TEXO®, Versatile panel system proves effective across a wide range of applications in United Kingdom

Designed by Tensoforma, TEXO®, Versatile panel system proves effective across a wide range of applications  is located in United Kingdom. TEXO® consists of an aluminium extrusion frame system which can be clad with a huge variety of solid and mesh fabric types. An elastomeric strip attached to the fabric performs like a spring and ensures the fabric is constantly held in pre-tension whatever the... 

Tags: Earthquake engineering, Engineering, Extrusion, Lightbox, Roofs, Structural engineering, Structural system, Tensile architecture, Tensile structure, United Kingdom

Brand new composite material uses rice husks for a convincing wood effect in Forsting, Germany

Brand new composite material uses rice husks for a convincing wood effect designed by Resysta International GmbH is located in Forsting, Germany.  Resysta is a brand new composite material that replaces tropical hardwood while also attaining a new level of attractiveness and durability, when compared to existing products such as Wood Plastic Composites. It is particularly suited to pool and maritime... 

Tags: Civil engineering, Composite materials, Construction, Engineering, Florida, Forestry, Forsting, Germany, Hardwood, Miami, Plastics, Recycling, Resysta International GmbH, Structural engineering, W Hotel, Wood, Wood-plastic composite

930 Poydras Residential Tower in New Orleans, United States

Located in New Orleans, United States, 930 Poydras Residential Tower was designed by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple. This mixed-use residential project is designed to re-imagine the typically horizontal circumstance of New Orleans’ dense French Quarter blocks as a vertical condition. The program includes 250 residential apartments above a 500 car garage, and is organised to create a communal amenity floor at... 

Tags: Apartment, Architecture, car garage, Courtyard housing, Elevator, New Orleans, Poydras Residential Tower, Real estate, Storey, Structural engineering, United States

Day-Care Centre in Skanderborggade, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Day-Care Centre designed by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter is located in Skanderborggade, Copenhagen, Denmark. The building design is the result of the authorities’ planning regulations and the call for the greatest possible connection between the outdoor areas of the ground and roof plans, taking optimal advantage of site’s sun orientation. The building consists of two planes which extend to... 

Tags: Copenhagen, Denmark, ground, Roof, second, Skanderborggade, Structural engineering, Structural system, Tensile architecture

House Dijk Simplicity in barn-style design in Blauwestad, Netherlands

Designed by JagerJanssen architects BNA, House Dijk Simplicity in barn-style design is located in Blauwestad, Netherlands. The façades and the roof of this dwelling comprise one entity. The skin, consisting of anthracite-coloured corrugated sheets, is worked open in strategic places in order to let the environment in. Maximising this effect, the entire dwelling is positioned one metre above ground... 

Tags: Blauwestad, Netherlands, Roof, Structural engineering, Structural system, Tensile architecture