covering an area […]
“Safe landing†update
July 15th, 2011
Our lead news story in the May/June 2010 issue, by contributing editor Mark Zeh, introduced a dynamic design of a helicopter landing pad for the University Clinic of Aachen, Germany. Since then, we’ve learned that the landing pad, designed by German architects OX2architekten, has been constructed and is in active use. A 22-hour time-lapse video […]
Mobilizarte: Mobile art pavilion
July 1st, 2011
Riding on a cloud, promoting Brazil and art By Mason Riddle In reality, art and sports are not such odd bedfellows. And Mobilizarte proves it. The 500m2 mobile art pavilion will tour Brazil for four years beginning in the summer of 2012, making stops at the 2014 FIFA World Cup match sites, and concluding it […]
Interactive environment is up in the air
July 1st, 2011
Rachely Rotem Studio and Phu Hoang Office together have won the SHIFTboston Barge 2011 competition to design an interactive environment on a barge in Boston’s Fort Point Channel. Entitled “Lighter than Air”, the winning design is comprised of 3-D camouflage netting held up by helium-filled weather balloons to transform the barge into a “pop-up” public […]
Knoll Textiles on view
July 1st, 2011
Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, presents Knoll Textiles, 1945–2010, an exhibition including the earliest innovators’ applications of materials and fiber construction for use in interiors. The exhibition includes Ralph Rapson’s 657W parachute strapping rocking chair (pictured), leaf and jute floor materials, saran drapery and transportation cloth, designed in collaboration with GM’s […]
Fabric Tiki lanterns go Hollywood
July 1st, 2011
A Polynesian garden and pool, surrounded by 15 massive fabric lanterns, inspires a relaxed tropical ambiance—despite its location on the sixth-floor roof deck of the tony 1600 Vine at Hollywood & Vine apartments in Los Angeles. The Legacy Lanterns, designed by RCH Studios (also architects of the apartment complex) and fabricated by Canvas Specialty, are […]
Tension structures in the southern hemisphere
July 1st, 2011
Fabric Architecture’s contributing editor reports on the fourth international symposium on tension structures in Latin America By Víctor Hugo Roldán Held April 6–8 in Montevideo, Uruguay, at the Facultad de Arquitectura (Farq), the IV Simposio Latinoamericano de Tensoestructuras brought together more than 275 students, faculty, professionals and suppliers to the tension structure industry Nicholas Goldsmith […]
Argentina zoo gets all meshed up
July 1st, 2011
Webmesh solutions for a stunning new bird exhibit in Argentina By Frank Edgerton Martin Over the centuries, zoos have evolved from private collections of exotic animals to powerful advocates for species conservation and environmental education. Located outside of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Parque Temaikèn is one of the most progressive zoos in Latin America. Like many […]
Latin America builds stadiums
July 1st, 2011
If you design sports stadia, Latin America— primarily Brazil—is the place to be Last year, with the announcement of the winner of the venue sweepstakes for the 2014 World Cup Soccer and 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Brazil suddenly bumped up the excitement several notches for sports development in South America. Tensioned fabric will play a […]