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New book covers tensile structures

July 1, 2008

…contractors who are interested in learning more about this technology. Includes introductory letters from Nicholas Goldsmith, Juan Monjo-Carrió and Bruce N. Wright. For more information, visit www.sobresaliente.com or www.ifaibookstore.com….

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Pioneering the field: The founding father of the fabric tension structure industry

July 1, 2008

…a similar process of researching, testing, and approval. Gutbrod again worked with Otto, as did Günther Behnisch und Partner, who erected the buildings. The project consisted of a membrane-roofed large…

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BC Place plans retractable roof

July 1, 2008

…such as PV cells to generate electricity, geothermal heating and cooling and the retractable roof, itself expected to cut energy costs by one third. For more information, visit www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id27811….

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LEED-H certified and GreenPoint Rated home goes up in California

July 1, 2008

…has a choice of having to build an underground cistern or some type of retention basin versus putting on a green roof,” Steinberg says, “and whereas costs are comparable, greenroofs…

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2012 Stadium may be greenest yet

July 1, 2008

…Olympic Delivery Authority. Options being considered include materials that use recycled polymer-based fabric, hemp and other materials that can be recycled after the games. For more information, visit www.hoksport.com….

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Handprints decorate conical structure for festival launch

July 1, 2008

…human input into the structure’s creation and Bill Fontana’s maritime-themed sound work complemented the nautical feel of the rigging-style ropes that formed the cable net structure.” Structural and fabric fabrication…

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Exploring sustainability

July 1, 2008

…a sustainable design-based practice in Hong Kong, with a specialty in tension fabric architecture. Notes 1. Our common future, 1987 2. Parliamentary Comissioner for the Environment, NZ, www.pce.govt.nz 3. Lance…

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Joint conference to examine sustainable architectural and structural design

July 1, 2008

…new design processes, new materials, new technologies, engineering, sustainability, and newly built structures. The conference will take place in Acapulco, Mexico, from Oct. 27-31. For more information, visit www.iass2008.unam.mx/english_site.html….

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Architectural membrane workshop to take place in May

May 1, 2008

…(Montpellier, France) as well as regulars Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lothar Gründig, Françoise Fournier, Prof. Josep I. Llorens, Prof. Marijke Mollaert, and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rosemarie Wagner. For more information, visit www.textile-roofs.com….

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Euro Experience Tour infiltrates

May 1, 2008

…an interactive action zone, the other a wrap-around multimedia cinema. The structure sets up in just four hours and shelters 800m2 interior floor space. For more information, visit www.tectoniks.com….

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