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Style meets substance in the design and materiality of tensile architecture

Construction Specifier

Photos courtesy Huntsman By David Peragallo Tensile architecture, also known as tensile structures or fabric architecture, is becoming a popular choice for applications such as stadiums, airport hubs, train and bus stations, exhibition halls, event pavilions, and temporary structures such as festival tents.

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Tensile architecture: Where substance meets style

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Photos courtesy Huntsman By David Peragallo Tensile architecture, also known as tensile structures or fabric architecture, is becoming a popular choice for applications such as stadiums, airport hubs, train and bus stations, exhibition halls, event pavilions, and temporary structures such as festival tents.

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Grimshaw releases newest designs for world’s largest airport

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Plans for the world’s largest airport terminal, in Istanbul, are under way. The facility''s architect, Grimshaw, recently released images of the updated design scheme. Airports Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Building Team' Body Image: read more.

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Building Hong Kong's Airport

The Constructor

The two former islands that were levelled comprise about 25% of the surface area of the airport’s 12.55 Land reclamation for the airport added nearly 1% to the entirety of Hong Kong’s surface area. The project is the most expensive airport project ever, according to Guinness World Records. km² platform.

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Grimshaw releases newest designs for world’s largest airport in Istanbul

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Plans for the world’s largest airport terminal in Istanbul are underway, and new images were released. Archdaily reports that the colossal project will be conducted by a team of various firms: Grimshaw, Nordic Office of Architecture, Haptic Architects, GMW Mimarlik and Tekeli Sisa. Body Image: read more.

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Job Order Contracting – The Legal Side

Building Information Management

This policy applies only to a facility that is a building, the design and construction of which is governed by accepted building codes, or a structure or land, whether improved or unimproved, that is associated with a building. A building or structure that is incidental to a project that is primarily a civil engineering construction project.

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Design and specification considerations: Stand-alone canopy structure systems

Construction Specifier

Freestanding canopy systems can be specified for numerous project applications, fabricated with a choice of materials, and engineered to meet a range of performance requirements. Unlike attached canopy systems that typically designate a building’s entrances, these stand-alone structures are multifunctional. Structural support.

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