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Monday, August 9, 2010

Tent structure possibilities

Transparent membrane-cable tensile structure from BASE Structures.



Also from them, "Base structures sourced a high translucency silicon glass cloth, Atex 3000®, fabricated using special heat welding techniques, and this provided the client with a cost effective solution. "


Then there's the Denver Airport by Curtis Fentress. Greg mentioned these to me and I had forgotten that I'd seen these. A "catenary steel cable system", similar to the Brooklyn Bridge, supports a tensile fiberglass roof.



Following these phrases, I searched tensile structures in Portland, and found one designed by Tension Structures of Eide Industries out of California, who did a nice structure atop the parking building of Rasmussen BMW.