Photography Credit: C&S Companies / Project Designer As part of the $20 million terminal expansion and renovation at Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, Structurflex designed, engineered and installed an 11,700 square-foot canopy for the exterior passenger drop-off and pick-up areas. We used an ETFE with a silver frit, which filters out ultraviolet rays and reduces solar […]
Photography: C&S Companies / Project Designer Structurflex was brought in by the project architect to design, engineer, and install a clear ETFE canopy for the Syracuse Hancock International Airport passenger terminal as part of a landmark $45 million renovation and upgrade. The 11,250 square-foot canopy has a straightforward single-slope roof pitch; small stainless steel cables […]
Major international airport displays a stylish welcome
We are pleased to have collaborated with KieranTimberlake and the outfit of a parking structure on the Rice University Campus. In their blog post, they describe the concepts they employed to create an iconic sculptural element. For more details see the KieranTimberlake blog post.
While tensile fabric has several distinct advantages over more traditional materials like glass, one of the most important may be its ability to withstand severe weather events. Our tensile structures and tensile facades in Miami, Jacksonville, Houston, Fort Worth, Waco, and Atlanta did not sustain any damage or require any repair despite enduring events ranging […]
