Gran Carpa Catedral Topped with Birdair’s PVC Membrane The Gran Carpa Catedral, a church and spiritual center currently being constructed in Cayey in central Puerto Rico, will soon have a…
…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…
…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…
…has completed similar PTFE roofing projects for Liverpool, including Galleria Vallarta in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and Galerias Cuernavaca in Cuernavaca, Mexico. PTFE: A Versatile Material Extremely durable and weather resistant,…
…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…
…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…
… 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…
…standard test method for assessing the surface burning characteristics of building products, and meets numerous energy code standards, including those set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S….
…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),…