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Mar 27 2012
We all know that creating a focal point is a staple trick of the trade in architecture so here’s a few ideas (with examples) of how you can use fabric to create a stunning statement of tensile form to embellish any interior space....
Mar 26 2012
Enormous buildings require big interior walls – resulting in massive material and labour costs. Well actually that’s not strictly true because another option is gaining ground for interior wall and ceiling structures - fabric cladding. ...
Mar 22 2012
The previous blog gave a quick round up of why interior fabric rocks and how it excels at defining space. Right now I will be diving head first into practicalities and the fantastic functions of interior fabric – namely for solving problems....
Mar 19 2012
This month, I will be looking at the multitude of possibilities for using tensile fabric within interior locations: a subject area that is simply full to the brim with ideas but arguably not yet fully appreciated or perhaps understood.
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Mar 06 2012
One of the biggest decisions to be made when designing a new tensile structure concerns the type of fabric to use....
Mar 05 2012
So you want to design your own tensile structure. You understand all about double curvature. You even have a sketch on the back of an envelope. Where do you go from here?...
Feb 23 2012
As you will know if you saw our last blog (5 Reasons to choose fabric) we have just released our very own guide to tensile structures as a free download. We hope it will provide inspiration and serve as a crash course in how to use archite...
Feb 15 2012
As industry experts we answer queries and explain the concepts of tensile fabric to architects and contractors on a daily basis, so we thought it might be helpful to share it further afield.
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Jan 20 2012
If you haven’t read our other blogs this month, a quick look at these......
Jan 16 2012
You won’t only find fruit and veg piled up in the aisles of Sainsbury’s Whitechapel store. Their car park is covered with them too - and the store exterior. ...
Jan 13 2012
In case you missed my last blog (click here to get up to speed) I’m waxing lyrical all this month about a revolutionary new fabric cladding system that’s on track to change the face of the tensile fabric world – and the face of many of our buildings too....
Jan 11 2012
How excited can you get about a new development in tensile fabric structures? – well we think this could be a sliced bread moment.
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Dec 12 2011
You want a tensile structure for your project – but money’s too tight to mention. One solution is choosing what we in the business imaginatively call a “Pre-designed Structure”. ...
Dec 12 2011
Yes, there really is a ‘world of tensile structures’ – a community of people with a passionate interest in what’s going on in what is becoming a very fast moving design environment. Apart from the blogs and tweets, we even share exciting emails when new materials emerge or someone does somet...
Dec 09 2011
You can spend a lot of money on a tensile structure. Not that it won’t be excellent value for money, of course. But there are several sure fire ways of making sure that you get the very best possible bang for your buck....
Dec 08 2011
Yes, they are amongst us. Everywhere you look. Contractors that bid for work that really isn’t in their comfort zone....
Dec 08 2011
OK, your architects have told you that part of the design will be a tensile fabric structure. They might have been very specific about the precise material they want – even the type of fixings needed. Or they might not....
Nov 02 2011
How do you intend to arrive at the perfect design (and specification) for your next tensile structure?
If you’re a dab hand at this designing tensile structure business, I hesitate to teach you to suck eggs. You might well dash these things off in your sleep.
But it might well be that you simp...
Oct 26 2011
Every architect is working hard to tick all the right environmental boxes when they’re pitching for a project. BREEAM ‘Excellent’ is no longer just a target for occupiers looking to parade their green credentials. It’s just the start. Planners too are tightening the noose when it comes to ne...
Oct 25 2011
There’s nothing entirely new in this world. We in the world of tensile structures might think we’re jolly clever chaps, helping to shape the future of the built environment. But really we’re only really standing on the shoulders of the Bedouins and Mongolians - who created animal skin structur...
Oct 25 2011
Years ago, when architects wanted to soften down the hard lines of an outline rendering, they would often resort to sketching in some trailing plants or free standing foliage. A date palm here… some wisteria there. Planning committees loved them....