CRRC certifies SHEERFILL® Architectural Membrane

January 1, 2009  |  Fabric Structures, Industry News

The Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC) certifies products that reflect solar energy and emit less heat, and it has certified SHEERFILL® Architectural Membrane as a cool roof product. Birdair Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., offers the product in its lightweight long-span roofing systems and tensile structures.…
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Software helps in application of tensile structures

December 1, 2008  |  Fabric Structures, Products

MPanel FEA software is a complete Finite Element Analysis application developed specifically for the tensile fabric community. Operating within the popular AutoCAD® platform, the program simplifies non-liner FEA through an easy-to-understand user interface, using a powerful solver to correctly c…
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Armijos connects with clients

November 1, 2008  |  Awnings & Canopies, Fabric Structures, Features, Management, Marketing, Perspective

Sam Armijos creates connections with clients—in person, in cyberspace and in the pages of a book. By Sigrid Tornquist “There is no alternative to meeting face-to-face. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter whether I showed potential clients something I designed or not. It is whether they fe…
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New book published about fabric architecture

November 1, 2008  |  Awnings & Canopies, Fabric Structures, Graphics, Industry News

Samuel J. Armijos, vice president of sales for FabriTec Structures, Costa Mesa, Calif., has coordinated the design and construction of fabric structures throughout the world. He’s gathered ideas, materials, structure types, samples of fabrics and more than 400 full-color photos in Fabric Archi…
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Japanese companies introduce three innovative products

October 1, 2008  |  Advanced Textiles, Fabric Structures, Products

Japanese companies have introduced three intriguing specialty fabric products that combine once-incompatible features. By Kikuko Tagawa Cool Cargo helps save lives in Africa Cool Cargo FZ,” collaboratively developed and produced by Twinbird and Taiyo Kogyo, and the 2007 Award of Excellence win…
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Olympics features top-to-bottom membrane structure

August 1, 2008  |  Fabric Structures, Markets, Projects

For almost five centuries, the Forbidden City—located in Beijing, and home of the imperial palace—has been the symbol of China’s distinct grandeur, as well as its detachment from the world. But with the world’s most populous country on a fast track to industrialize its infrastructure in rece…
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Thompson uses creativity to drive business

August 1, 2008  |  Fabric Structures, Features, Management, Perspective

Cynthia Thompson leverages her creative instincts to build a flourishing tension fabric structures business. “Business owners need to be inventive and fast moving and I think we’ve gotten sluggish,” says Cynthia Thompson, founder and owner of Transformit in Gorham, Maine. “I think we’re lo…
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Strategies for compliance with building codes

July 1, 2008  |  Awnings & Canopies, Fabric Structures, Features, Graphics, Tents

It’s a story that’s becoming all too familiar: An awning company takes a job fabricating a simple entrance canopy. It’s the type of installation that this company has done hundreds of times before—but this time, that company is given a veritable laundry list of additional requirements. Provi…
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Acrylic transfer adhesive used for tension membranes

July 1, 2008  |  Fabric Structures, Products

For structural and decorative use, Unifilm® U802 from Scapa North America is an acrylic transfer adhesive used to attach architectural tension membranes to a wide variety of metal frames. It laminates well well to a variety of substrates, including low surface energy plastics and untreated polyolef…
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Triangles of cloth dress up German exhibition

July 1, 2008  |  Fabric Structures, Projects

Meyer created this site-specific art installation for the summer Rheinland Pfalz exhibition at Fort Malakow Park office building in Mainz, Germany. Triangles of cloth were stretched from one wall to the other in varying angles. The tilted diagonals brought a sense of lightness and movement to the re…
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