Photo gallery

  • Aerial view of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. Photo: HOK/Skanska.
  • The atrium for the refurbished hospital is to the left center of the photo. Photo: HOK/Skanska.
  • The Pompidou-Metz Museum in France is encased by a large latticework structure of curvilinear laminated wood capped by a taut white PTFE-coated fiberglass membrane. Photo: Centre Pompidou-Metz.
  • The cube on point dominates exhibit space with its appearance, but its greatest strength may be its customizable applications. Photo: Pink Powered by Moss.
  • Secugrid® geogrids, integrated with gravel, created columns strong enough to hold up this 2.2-ton vehicle. Geogrids can save natural mineral resources by reducing base course thickness for pavements and minimizing need for soil. Photo: NAUE GmbH & Co. KG
  • The odd-looking contraptions and weathered floorboards of Sugarland’s “Incredible Machine” tour set can be installed and torn down in less than two hours, thanks to efficient design and technology invisible to the audience. Photo: Mark FoffanoHI.
  • The odd-looking contraptions and weathered floorboards of Sugarland’s “Incredible Machine” tour set can be installed and torn down in less than two hours, thanks to efficient design and technology invisible to the audience. Photo: Mark FoffanoHI.
  • Visitors are encouraged to stand by, watch, touch and breathe around the Squid Capsule, which captures sunlight and moisture in a maze of vinyl membranes. Photo: Materials & Applications.
  • Visitors are encouraged to stand by, watch, touch and breathe around the Squid Capsule, which captures sunlight and moisture in a maze of vinyl membranes. Photo: Materials & Applications.
  • Both stark and soft, Cleanroom inc. designs combine an industrial feeling with natural shapes and materials. Photo: Cleanroom inc
  • Both stark and soft, Cleanroom inc. designs combine an industrial feeling with natural shapes and materials. Photo: Cleanroom inc
  • Ricoh’s 100 percent solar powered billboard uses Xunlight flexible PV modules certified to ANSI/UL1703 standards and Cooley’s printable, flexible composite technology. Photo: Cooley Group.
  • Ricoh’s 100 percent solar powered billboard uses Xunlight flexible PV modules certified to ANSI/UL1703 standards and Cooley’s printable, flexible composite technology. Photo: Cooley Group.
  • At its new 20,000 square-foot facility in Northern Ireland, Global Armour manufactures life-protection equipment for more than 100 police, military and private-sector organizations.
  • Large-format digital printing, on both soft and rigid substrates, is a Color X specialty, and the company’s eye-popping displays wow visitors to this new nightclub in New York City. Photo: Color X.
  • Large-format digital printing, on both soft and rigid substrates, is a Color X specialty, and the company’s eye-popping displays wow visitors to this new nightclub in New York City. Photo: Color X.
  • Sustainable clothing materials come in varying textures and colors, as is demonstrated at the Science Museum’s “Trash Fashion” exhibit of eco-friendly garments. Photo: Science Museum of South Kensington.
  • A “Sugar Rush” dress made from organic cotton and Ingeo™ fibers from David Andersen, Danish Fashion Institute. Photo: Science Museum.
  • Cell Form allows librarians to check multiple books, instead of reading one barcode at a time. It also eliminates errors from smudged or unclear barcodes. Photo: Teijin Fibers Ltd.
  • Hohenstein Institute researchers attached human stem cells to textile implants; the stem cells promoted growth of new blood vessels to remove textile breakdown products and import nutrients to the tissue. Photo: iStock/Hohenstein Institute.
  • Lenzing supports and sponsors more than 400 promising and talented athletes, including Kilian Fischhuber of Waidhofen, Austria, who wore his Tencel blue t-shirt to victory in a Swiss climbing competition. Photo: The Lenzing Group.
  • Originally developed to protect military personnel from chemical and biological warfare agents, Fibertect’s cotton nonwoven with an activated carbon core may be one solution for oil cleanup tasks in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: First Line Technology LLC.
  • Originally developed to protect military personnel from chemical and biological warfare agents, Fibertect’s cotton nonwoven with an activated carbon core may be one solution for oil cleanup tasks in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: First Line Technology LLC.
  • Photo: Pima Air and Space Museum.
  • The Pima Air and Space Museum, which maintains a collection of more than 125,000 artifacts, wanted visitors to its store to experience illuminating uplift from the winged wire mesh canopy. Photo: W.S. Tyler.
  • Tape installations can look like shiny translucent channels, softly lit cocoons, or spider webs among trees, but all were created from conventional transparent tape. Photo: For Use/Numen.