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Tensile architecture: Where substance meets style

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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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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Modern healthcare interiors: Healing and care from the outside in

BD+C

Through thoughtful design, we have created new opportunities for care, respite, and innovation. Photos courtesy CO Architects Natural Materials Elements like wood detailing generate soft and relaxed visuals. how often a fabric can be laundered, which types of flooring are more easily sanitized than others, etc.)

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Watch all 19 Accelerate Live! talks on demand

BD+C

AEC innovation conference, May 10, in Chicago. Topics included AI for construction scheduling, regenerative design, the micro-buildings movement, post-occupancy evaluation, predictive visual data analytics, and digital fabrication. . More than 150 AEC professionals attended BD+C ’s second-annual Accelerate Live!

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Building beyond boundaries: BIM and the data revolution in construction

Fieldwire

Creating an environment that values innovation, technology integration, and continuous learning is crucial to inspire and engage young professionals, propelling the industry forward into a new era of excellence. Innovative digital solutions like total stations have made on-site layout easier than ever before.

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The mall of the future

BD+C

The mall’s potential to pioneer new ideas and innovation has set the category apart and defined its success. This extends beyond retail, allowing for a truly mixed-use space that blends seamlessly into the city’s fabric. Parking was arranged to make establishing a visual connection to the building entrances easy.

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Coverings Announces Top 10 Tile Trends for 2023

Pro Builder

Some collections offer various finishes and intense chromatic variations to generate visual interest in walls, countertops and even furnishings. Photo courtesy Landmark Ceramic Concrete looks can bring visual harmony to a space and still evoke a raw urban energy. Cemented Tile Pictured: Frontier20, Design Work.