Awnings and cabanas help restore casino

May 1, 2008  |  Exteriors

Trimmer Smith Awning & Upholstery | Mobile, Ala., United States The project, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the multiple fabric structures category of the 2007 International Achievement Awards, consists of 16 quarter-bullnose awnings, 10 fully enclosed pool cabanas, and four open …
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Fabric roof membrane shape promotes good acoustics for bandshell

May 1, 2008  |  Exteriors

FTL Design Engineering Studio | New York, N.Y., United States This temporary bandshell is used for free performances in the neighborhood town square. A series of custom aluminum trusses support a fabric roof membrane, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the architectural structures categor…
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BC Place may get retractable roof

May 1, 2008  |  Exteriors

In anticipation of the 2010 Winter Olympics, BC Place’s management is researching the possibility of replacing the iconic Vancouver building’s air-supported fabric roof with a retractable fabric roof. Talks have begun between Uni-Systems (a primary supplier of such systems in North Ameri…
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Euro Experience Tour infiltrates

May 1, 2008  |  Exteriors

A traveling show for the UEFA Euro 2008 (football) tournament began in late January in Basel, Switzerland when an innovative inflatable building opened to the public as the first of a 13-city tour through Austria and Switzerland. The fabric building—designed by Tectoniks Ltd. in Shrewsbury, UK…
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Textile shades protect balconies and apartments

May 1, 2008  |  Exteriors, Features

A compact cluster of low-cost apartments soaks up sun and sea on the Mediterranean. Slovenia has a southern coast on the Adriatic Sea that neatly tucks in between Italy and Hrvatska east of Italy. Although it faces northwest and therefore doesn’t quite get the intensity of sun that a Valencia,…
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Metaphors and materials meet in Beijing’s National Stadium

May 1, 2008  |  Exteriors, Features

By Frank Edgerton Martin China’s civic infrastructure and economy continues to grow at Olympian proportions. With thousands of skyscrapers, factories and new towns opening each year, design and architecture are moving at the speed of capitalism. Yet, with such a rapid pace everyday design is o…
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Retractable canopy system extends outdoor service of Seattle café

May 1, 2008  |  Exteriors, Features

One of Seattle’s public golf ranges gets a makeover to improve outdoor dining at the club café. Part of a series of public golfing centers established by the Seattle parks and recreation department, the Interbay Golf Center is newly renovated so that patrons of the driving range caf&eac…
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Double-sided banners create visually appealing storefront

May 1, 2008  |  Graphics

Banner Creations Inc. | Minneapolis, Minn., United States The challenge was to create a storefront display that better utilized the customer’s expensive retail space and to create an environment that provided privacy without being totally closed off. The space, an Avant storefront in Minneapol…
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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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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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