A 2023 OFPANZ Awards for Excellence Winner

April 1, 2024  |  Projects

After having a previous outdoor canvas dining canopy for 40 years, folks at the Whangarei Deep Sea Anglers Club in Tutukaka, New Zealand, decided that it was time for a change. The club called on Baytex, of Mount Maunganui, for a solution. That canopy upgrade turned into a 2023 Awards for Excellence…
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From outlet mall to entertainment outlet and hub

March 1, 2024  |  Projects

Changing buying habits over the last couple of decades have spurred shopping centers to evolve as well. Many have been reimagined and reborn, such as the continuing transformation of the former Chesterfield, Mo., outlet mall into The District. The entertainment hot spot is now anchored by restaurant…
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Pvilion solar canopies win BLT Built Design Award

February 1, 2024  |  Projects

Visitors to the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx looking for a brief respite to refuel and recharge have been doing so for the past few years under canopies that now can be called award-winning. Last fall Pvilion received recognition in the BLT Built Design Awards in one of the Landscape Archi…
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FlexFacades innovation turns parking garage into art

January 1, 2024  |  Projects

Parking garages are not typically the prettiest buildings on the block. But with a little tensile fabric and some architectural panache, a structure that may typically lean toward eyesore can feel more like an urban sculpture.
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Functional and fanciful fabric sculptures embrace Google building

December 1, 2023  |  Projects

When Google’s Bay View campus opened in Mountain View, Calif., last year, employees entering the largest building were greeted by sculptural fabric elements, Eddy and Shroud, designed by Jenny Sabin Studio. They stand tall in the open courtyard area, where there are collaboration spaces and cafes.…
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John Goodman Amphitheatre at MSU wins design award

November 1, 2023  |  Projects

The applause isn’t coming only from Missouri State University (MSU) theater patrons following performances in the university’s new alfresco space, the John Goodman Amphitheatre. This summer, design and development firm Fabritecture won the STA Special Commendation (Internationally Fabricated Pro…
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Sailboat canvas renovation maximizes cockpit space

October 1, 2023  |  Projects

This award-winning marine canvas project by Keri Ames, owner of Yachtsman’s Canvas of North Wales, Pa., achieved the goal of maintaining a traditional look but with subtle modern updates. It consisted of a dodger with frame, bimini with frame and a connector between the two. The project was part o…
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Conjoined canopies create year-round outdoor play space

August 31, 2023  |  Projects

A preschool now can make the most of its space after Fresco Shades replaced some old shade sails with conjoined canopies on the school’s L-shaped deck. Children get to play and learn outside even on rainy days.
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