The Olympic store

November 1, 2009  |  Features, Interiors

A winning retail design in Vancouver By Jeremy Clark Olympic spirit is riding high in anticipation of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. And who better to be named the official store for 2010 Winter Olympics merchandise than Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), Canada…
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Woolserge curtains fine tune sound in concert hall

September 1, 2009  |  Interiors

Architect Jean Nouvel’s design for the new Danish Radio Concert Hall in Copenhagen has a notably unique exterior and interior. While the exterior is wrapped in a vinyl-coated polyester fabric skin in a custom blue that also acts as a projection screen, the interior wraps the audience with wood…
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Colorful clouds decorate architecture office

July 1, 2009  |  Interiors

An office for an architecture firm demands elements that set the space apart from a typical workplace. To enhance the Irvine, Calif. office of Mulvanny G2 Architecture, Transformit installed a fabric piece to create ambiance in the café area. The piece transforms the ceiling into a sky-like s…
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Moving elements soothe airport visitors

July 1, 2009  |  Interiors

Travelers at the Indianapolis airport are treated to art that aims to calm. By Adam Regn Arvidson Air travel is stressful these days. Increasing delays, shrinking legroom and the proliferation of fees dog the business and casual traveler alike. Just arriving at an airport seems to raise the stress l…
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Sculpture compliments school landscape

May 1, 2009  |  Interiors

The Design Loft Inc. | St. Louis, Mo., United States This project, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the interior banners category of the 2008 International Achievement Awards, was designed to create a site-specific sculpture in the school concourse area that compliments the landscape se…
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Water park features 79 colorful aquatic shapes

May 1, 2009  |  Interiors

Lawrence Fabric Structures | St. Louis, Mo., United States This project, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the interior banners category of the 2008 International Achievement Awards, included 79 colorful aquatic shapes (fish, seaweed, water spouts, wave currents, etc.) that were hung fro…
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Fabric units create uniform look in airport terminals

May 1, 2009  |  Interiors

Shanghai Taiyo Kogyo Co. Ltd. | Shanghai, China Pudong International Airport Terminal 2, which won an Award of Excellence in the commercial interiors category of the 2008 International Achievement Awards, is on the east of Terminal 1, and consists of a main hall and boarding gallery in Pudong, China…
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Opera house features award-winning design

March 1, 2009  |  Features, Interiors

Art and architecture comingle in the new Oslo Opera. Norwegian architects Snøhetta are winners of the World Architecture Festival 2008 for their design of the Oslo Operahouse. The building’s arresting forms, integrated mix of materials and the designer’s close collaboration with a…
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Fabric provides defining element for airport bar

January 1, 2009  |  Features, Interiors

A compact bar at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport lights up the traveler’s time and space. By Todd Willmert When John Denver wrote the 1960s hit song, “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” the lyrics were actually penned during an airport layover, and today, more than ever, air t…
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Glass envelope with oval footprint creates fitting memorial

July 1, 2008  |  Interiors

Hightex GmbH | Rimsting, Germany On the third anniversary of the Atocha railway terminal bomb attack in Madrid, Spain, March 2004, the Spanish Royal Family inaugurated the memorial in memory of the victims. FAM, a group of young architects in Madrid, designed a glass envelope with an oval footprint …
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