Leaf designs provide functional centerpiece for renovation project

May 1, 2008  |  Landscapes

Tropical Js Inc. | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States A basic flat canopy was to be turned into something more exciting and utilitarian at the Fairfield Hawaii resort in Waikiki, Oahu Reef, Hawaii. The original concept was flat and inconsistent with the character of fabric and fabric structures. It wou…
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Sculptural installation reflects theme of time and change

May 1, 2008  |  Landscapes

Jens J. Meyer, Visual Artist | Essen, Germany Hovering archives was a temporary art project in Hafen, in the harbor of Hamburg, Germany. The idea was to make the change of a fast-growing new neighborhood visible while connecting it to the history of the site. In daytime, the hourglass shape of the s…
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Shopping center canopies provide escape from the heat

May 1, 2008  |  Landscapes

FabriTec Structures | Costa Mesa, Calif., United States Westgate Shopping Center is a 603,870m2, multi-purpose facility with shops, restaurants, offices, theaters and residential units, located in Glendale, Ariz. This facility is within walking distance of the newly constructed Arizona Cardinals sta…
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Shade structures add sculptural feel to resort lagoon pools

May 1, 2008  |  Landscapes

Taiyo Membrane Corp. | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia This beachfront resort on Fiji’s Denarau Island wanted to provide its pool and spa area with comfortable shaded areas. The integrated island resort houses a central lagoon-style pool with private beaches for its patrons. These structures, …
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1950s tensile structure may grace London Festival of Architecture

May 1, 2008  |  Landscapes

This June, the London Festival of Architecture may be graced by a vestige of the past in the form of a tensile structure from the 1950s. The original “Skylon,” designed by Philip Powell, Hidalgo Moya and structural engineer Felix Samuely and based on the structural concept of tensegrity,…
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Fiber and nature inspire public artist

May 1, 2008  |  Features, Landscapes

By Mason Riddle Trained as an architect, Randy Walker has a keen appetite for creating architecturally inspired public art projects from woven materials. Some originate with pre-existing structures like the 1962, 7.6m high playground Spaceship in Minneapolis’ Brackett Park. About to get the he…
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Green roofs and living walls create eco-friendly clothing shop

March 1, 2008  |  Case Studies

Mass Studies has out done itself with a cool (literally) flora-covered multi-use building in Seoul. A blend of natural and artificial, the new Ann Demeulemeester fashion retail shop in the Gangnam district of South Korea’s capitol city brings green building to a new level. Sited on an alley in…
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Coalition formed to create green focus academy

March 1, 2008  |  Case Studies

A growing coalition of national organizations focusing on the built environment has agreed to create a new National Academy of Environmental Design (NAED), to coordinate research, generate new knowledge, distribute vital information, and make recommendations to policy makers on how to reduce the neg…
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National conference addresses world sustainability issues

March 1, 2008  |  Case Studies

Leading educators get together to prepare for the inconvenient truth. By Thomas Fisher For the first three days in November, administrators and faculty from both architecture and landscape architecture programs across North America and from abroad met in downtown Minneapolis to share ideas and gathe…
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Green roof manufacturers take a hard look at sustainable materials

March 1, 2008  |  Case Studies, Features

Green roof manufacturers incorporate sustainable products beyond the greenery. By Jake Kulju If it looks green, smells green and feels green, it must be green. Right? The answer, it turns out, is more complex. It is common knowledge that green technology has large positive environmental impacts: lar…
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