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Interior fabric
January 1st, 2011
Space articulation with fabric adds design flair with practical appeal By Carla Waldemar Heard a lot of hammering lately? Not likely. The construction industry is among the hardest hit in this bleak economy. Few housing subdivisions, office parks, megamalls or public institutions are breaking ground these days. Yet retail businesses, hospitals, colleges, exhibition arenas and […]
Urban fabric
January 1st, 2011
Landscape architect Annette Wilkus offers unique insights on fabric opportunities in urban design By Frank Edgerton Martin Over the last 20 years, Annette Wilkus, ASLA, has forged a new niche for landscape architects. Working with some of the world’s leading designers, she serves as an on-site design advocate and construction specialist for some of the […]
Tensile canopy protects public at new Ikea store
January 1st, 2011
You could say that Southampton is ruled by the sea. The Southampton Water estuary that fronts the harbor—and that flows past the Isle of Wight and thus to the English Channel—exerts tremendous influence on the physiognomy of this city of some 500,000 people, a bustling metropolis ranked 13th in the U.K. for shopping. Southampton’s docks […]
Shade canopy covers front of historic building
January 1st, 2011
Messrs. Adolph Ziegler, Ignaz Fanz and Anton Metler would be pleased that the building they built to house their sausage factory (the Ziegler Building, 1880s) is still housing food-related businesses in the Market Square district of downtown Knoxville, Tenn. more than 100 years later. Today, the building has benefited from a recent renovation led by […]
Drawing to inform/inspire
January 1st, 2011
Legendary tension tent designer Bill Moss used sketchbooks like most architects use restaurant napkins: to get the next fleeting idea down before it disappeared By Bruce N. Wright In 1955, Bill Moss, painter and illustrator, invented the PopTent, a tensioned-fabric tent, launching a revolution in camping equipment and changing how people around the world enjoy […]
Painting off the wall
January 1st, 2011
Bill Moss is more than an artist when it comes to fabric structures. By Jean M. Cook Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the March/April 1991 issue of Fabric Architecture. Bill Moss died in 1994 at age 71. Talking to Bill Moss, one senses he is more comfortable with a curving line than a […]
New graphics for architecture
January 1st, 2011
New fabrics and printing technologies open up design possibilities. Compiled by Fabric Architecture magazine Architectural graphics today means more than simply selecting a typeface for a building’s address, room numbers or corporate site address sign. With durable, wide-format fabrics designed for large-format digital printers available, architects have a multitude of options to choose from, including […]
Student design contest in tensile structures announced
December 16th, 2010
Students of architecture and design are invited to submit their tension structure designs in conjunction with the IV Latin American Symposium on Tensile Structures, April 6–8, 2011, Montevideo, Uruguay. The contest is sponsored by Ferrari Textiles. Who should participate? University level architecture and engineering students, worldwide. Graduate students with a maximum of one year of […]
W.S. Tyler issues LEED® credit statement
December 8th, 2010
W.S. Tyler’s Stainless Steel Architectural Fabric supports sustainable building practices and the efforts used towards achieving LEED® points, according to the LEED®Green Building Rating System. The LEED® Credit Statement acknowledges that the fabric’s durability, recapture rate and high solar reflectance index create a valuable green building design material. These properties can be applied to a […]
IFAI announces 2010 International Achievement Award winners
November 8th, 2010
The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) announced the winners of the 2010 International Achievement Awards (IAA) for design excellence in specialty fabrics applications. The award ceremony took place at IFAI Expo Americas 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., where the annual trade event ran from Oct. 27-29. For more than six […]