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Blue and green roofs use many kinds of geosynthetics
March 1st, 2025
Microsoft offices in Vancouver, B.C., Canada’s downtown Gastown. The ZinCo-designed semi-intensive green roof features various trees, grasses, perennials and sedums in its rooftop amenity space. Image: ZinCo In the global push to lower buildings’ carbon footprint and energy and water use, some look to blue and green roof construction. These roofs can help combat urban […]
Awning business succession: An in-and-out approach
March 1st, 2025
The awning business is incredible. It offers enough challenges to keep you growing, consistency you can plan around, and is rewarding enough to keep you fulfilled. It’s also not building rockets, so being a genius isn’t a prerequisite. These are a few reasons why Scott Neville, Welhener – H.B. Wall Awning, and Travis Jenkins, Charlotte […]
Broward College shade sails win Soltis 502 contest
March 1st, 2025
Serge Ferrari held a contest celebrating the 25th anniversary of Soltis Proof 502 tensioned membrane fabric. The winning project was a 1,400-square-foot shade sail project at Broward College in Davie, Fla., by Hoover Architectural Products. Image: Serge Ferrari To celebrate the 25th anniversary of membrane fabric Soltis Proof 502, Serge Ferrari held a contest to […]
Cultivating the next generation of leadership
March 1st, 2025
Like everything else COVID-19 hit, the pandemic delivered a blow to workplace leadership development, says Oren Margolis, founder of Pinetree & Palm Consulting. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., the firm specializes in coaching founders, executives and high achievers to optimize performance and align personal and professional goals. “It’s been really hard for folks to focus […]
Origami-inspired foldable fabric bathtub
March 1st, 2025
The fabric bathtub Bathtope, by LIXIL Corp., adds a temporary tub to a shower. Image: LIXIL Corp. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of its plumbing and tile business, Japanese company LIXIL Corporation released Bathtope, a fabric bathtub that gives homeowners the flexibility of having a tub without the additional square footage needed for a permanent […]
Public comments on trade open, tariffs begin next week
February 27th, 2025
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) opened its invitations last week for public comments on foreign trade practices and the Section 301 sanctions on China. The deadline to submit comments on foreign trade practices is March 11. The deadline to submit comments on Section 301 sanctions is March 24. USTR will hold […]
Herculite launches charitable foundation fund
February 12th, 2025
Herculite Products Inc. announced the establishment of the Herculite Charitable Foundation Fund, a corporate charitable foundation dedicated to addressing critical social challenges and making a meaningful difference in the communities it serves. Herculite said in a press release that this initiative represents the company’s ongoing commitment to corporate social responsibility and its mission to foster […]
Australia’s Wangun Amphitheater honors cultures
February 1st, 2025
Image: MakMax Australia/Rory Gardiner Fabric architecture includes innumerable possibilities with shape and form, which can result in imbuing even an amphitheater with rich cultural symbolism. Wangun Amphitheatre in Kalimna West, Australia, commissioned by the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC), is such a place. The design features five overlapping elliptical canopies over the seating […]
Indoor shade trends: Regulations, automation and more
February 1st, 2025
Phifer’s SheerWeave® 7250 light-filtering indoor shades stick to neutral tones and are among the company’s offerings geared toward residential customers. This line also has coordinating blackout products. Image: Phifer/courtesy of Draper New regulations are affecting shade products, but that’s not the only thing going on in this market. Changes in motorization, the way products are […]
New Zealand backyard shade sail solution
February 1st, 2025
The clients for this project asked for a shade sail to cover their north-west facing courtyard. The solution from SunCraft NZ, Ltd., won an Award of Excellence in the Commercial Awnings & Canopies category of the 2024 Advanced Textiles Association International Achievement Awards. It was important for the clients to have a solution that provided […]