Fabric concourse wall hides stadium seating

July 1, 2008  |  Interiors

Eventscape Inc. | Toronto, Ontario, Canada Eventscape’s portion of this project, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the commercial interiors category of the 2007 International Achievement Awards, is a 1,950m2 angled, custom-framed, fabric concourse wall, created to interestingly hid…
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Moving illuminated object opens new possibilities in membranes

July 1, 2008  |  Interiors

Taiyo Kogyo Corp. | Tokyo, Japan This illuminated object, called “Flower Dance,” is a moving illumination, intended to open new possibilities in membranes. The object, which won an Award of Excellence in the commercial interiors category of the 2007 International Achievement Awards, is l…
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Ribbon guides visitors through aviation exhibition

May 1, 2008  |  Interiors

Architen Landrell Associates Ltd. | Monmouthshire, United Kingdom Once a fighter station, Duxford Airspace is now home to a large collection of war-time exhibits. The “Flight Path” is an undulating, twisting three-dimensional ribbon, which won an Award of Excellence in the interior banne…
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Suspended banners humanize expansive space

May 1, 2008  |  Interiors

Judy Dioszegi, Designer | Green Oaks, Ill., United States Issues of architecture and space made this a complex project, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the interior banners category of the 2007 International Achievement Awards. Architects visually lowered the 12m-high ceiling, attempti…
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Emanuel Milstein: Architect as sculptor

March 1, 2008  |  Features, Interiors

By Mason Riddle Not every sculptor receives a personal endorsement from the likes of I. M. Pei. But that was the case with Emanuel Milstein, architect-cum-sculptor, who worked as a young architect in Pei’s office in 1958–59. In a letter dated December 3, 1959, Pei addresses Milstein&rsqu…
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Acoustic canopy produces clear sound, clear design

January 1, 2008  |  Features, Interiors

By Zackery Belanger The Royal Festival Hall (RFH) opened on London’s South Bank in 1951 as a part of the Festival of Britain. On the heels of the devastation brought to the city by World War II, the Festival was a showcase for modern design, a spirit of rebuilding, and progress into the second…
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Tents house interior work areas at Google offices

September 1, 2007  |  Interiors

Google’s new offices in Santa Ana, Calif., feature interior work areas topped by white fabric tents that efficiently direct air flow from vents above. Conference room walls are covered with the soft textured white fabric, specially treated to be flame-retardant and filled with custom soundproo…
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SLVDesign wins design award for buildings lined with felt

September 1, 2007  |  Interiors

SLVDesign has been honored with best of category in Environments in I.D. magazine’s 2007 Annual Design Review for its Drape Wall concept (FA, May/June 2006). The design is a system of multifunctional modular building units lined with industrial felt. “It’s so much more intelligent …
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Tensile fabric reigns in recent interior projects

September 1, 2007  |  Interiors

Some of the most interesting interior fabric structures are found behind (private) doors. By Ed Matson Over the past 10 years, interior tensile fabric structures have advanced greatly from the arrangements of stretched cotton stapled to wooden batons that were typical for the time. Now, with a wide …
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