Shading structure promotes dining alfresco-with a view

May 1, 2012  |  Exteriors

A dynamic, responsive building in the Italian sun improves business with a flexible fabric shade. This restaurant overlooks beautiful Lake Garda in northern Italy, not far from Verona and the Swiss border. In recent years, the proprietor found demand for service such that the outdoor dining terrace …
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Northern [blue] lights: high-tech fabric in the woods

May 1, 2012  |  Exteriors, Features

Woven PVDF frames a cabin on the U.S.-Canada border in brilliant color. Ahti Westphal, a recent graduate in architecture from the University of Minnesota, has combined a number of personal interests with his design and construction of a luminous “Blue Cube” retreat located on Grindstone …
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Raise high the (textile) roof beams

April 16, 2012  |  Exteriors, Structure Basics

The 17th annual international workshop on architectural membrane structures will introduce new materials and techniques in Berlin Textile Roofs 2012 May 14–16 Berlin, Germany University of Technology Berlin Textile Roofs 2012 workshop provides fundamental information, state-of-the-art textile …
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Kickoff to Euro 2012 football

April 12, 2012  |  Exteriors

This June, a fairy tale is set to unfold when the European football championships begin in Kiev, Ukraine, with a lovingly renovated stadium where the final games of the Euro 2012 will be played. Eighty-nine years ago, in the same city on the same grounds, the “Red Stadium” was built on t…
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Pvilion’s new Solar Sail charging station to debut in Texas

March 19, 2012  |  Case Studies, Exteriors, Features

The Solar Sail—with integrated LED RGB lighting—brings art and science together to promote clean energy for electric cars in the Austin, Texas nearby community of Pflugerville. The Solar Sail charging station has been installed by Pvilion as a demonstration to the green energy savvy Pflu…
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United Nations interim porte cochere

March 1, 2012  |  Case Studies, Exteriors

Located on the north lawn of the United Nations campus, New York City, the U.N. Interim Canopy is a porte cochere structure that sits adjacent to the U.N.’s new temporary General Assembly building, designed by HLW International. The structure serves as an entrance pavilion and security screen …
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Northland Stadium, Wangharei, New Zealand

January 19, 2012  |  Exteriors

The project brief: to design and build a stadium in the Northland city of Whangarei, New Zealand, with a seating capacity of more than 3,000, the majority under cover. In addition, the client required corporate boxes and hospitality areas sheltered from the elements. The project purpose: to create a…
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Look, up in the sky! A super-sized inflatable!

January 1, 2012  |  Exteriors

A super-sized inflatable served a super show The largest tethered airship ever made created the world’s largest projection surface and became the centerpiece for one of the greatest shows on earth, watched by millions of people worldwide. The XIX Commonwealth Games were held in Delhi, India, O…
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Wrapping the Olympic Stadium in graphics

January 1, 2012  |  Exteriors, Features

Further developments to the Nov/Dec issue news about the London 2012 Olympics inform us that Dow is working with Cooley’s Commercial Graphics and Engineering Membranes divisions to develop and manufacture a sustainable fabric that will be used to wrap London’s iconic Olympic Stadium for …
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Urban(e) wildlife: fabric and wood cover public park restaurant

January 1, 2012  |  Exteriors, Features

Fabric and wood combine for a unique restaurant in Hamilton, New Zealand’s most stunning public park—in the heart of the city Understand that Hamilton, New Zealand, a sophisticated city of around 200,000 habitants located 120km south of Auckland, had the foresight to preserve a large (54…
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