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…at just 1% the weight of glass, ETFE seems tailor-made for almost any dramatic, translucent facade a designer can dream of. The material’s light weight also makes it a favorite…
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…PTFE, a Teflon®-coated woven fiberglass membrane that makes up the facility’s lightweight tensile roofing system. Taiyo Birdair do Brazil fully installed the PTFE membrane for the 301,399-square-foot tensile roof. The…
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…materials, innovation and daylighting. Additionally, Nanogel aerogel holds Cradle to CradleSM silver certification from MBDC. “Tensotherm now makes it possible for fabric membrane to function as a viable mainstream roofing…
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…can attribute some of its aesthetic appeal to Birdair’s PTFE membranes. It makes the airport distinctive and memorable. ” The new Birdair PTFE structures will be a 2,000 square-foot cantilevered…