Nouvel’s Serpentine Pavilion unveiled

May 1, 2010  |  Exteriors

The London-based Serpentine Gallery announced the 2010 Pavilion design by French architect Jean Nouvel. A contrast of lightweight materials and dramatic cantilevered metal, Nouvel’s design is rendered in a vivid red that nods to the iconic British telephone booth, post boxes and London buses. …
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Analyzing project size for fabric structure budgets

January 1, 2010  |  Exteriors, Features

By Mason Riddle Small projects Not everyone gets a bird’s-eye view of his or her handiwork. But that is exactly what Sollertia Inc., Montreal, Canada, founder and president Claude Le Bel did when he leapt from an airplane above Parachutisme Nouvel-Air. Soaring above the fields and meadows, La …
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Inside the distinctive Georgia Dome

January 1, 2010  |  Exteriors, Features

Atlanta’s Georgia Dome establishes a number of new fabric-roof records By Gene Rebeck Call the 70,500-seat Georgia Dome a domed stadium, according to its designers, and you miss the point. To understand how, you first need the answer to a key question: Why a dome in Atlanta? Although many dome…
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Suzhou sky canopy features multimedia projection surfaces

January 1, 2010  |  Exteriors

In Suzhou, China, Harmony Times Square, next to Suzhou Industrial Park Jinji Lake, is a new landmark for the city, including office buildings, retail streets, riverfront cafes and a state-of-the-art shopping mall. Its urban design and open canal-side streetscape create a cultural center for the city…
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Eye-catching entrance shade canopy acts as sales tool

January 1, 2010  |  Exteriors

A south Florida awning company takes its own advice and installs a new entrance shade canopy; customers take notice The main purpose of the tensioned-fabric canopy above the entrance to Hoover Canvas Products Co., of West Palm Beach, Fla., is to catch the eye of passing motorists. It works; people b…
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Alumni gift enables construction of open-air pavilion

November 1, 2009  |  Exteriors

An open-air pavilion provides form and function for students and community alike By Abbie Yarger Richard and Pat Lawson made history at Oklahoma Christian University, Edmond, Okla., by pledging the largest alumni gift, $30 million, to the school in 2004. To honor their generous contribution and dist…
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The green roofs of Vancouver

November 1, 2009  |  Case Studies, Exteriors, Features

The city’s new convention center brings together waterfront and city By Mason Riddle There are green roofs and then there are green roofs. The new Vancouver Civic Centre West (VCCW), completed last April, boasts a Goliath of a green roof that covers a whopping six acres making it the largest i…
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Fabric pavilion pays tribute to architect’s Plan for Chicago

November 1, 2009  |  Exteriors

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 …
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Wave form awnings and fabric panels add class to condos

November 1, 2009  |  Case Studies, Exteriors

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 t…
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Rosa Parks Transit Center opens in Detroit

September 1, 2009  |  Case Studies, Exteriors, Features

Detroit has something to feel good about as the new Rosa Parks Transit Center recently opened to rave reviews. By Bruce N. Wright In a city that was known as the automobile transportation center of the world for much of the twentieth century, the notion of a bus terminal as the key to the future &he…
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