TEXTILES.ORG
North America’s first modular living wall installation opens in Vancouver
November 1st, 2009
A new frontier for fabric applications begins at the Vancouver Aquarium’s new Aquaquest-Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre By Frank Edgerton Martin The Vancouver Aquarium’s new Aquaquest-Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre immerses visitors in the temperate rainforest along British Columbia’s coasts. As a certified LEED Gold project and one of the province’s most “green” public buildings, Aquaquest is […]
Fabric pavilion pays tribute to architect’s Plan for Chicago
November 1st, 2009
Zaha Hadid’s tiny Burnham pavilion captures Chicago’s grand plans By Frank Edgerton Martin For centuries, fabric pavilions have enlivened festivals and great events. Zaha Hadid brings a 21st century update to festive structures with a salute to one of America’s greatest architects and urban visionaries—Daniel Burnham. The lead architect for the 1892 Columbian Exposition (immense […]
New retractable roof for Vancouver Whitecaps
November 1st, 2009
The Vancouver Whitecaps move into a refurbished world-class soccer venue next year, as the BC Pavilion Corp., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, hopes its retractable fabric roof will give fans an intimate yet light-filled experience. The gathered synthetic roof fabric will effectively limit the capacity of the stadium to 22,000 seats, but allow end-zone draping to be […]
Retrospective exhibition honors Herman Miller designs
November 1st, 2009
The Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Mich., in collaboration with The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Mich., organized a retrospective exhibition of designs from the Herman Miller furniture and office systems manufacturer. The exhibition is called Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller and will travel throughout the U.S. into 2013. The exhibition of designed objects and equipment […]
Exhibition highlights structural innovations from Mamoru Kawaguchi
November 1st, 2009
A recent exhibition “Mamoru Kawaguchi—Structural Engineer: Innovation and Tradition in Structural Design” opened at the Sala Exposicions of the Universitat Politècnica de València. The exhibition runs through Nov. 17, 2009. Kawaguchi is a leader in the field of structural conception and design. The exhibition is organized around a set of 30 models from the office […]
Populous to design Olympic stadium in Russia
November 1st, 2009
The sports facility designers, Populous (formerly HOK Sports) has been selected to design the 40,000-seat main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic games in Sochi, Russia. The design’s sweeping form—somewhat reminiscent of the Beijing Olympic’s “Water Cube”—responds to “both its coastal location and mountainous backdrop, whilst its crystalline skin engages with its surroundings […]
Wave form awnings and fabric panels add class to condos
November 1st, 2009
A Miami upscale condominium carries classy details through to its car park North Bay Village, Fla., is a handmade place from top to bottom. A three-island community created in Miami’s boom time of the 1940s, today North Bay Village is traversed by a major causeway across Biscayne Bay linking the manmade islands with Miami Beach […]
Light canopy
November 1st, 2009
Students and teacher explore the possibilities of CNC-driven fabrication By Mason Riddle “The question is, how do we make surfaces perform optimally?” asks Mark Parson, visual artist and director of Production and Technology for the Architecture Program at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. “We looked at fabric as shape in relationship to its performance.” The […]
The advantages of inflatable structures
October 26th, 2009
Flexible and economical, air-supported structures fill multiple market niches. By Holly O’Dell When it comes to inflatable products, many people think of bouncy castles, parade floats or dancing tubes used for advertising. But the world of air-supported structures, or inflatables, extends far beyond the use of entertainment and advertising to industrial, military, architectural and aerospace […]
Toronto adopts mandatory green roof requirements
October 20th, 2009
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities recently announced that the City of Toronto, Canada, passed a new green roof bylaw consisting of a green roof construction standard and a mandatory requirement for green roofs on all classes of new buildings. The bylaw requires up to 50% green roof coverage on multi-unit residential dwellings over six stories, […]