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Hoover Architectural Products blends fabric, metal
December 1st, 2021
Photography by Kim Fontaine Photography If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” contains a lot of truth, but there’s also a risk of stagnation if a company doesn’t adapt to changing times. When the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, Matt Carroll knew it was time for his family’s fabric-awning business to stretch its capabilities. […]
Paris debuts a ‘grand’ temporary venue
December 1st, 2021
The temporary Grand Palais Ephémère features 44 timber arches wrapped in a transparent textile skin that offers acoustical, thermal and ventilation properties. Photos: Wilmotte & Associates. While the Grand Palais, Paris’ historic exhibition hall and museum complex, is closed for a multi-year restoration project, a membrane-wrapped temporary venue installed on the Champ de Mars in […]
Architecture Billings Index ends year on positive note
February 1st, 2016
There were a few occasions where demand for design services decreased from a month-to-month basis in 2015, but the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) concluded the year in positive terrain and was so in eight of the 12 months of the year. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine-to-12-month […]
Architecture firms report progress on carbon reduction
November 1st, 2015
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has produced a report assessing the work of firms that are part of the AIA 2030 Commitment, a voluntary initiative to commit their practice to advancing the AIA’s goal of carbon-neutral buildings by the year 2030. The key findings from the AIA 2030 2014 Progress Report include: 140 firms […]
Remembering Frei Otto
April 1st, 2015
A giant of the tensile structure industry and influential master architect leaves a legacy. By Bruce N. Wright, AIA Upon learning that he had been awarded the Pritzker Prize, Frei Otto recently said: “I am now so happy to receive this Pritzker Prize and I thank the jury and the Pritzker family very much. I […]
Building with textiles
April 1st, 2015
A report from the TextielMuseum exhibition: the current and future potential of textiles in architecture. By Marie O’Mahony The use of textiles in buildings is by no means new, with early examples of dwellings made using branches and animal furs that can be dated back more than 35,000 years. The TextielMuseum in Tilburg, Holland, is […]