…million expansion, project managers bet on a knock-your-socks-off entryway design to invite and excite the playing customer. Studio V Architecture PLLC, New York, developed a sweeping transparent tensioned fabric porte-cochere…
…to meet the most demanding building codes and standards in subtropical regions such as Florida, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. This includes the Miami-Dade County Building Code Compliance Office’s requirements…
…Centerpiece In addition to the 5,000-seat seasonal, open-air amphitheater which will host approximately 40 concerts between May and October, the project will also include a playground, an amusement park district…
…of Cabot Corporation’s Nanogel aerogel sandwiched between two layers of structural PTFE fiberglass membrane. This creates an insulated, energy-efficient inner layer that maintains translucency and promotes natural daylighting. The fabric…
…aged performance levels over a three-year period. SHEERFILL maintains an initial solar reflectance performance rating of 0.73 and an initial thermal emittance rating of 0.89. As a joint program between…
…resistant and meets numerous energy code standards, including those set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Download PDF Version: BIR_GranCarpaCatedral_Press release_Final 1-21-15.pdf Gran Carpa…
… The translucent Aerogel layer in Tensotherm, produced by Cabot’s manufacturing facility in Frankfurt, Germany, is cold formed and sandwiched between two layers of Birdair fabric membrane to enhance…
…PVC mesh also passes ASTM E84 fire testing, a standard test method for assessing the surface burning characteristics of building products, and meets numerous energy code standards, including those set…
…Building Code (FBC) requirements. “It was challenging to install the structural steel with a spiraling ridge and multi–angular purlins while receiving deliveries of structural steel during the winter holiday break,”…
…in June 2016 thanks to a collaborative effort between FTL Design & Engineering Studio (as the tensile roofing consultant), GKV Architects (for the Childs Restaurant restoration and Seaside Park development),…
…the frigid arctic to the scorching desert heat with a project life in some cases exceeding 30 years. The low-surface free energy of the material creates a surface which is…