Graceful floating fabric sculpture

January 1, 2012  |  Interiors

A floating fabric sculpture graces the entrance atrium in the new MediaCityUK Living Lab at the University of Salford (Manchester, England). Appearing to hover above students throughout the entryway, the ribbon-like sculpture interlaces itself through the space and up to the second level atrium ceil…
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Time-lapse video shows project installation

September 20, 2011  |  Interiors

We’ve shown you the still picture; now watch it in high speed Back in May we reported on the announcement that Situ Studio selected a natural-looking acrylic fabric donated by Glen Raven Custom Fabrics for a renovation of the Brooklyn Museum’s great hall. Situ Studio has posted a time-la…
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Stella + Calatrava: The Michael Kohlhaas Curtain in Germany

September 1, 2011  |  Features, Interiors

By Mason Riddle What happens when a near legendary American artist and an acclaimed Spanish engineer-architect decide to play nicely in an iconic modernist art museum in Germany? “Stella & Calatrava: The Michael Kohlhaas Curtain,” a bold, stylistically unconventional mixed media work…
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Fabric-wrapped Planetarium Exhibit

September 1, 2011  |  Interiors

A new exhibit at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium is wrapped in fabric As part of its first major renovation since 1999, the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum on the Chicago waterfront, enlisted Fabric Images Inc. to engineer and construct a tensioned fabric space portal and gallery area to …
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Amazon Sports Complex—Manaus

July 1, 2011  |  Interiors

Located in the Amazon jungle 1,500km from the sea, Manaus lies at the convergence of the Rio Negro and Rio Solimões that form the Amazon River. The Amazon Sports Complex is an integrated sports park that includes multi-purpose venues and a swimming center. The roof structure is made of mutual…
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It’s huge!

May 27, 2011  |  Interiors

Anish Kapoor’s latest air-filled fabric art The Grand Palais, that turn-of-the-century Neo-Baroque pile in central Paris created for the International Exhibition of 1900, is home to the most up-to-the-minute installation this June when British artist-provocateur Anish Kapoor’s inflatable…
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Norway Pavilion

May 1, 2011  |  Features, Interiors

The number of pavilions created especially for Shanghai World Expo 2010 that incorporated architectural fabric was impressive. A good third of the country venues incorporated textiles in some form or another, including Norway’s. “Norway powered by Nature” consisted of 15 “tre…
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South Korea Pavilion

May 1, 2011  |  Features, Interiors

Another Shanghai World Expo 2010 pavilion of note is the South Korea Corp pavilion as it is enveloped entirely in a white translucent PVC fabric. Wrapping around the upper floors of the pilotis structure like a water wave, the fabric encloses the exhibition areas in a series of helical swathes that …
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Shenzhen East Huaqiao-City Water Park

May 1, 2011  |  Features, Interiors

A three-layer ETFE cushion roof covers the Shenzhen East Huaqiao amusement and indoor water park. Since part of the roof is retractable, the ETFE cushions and corresponding air circulation systems were designed to move with the retractable roof. Because the building’s overall shape is so compl…
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Canvas canopies mushroom in renovated gallery

May 1, 2011  |  Interiors

The Brooklyn Museum completed the first phase of renovation in its 900m2 colonnaded great hall and sought a unique installation to celebrate the space and serve as a hub for visitors. Situ Studio, Brooklyn, N.Y., created huge, mushroom-like canvas canopies around each of the gallery’s monument…
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