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• Seismic "tissue" mutes earthquake impacts

  Specialty Fabrics Review | April 8, 2013
  Glass fiber plastic composite material stabilizes buildings during quakes.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/040813_swatch_seismic.html

• Building wrap preserves a landmark's look

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the February 2013 issue
  A mesh building wrap preserves the iconic look of a landmark and allows work to continue behind it.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0213_ll_mesh_wrap.html

• Gary Barnes solves customer problems—and creates opportunities

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the October 2012 issue
  Gary Barnes taps into tenacity and creativity to solve customer problems.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/1012_pv_gary_barnes.html

• Cooley raises the roof on building technology

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the June 2012 issue
  Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy uses building energy technologies.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0612_sw4_cooley_technology.html

• BC Place roof replacement features TENARA architectural fabric

  Specialty Fabrics Review | May 24, 2012
  Retractable roof consists of membrane cushions made from two layers of TENARA fabric.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/052412_bcplace_sefar.html

• IFAI Canada Honours Program 2012 winners exemplify quality craftsmanship

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the May 2012 issue
  Each year at IFAI Canada Expo, the Canada Honours Program winners for the year are announced.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0512_wv_ifai_canada.html

• Membrane makeover for world-class swimming facility

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the April 2012 issue
  The Jamsil indoor swimming pool in Seoul, South Korea, hosted the Asian Games in 1986 and the Olympic Games in 1988, but had fallen on harder times.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0412_sw5_membrane_makeover.html

• Cooley contributes to Fraunhofer CSE's building technology

  Specialty Fabrics Review | March 13, 2012
  Cooley highlights importance of advanced technologies in commercial building retrofits.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/031312_cooley_fraunhofer.html

• Inflatable events on the LaM

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the March 2012 issue
  The LaM commissioned 2hD Architects to create a temporary art space for week-long public receptions, press events and film projections.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0312_sw2_inflatable_events.html

• Towering in fabric

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the February 2012 issue
  City officials in Teichland, Germany, wanted an icon and landmark for a future recreation area.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0212_wv_tower_germany.html

• Eclipse Awnings on hit show

  Specialty Fabrics Review | January 3, 2012
  Eclipse Awnings selected to help renovation on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/010312_extreme_makeover.html

• Mobile solar shading in building construction

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the November 2011 issue
  The European Solar-Shading Organization is working to gain recognition for the merits of mobile solar shading in building construction.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/1111_wv_mobile_solar_shading.html

• Fabric space portal takes visitors to outer limits

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the October 2011 issue
  Adler’s Deep Space Adventure exhibit features fabric space portal and gallery.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/1011_sw5_fabric_portal.html

• A safer fabric membrane ceiling

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the October 2011 issue
  A new fabric membrane ceiling provides a prudent replacement for a Tokyo museum.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/1011_wv_fabric_ceiling.html

• Propping up Egypt’s oldest pyramid

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the September 2011 issue
  Peter James, a former Royal Navy lieutenant commander, adapted airbags used as explosive cushions by the British Army to a new application.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0911_sw11_pyramid_prop.html

• Ceiling elements create eco-friendly work space

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the August 2011 issue
  Renovation creates an energy efficient and ecologically sensitive space in a historic building.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0811_sh1_sustainable_ceiling.html

• Fabric petals bloom in historic renovation

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the August 2011 issue
  Elegant and modern space with historical overtones achieved with the use of fabric petals.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0811_sh2_fabric_ronovation.html

• Latin America builds fabric structures

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the August 2011 issue
  Support for tension structures evidenced in international symposium; fabric wins in Brazil’s sports stadia; mesh “immersion enclosure” brings visitors and birds together.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0811_wv_fabric_structures.html

• Grocery shopping in tents

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the July 2011 issue
  Two H-line hall tents provided more than 19,000 square feet for a grocery store in Germany.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0711_sw2_tent_shopping.html

• Canopy will shelter, shed light on the homeless

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the June 2011 issue
  Snow Hill Homeless Centre plans a £10 million renovation to expand its services.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0611_sw7_canopy_shelter.html

• Canvas canopies mushroom in renovated gallery

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the March 2011 issue
  A unique installation celebrates the Brooklyn Museum and serves as a hub for visitors.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0311_sw1_canvas_canopies.html

• Keeping an eye on property taxes

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the March 2011 issue
  Despite all of the attention focused on income taxes, it’s the bill for the tax on the property owned—or leased—by many industrial textile products businesses that is the biggest expense, and the most difficult to manage.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0311_bs_property_taxes.html

• Meshing business with beauty

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the January 2011 issue
  Metal mesh integrated with lighting for a ceiling vertically connects three floors.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0111_sw3_meshing_business.html

• Adaptable awnings

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the January 2011 issue
  The awnings and canopies industry responds to challenges with improved products and a renewed resolve to educate clients and consumers.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/0111_f1_adaptable_awnings.html

• Epic fabric flower represents city

  Specialty Fabrics Review | from the December 2010 issue
  For a place known as “the garden city,” a nearly six-story-tall fabric flower makes an apt icon.
  http://specialtyfabricsreview.com/articles/1210_wv_fabric_flower.html