Luxurious restoration of a Cadillac Eldorado Brougham

August 1, 2026  |  Projects

The 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham wasn’t just a luxury model car; it was a “hand-built in low numbers” luxury model car. So when one rolled in to Mortimer Upholstery & Marine Covers in Nelson, New Zealand, for an interior upholstery redo, staff at the shop there could only describe it as…
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Temporary potable water tank saves town money, buys time

July 1, 2026  |  Projects

The town of Paonia, Colo., faced a costly issue: replacing its above-ground drinking water storage tanks or refurbishing them. But what to do while one or the other was offline?
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Fabric canopy aids environmental protection efforts

June 1, 2026  |  Projects

A canopy roughly the size of a blue whale’s torso is part of an apparatus in Newport Beach, Calif., helping to protect marine wildlife. The equipment is a trash interceptor, moored in San Diego Creek, where it removes trash and debris from the riverbed before it enters an environmentally sensitiv…
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Functionally aesthetic shade solution

April 6, 2026  |  Projects

The most challenging aspects of installing the low-profile tension umbrellas at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif., for Irvine Company, are features patrons will never see.
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Kolorful Kanvas creates protective, tailored robot skin

April 1, 2026  |  Projects

A need to protect a robotic arm from desert heat, UV rays and dust brought Kolorful Kanvas Ltd. of Christchurch, New Zealand, a custom project from an existing local client.
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Shelter-Rite roof replacement has acrobatics above and below

March 1, 2026  |  Projects

Last summer, performing arts circus school Circus Juventas in St. Paul, Minn., looked into improving its building’s efficiency, including better insulation to reduce energy use and to address condensation concerns. Although the building’s “big top,” a tensioned dome roof constructed with She…
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Sinovac Tianfu plant area landscape

January 6, 2026  |  Projects

To give its employees a covered walkway between buildings and more places outdoors to take a break, the rapidly growing Sinovac Biotech company, south of Beijing, China, turned to Pfeifer Spatial Structures (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
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An architectural take on permanent shade umbrellas

January 5, 2026  |  Projects

Taiwanese architect Cheng-Tsung FENG took inspiration from traditional oil-paper umbrellas to create an airy park pavilion that has a pocket garden and benches for people to gather and relax inside. The structure takes an umbrella’s design and turns it on its head—well, more literally on its sid…
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