Issue: March 2015

Commencing at the Western Canvas Products Association (WCPA) EXPO, March 26–28 at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center, Seattle, Wash., the WCPA will host its annual Excellence Awards program and photo contest sponsored this year by Keyston Bros. All paid members of WCPA are invi…

Seaman Corp. introduced a lightweight pretension fabric called Shelter-Rite® Tite™ that represents three proven technologies: time-tested performance, low stretch and superior tear resistance. Prepared to withstand a wide range of environmental and design challenges, it’s specificall…

Legacy Building Solutions, a designer, manufacturer and installer of tension fabric buildings, opened a satellite office in Santiago, Chile. The new location gives the company a stronger foothold in the emerging Latin American market for mining, industrial warehousing, fertilizer storage, aviation, …

Florida Gulf Cost University (FGCU) broke ground on the Emergent Technologies Institute (ETI), a new research campus that will team academics and private sector partners to study and incubate renewable energy technology. The majority of the 6.5-acre campus will be devoted to outdoor research develop…

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) selected Thomas E. Lollini, FAIA, and Thomas Luebke, FAIA, to receive the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. This year’s award recipients will be honored and receive their awards at the 2015 AIA National Convention and Design Exposit…

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe announced the five finalists who will compete for the 2015 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The five finalists are: Name of work in English: Ravensburg Art Museum, Ravensburg, DE Orig…

The seventh international conference on “Structural Membranes 2015 TextileComposites and Inflatable Structures” will be organized on Oct. 19–21 in Barcelona. As in previous editions, the state-of-the-art research and technology for design, analysis, construction and maintenance of …

After an extended period of testing and market development, Polyfab introduced Polyfab ProTM Shade Sail Cleaner, a concentrated, environmentally safe, high-strength cleaner designed to remove difficult soils from HDPE and vinyl fabrics. The liquid is clear with no odor, and comes in 32-oz, gallon, 5…

RBS has selected The Solar Cloth Company (TSCC) as a finalist in the Innovation Gateway, an international search for new ways of reducing energy, water and waste. Launched in March of 2014, the RBS Innovation Gateway attracted more than 140 submissions in just 40 days, from brand new concepts throug…

New football stadium shade structure reflects 70 percent of sun’s energy. By Kathy Carlson Baylor University in Waco, Texas, prides itself on its football program and demanded “a first-class facility for a first-class university and sports program,” says Douglas Radcliffe, business development…