Student designed solar house (wrapped in fabric)

November 1, 2011  |  Exteriors, Features

A team of students from Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech), literally have pushed the envelope for their solar house prototype designed for the Solar Decathlon. The CHIP (Compact, Hyper-Insulated Prototype) had a white pillow-like…
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Chi-chi shade in Miami

November 1, 2011  |  Exteriors, Features

The Soho Beach House—a world-class private club, hotel and spa on the site of the historic Sovereign Hotel in Miami, Fla.—recently reopened after a makeover by architects Shulman + Associates. The redesign and expansion included a retractable canopy over a first-level upscale restaurant …
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Shooting, Paralympic Shooting and Paralympic Archery Venue

November 1, 2011  |  Exteriors, Features

Colorful fabric cladding of the temporary venue is in place. The Shooting Venue, located at the historic Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, will stage events across three indoor ranges and three outdoor ranges. Click here for more information. Project details Contractor: John Sisk & Sons Fabric…
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Populous’ Olympic Stadium

November 1, 2011  |  Case Studies, Exteriors, Features

To make the London 2012 Olympic Stadium the most sustainable for the Olympics to date, Populous has turned to fabric as a strategic part of the overall strategy Not wanting to leave a burdensome legacy on the host city or its people, the Olympic Delivery Authority asked sports facility designers Pop…
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Velodrome utilizes fabric in strategic ways

November 1, 2011  |  Case Studies, Exteriors, Features

As the venue for indoor track cycling events at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games, the Velodrome is an architectural interpretation of the activities that will take place inside. According to Hopkins Architects, who designed the venue, the Velodrome’s formal expression was inspired…
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Temporary basketball arena for the London 2012 Olympics

November 1, 2011  |  Case Studies, Exteriors, Features

Faster than you can yell foul, sports venues are shooting up in London’s Olympic Park in anticipation of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games. This past June, the Olympic Basketball Arena, one of the largest temporary sports venues built, was the fourth structure to be completed more than a …
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London 2012 Olympics Water Polo Arena

November 1, 2011  |  Case Studies, Exteriors, Features

‘Reuse after done’ is the design motto for a prime venue in the Olympic aquatic sports category This temporary venue is one of several arenas specially designed to be dismantled and redistributed after the London 2012 Olympic Games. Designed by David Morley Architects (DMA), the Water Po…
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Playa Vista bandshell lights up the park

November 1, 2011  |  Exteriors, Features

Playa Vista Central Park is a 3.6-hectare public park built on the historic site of Howard Hughes’ Los Angeles private airfield, where the famous wood and fabric airplane, the Spruce Goose, was built. But this park holds a structure that impresses as much as the Hughes airplane, and even looks…
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Community college features colorful shades

November 1, 2011  |  Exteriors, Features

An Iowa community college culinary and hotel learning center ups the ambiance and educational value by adding colorful shades Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has built a solid reputation for high-quality training and education in an academic setting that replicates, to a surprising…
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Taliesin West: a materials laboratory in the Sonoran Desert

November 1, 2011  |  Exteriors, Features

Frank Lloyd Wright, visionary architect of the late 1800s and mid 1900s, tested his radical design ideas on his personal projects before subjecting his clients to his design decisions. This experimental approach is one of the founding principles of Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architec…
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