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- ETFE and PTFE explainedIt’s no secret that polymer materials have a huge influence on our designed and built environment. They come in uncountable varieties and each has…
- Floralis: A Sustainable Timber and ETFE Pavilion Protecting Prehistoric HeritageFloralis is a forward-thinking structure designed and built by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania. It stands in the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument…
- ETFE ColourThanks to a new processing technology, polymers from recycled fluorine materials are made into these coloured and textured ETFE Colour films that feature excellent technical and aesthetic characteristics. By means of variably adjustable pigment concentrations in the production process, films may be produced with a wide variety of optics, haptics and luminous transmittance.
- Building with airLightweight materials are an important class of construction materials, as can be seen here and as we often hear from manufacturers and designers. Increasingly, lightweights…
- A building façade with integrated butterfly sanctuaryNon-profit architectural studio Terreform ONE designed an office and retail building with a double skin façade that functions as a breeding ground, waystation and…
- The Green Embassy made from willow and plasticTo promote gardening in cities, Steffen Impgaard designed the Green Embassy as an architectural framework and venue, situated in Aarhus (DK). The construction consists…
- Sefar TextileSefar manufactures various textiles for the filtration industry, made from materials such as carbon, PET, metal and ETFE. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use.
- Bamboo SkyscraperBamboo grows within five years to a fiber stronger than any wood whatsoever. So why is it not used more often as a building…
- Serpentine 2015: plastic fabric creates dramatic architectural effectsThe 15th Serpentine Pavilion in London will be a ‘chrysalis-like’ structure clad with colourful, transparent, fluorine-plastic fabric (ETFE). The very first images of the…
- Dynamic façade changes translucencyA new greenhouse in a Danish botanical garden has the remarkable property of being able to change its translucency and regulating daylight. It does…
- Texlon Foil SystemsFoiltec designs, engineers and manufactures Texlon Foil Systems, intelligent dynamic systems which are capable of adjusting their shading, thermal and aesthetic characteristics in response to specific programmatic and climatic requirements. Texlon is a cladding and roofing system consisting of two or more layers of ETFE film.
- Fibre composite pavilion is inspired by natureEngineers at the University of Stuttgart developed the BUGA Fibre Pavilion, which combines cutting-edge computational technologies with constructional principles found in nature, and is…
- Bioreactors on the move to replace oilWe have discussed the topic algae a lot in the past few years, but that is because you can so do much with them.…
- TexlonThis foil cladding material consists of pneumatic cushions restrained in aluminium extrusions. Inflated with low pressure air to provide insulation and resist wind loads. It does not degrade under Ultra-Violet light or atmospheric pollution and is self cleaning. It reacts to the sun so it changes it’s transmission and UV insulation throughout the day.
- ‘Temple Of Trash’ Turns Waste Streams Into Circular ArchitectureA new office and visitor centre for waste-processing company Omrin demonstrates how biobased, reused and recycled materials can form the basis of a high-quality…
- A roof made of boatsDuring Expo Dubai 2020, the Italian pavilion, designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota Building office, aims to show “an all-encompassing vision for…
