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Architect and awning maker bring beauty to busy Florida street
May 1st, 2011
Cleaning up a fish shack, an architect and awning maker reel in the catch of the week A major thoroughfare that links the Everglades to the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Oakland Park Boulevard is one of Fort Lauderdale’s busiest streets. Sections of the six-lane strip are full of quick food and […]
Dancing fabric
May 1st, 2011
Combining a love of dance with fabric architecture concepts, graduate student Amber Sausen creates a dynamic performance space This Master of Architecture thesis project looked at capturing the movement of dance and used it to inspire a temporary fabric structure to house dance in an outdoor, urban space. An initial desire to create a kinetic […]
Slinky on the sidewalks
April 28th, 2011
A design competition for enlivening the streets of NYC picks a winner—with fabric! As April’s showers fade, May will bring more than flowers to New York when the Festival of Ideas for the New City takes place downtown from May 4 to 8. The winning concept in a competition to re-imagine sidewalk tents, called the […]
IFF announces 2011 Innovation Award deadline: July 15
April 11th, 2011
The purpose of the IFF Innovation Award is to inspire companies from all over the world to not only come up with great ideas, but make them happen. According to Beth Hungiville, Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) managing director, “We want to tell the stories of great specialty fabric manufacturers and suppliers who have challenged the […]
Match, set and game!
March 29th, 2011
A winning design by British architect scores points with players and engineers A new demountable sports canopy at the National Tennis Centre, Roehampton, England is the first of its type in the UK and a world first in the sports sector. Designed by George Stowell Chartered Practice, in collaboration with Airlight SA, Arup, form-TL and […]
Under the (fabric) roof
March 23rd, 2011
The 16th international workshop of Textile Roofs will take place at the Technical University of Berlin, May 30 – June 1, 2011 At the popular summer workshop on the design and practical realization of architectural membrane structures, participants can expect this year to hear presentations from guest lecturers Said El Sayad, of Hightex GmbH, Rimsting, […]
Design Competition: Information Pavilion for the 2012 London Olympics
March 23rd, 2011
Now is your chance to impress the judges with your lightweight, fabric structure designs. The 2012 London Olympic committee has launched a design challenge for a temporary information structure. According to the competition website: “The aim of this International competition is to design a temporary, freestanding information pavilion within the world famous Trafalgar Square in […]
The master’s course
March 16th, 2011
Debut of the 6th international master course in membrane structures In the annual tradition held on the campus of Anhalt University, a day-long symposium will kick off this year’s master course in membrane structure design by discussing the special topic of IMS-Ethiopia (Institute for Membrane and Shell Technologies-Ethiopia) and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit […]
Todd Dalland honored with award
February 14th, 2011
Todd Dalland — co-founder and president of FTL Solar and a LEED Green Associate and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (F.A.I.A.), received the Bruce W. Wodetzki Award at the IFAI Tent Expo 2011, presented by J.D. Howell, former Wodetzki recipient. This award is the tent rental industry’s highest honor, presented only to individuals […]
It’s time for the Specialty Fabrics Review 2011 New Fabric Showcase
February 9th, 2011
To all fabric suppliers: Deadline: Feb. 15, 2011 The editors of Specialty Fabrics Review are requesting that suppliers of fabric to the technical fabrics industry send information and images about their latest fabric innovations, to be published in the April and May 2011 issues of the magazine. All fabric manufacturers supplying material to the industry […]