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Dutch firm designs scrim stage for culture points
September 1st, 2009
Delft-based design firm, cepezed, has proposed creating a temporary 5,000-seat theater for the forecourt lawn of The Hague in The Netherlands for that city’s bid to be the European Capital of Culture 2018. Other cities in the running include Utrecht, Maastricht and Almere. According to the designers, their arena is designed as a contemporary version […]
IASS: Evolution and trends in design
September 1st, 2009
The International Assoc. for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) will hold its annual symposium at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, with the aim of gathering a wide group of engineers, architects, researchers and educators to share recent work, experience and insights to understanding the fast-evolving field of shell and spatial structure design. Topics […]
P.S.1 installation features several wind chimneys
September 1st, 2009
Afterparty, the installation by MOS architects at the Brooklyn gallery P.S.1 opened in June to much acclaim. The installation is part of the annual Young Architect’s Program run collaboratively with the Museum of Modern Art to explore new design directions. MOS’s design featured several wind chimneys made from aluminum fabric stretched across a structural armature, […]
PAMA launches new website for landscape architects
September 1st, 2009
The Professional Awning Manufacturers Association has launched a new website to provide resources for landscape professionals seeking to soften hardscape designs. The website focuses on background information about the sustainable advantages of using awnings and shade canopies to provide cooler, energy-saving landscapes and gardens for clients. For more information, visit www.DesignWithAwnings.com.
Commencement ceremony features colorful canopy
September 1st, 2009
Artists Jenna Didier and Oliver Hess (founders of Materials & Applications in Los Angeles) created a shade canopy of blue and white streamers with designer Emily White for the spring commencement ceremony at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif. Called “Pomona College: String Theory,” the canopy was woven on site from trucker’s grade nylon webbing and […]
Air-supported membrane roof gets retrofitted
September 1st, 2009
The Dedmon Athletic Center at Radford University, Radford, Va., is known as “The Bubble” because of its air-supported membrane roof installed in 1981 by Birdair Inc. The roof outlasted its 20-year expectancy but still needed a retrofit in 2009. The recently completed composite membrane roof is the world’s first made of Tensotherm™ with Nanogel®, a […]
Woolserge curtains fine tune sound in concert hall
September 1st, 2009
Architect Jean Nouvel’s design for the new Danish Radio Concert Hall in Copenhagen has a notably unique exterior and interior. While the exterior is wrapped in a vinyl-coated polyester fabric skin in a custom blue that also acts as a projection screen, the interior wraps the audience with wood. Yet the sublime acoustics are the […]
Eco-friendly yarn available in various patterns
September 1st, 2009
The Everlasting collection is made from post-consumer and post-industrial yarns, is available in six different patterns for contract, hospitality and home décor use, and has received Silver MBDC Cradle to Cradle certification. Fabrics pass UFAC Class 1 and California Bulletin 117-Section E fire retardancy, and are durable enough to pass contract-rated abrasion. For more information, […]
Architects prepare for disaster
September 1st, 2009
New York architects Viraline have a plan for repopulating Manhattan — after the hurricane that hasn’t happened yet hits the NYC shoreline causing Katrina-like damage; it could happen. By Mason Riddle In theory, shelter is such a simple, basic concept. When the need for shelter is thrown into high relief by a disaster, however, it […]
The UK’s blow-up structures experts
September 1st, 2009
British fabric structures manufacturer Tectoniks is all set to help—bring on the disasters. By David Littlefield Post-disaster accommodation has changed little over the years, and it is easy to bring to mind row upon row of tented structures that spring up to provide quick, temporary and low-cost shelters for people with nowhere else to go. […]