Fabric Architecture and Westfield reunite
Fixed to existing buildings, suspended over car parks and by a busy hotel with guests to consider, this extremely complex fully-bespoke project will be delivered in a little under 5 months from initial instruction to final sign-off. Challenges aside, Fabric Architecture are delighted to once again be Westfield’s chosen contractor for this project and look forward to returning to Stratford City.
http://uk.westfield.com/stratfordcity/
New Street Opens
Fabric Architecture designed the fully-integrated fabric lining inside the new ETFE atrium and concourse.
Hailed an overwhelming success by press and passengers alike, the station design includes a vast light-filled concourse with a shopping centre including anchor store John Lewis, due to open later this week.
The guardian reports “Amazing. Just amazing” while BBC news declares “Look at this roof, it’s simply stunning” meanwhile the BBC News Breakfast have parked the red sofa under the roof for their Monday morning live broadcast, alongside BBC Business updates throughout the day.
Fabric Architecture designed, engineered and installed the fully-integrated fabric lining inside the new ETFE atrium and concourse. This large-scale interior project for Network Rail and Mace Group includes a bespoke steel truss framework and over 600sqm of tensile cladding, combining solid and mesh fabrics. The fabric collar sweeps around the upper retail level and forms teardrop openings among the steel ‘buttresses’. The use of tensile fabric allows a sleek and uninterrupted interface between the concrete bulkhead and the ETFE roof above.
New Street Progresses
This large-scale interior project includes a bespoke steel truss framework and over 600sqm of tensile cladding, combining solid and mesh fabrics.
Currently underway is the installation of the fabric collar which sweeps around the upper retail level and forms teardrop openings among the steel ‘buttresses’. The use of tensile fabric allows a sleek and uninterrupted interface between the concrete bulkhead and the ETFE roof above.
The full story about our fully-integrated fabric lining will shortly be available alongside other completed projects in our Projects section…