High performance fabric for clearspan structures

April 1, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Products

ArchSpan is a high performance, flame-resistant, waterproof and dimensionally stable fabric for clearspan structures. Available with RainKleen Pear Coat® or PVDF coating. Bantex CF maintains a uniform profile across a print surface. Bantex Curl Free delivers optimal visual effect while retaining…
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Commercial shadecloth for tension structures and shade sails

April 1, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Products

Monotec 370 commercial shadecloth for tension structures and shade sails is manufactured by Pro-Knit Industries using 100-percent round monofilament HDPE yarns for an exceptionally strong shadecloth. With strength, stability and the positive memory in monofilament yarn, shade structures and sails ca…
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Canvas canopies mushroom in renovated gallery

March 1, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Projects

The Brooklyn Museum completed the first phase of renovation in its 10,000-square-foot colonnaded great hall and sought a unique installation to celebrate the space and serve as a hub for visitors. Situ Studio, Brooklyn, N.Y., created huge, mushroom-like canvas canopies around each of the gallery&rsq…
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Modular tensile fabric ceiling system streamlines Dublin airport

March 1, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Projects

Each year, 15 million passengers will traverse Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 (T2), visiting Ireland’s capitol for tourism or business, and the Dublin Airport Authority wanted a striking modern statement in the T2 design. Architects Pascall + Watson of Dublin created an airy, modern space w…
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Exhibit features lightweight, collapsible stomach

March 1, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Projects

[Fabric Images Inc.] Elgin, Ill., U.S.A. Fabric Images fabricated an abstract representation of an “iron stomach” as an exhibit for a pharmaceutical company promoting the debut of a new product at a trade show in Chicago, Ill. The client required a lightweight, collapsible solution that …
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Fabric membrane stretches over 2010 World Expo pavilion

March 1, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Projects

[Shanghai Taiyo Kogyo] Shanghai, China Shanghai Taiyo Kogyo created the Future Pavilion in the exhibition area of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China, with the theme,“dream inspires the future of cities.” Using PVC BACKLIT 7530 from Mehler Texnologies GmbH, the fabric membrane was str…
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Fabric and glass from OKALUX

February 16, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Products

OKATECH Vision from insulating glass specialist OKALUX offers an impressive harmonious connection of function and aesthetics. Due to its special optics, the plastic fabric Vision with its metal coating opens new possibilities for design with a large spectrum of application, from doors through room p…
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Riad Shakeer builds his company with diversification

February 1, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Features, Marine, Marketing, Perspective

Riad Shakeer moves his company forward through product diversification. By Sigrid Tornquist As soon as my business started to grow, I started looking for something else to produce,” says Riad Shakeer, owner of Calypso Marine Canvas Ltd. and Calypso Fabric Architecture Caribbean Ltd. in Chaguanas, …
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The dome deflation

February 1, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Markets

Air-supported domes, such as the Minneapolis Metrodome, appear to be giving way to tensioned structures. By Mason Riddle and Barb Ernster In an almost prophetic statement, David Campbell, principal and CEO of Geiger Engineers, Suffern N.Y., told Fabric Architecture in the September 2010 issue that a…
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Ronstan launches AIA CES course for architects

January 7, 2011  |  Fabric Structures, Industry News

Ronstan Tensile Architecture, Portsmouth, R.I., has launched its continuing education course, “Exploring the Naturally Sustainable Form of Tensile Architecture,” on The Continuing Architect, an online educational platform. Accredited by the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) C…
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