May 7, 2005 Inflatable structures (aka airbeams) have developed rapidly in recent times, finding application in a variety of new engineering projects ranging from military tents in Iraq and ...

In New York, the most glaring signs of the Great Recession are the stalled construction sites littering the city–boarded up, dusty, and desolate eyesores. The architecture mega-firm Woods Bagot may ...

UK-based AirClad has been designing temporary inflatable structures for decades. Aided by a device that continuously pumps air inside, "AirFlow" technology allows their structures to remain inflated ...

The air pressure that makes inflatable parade floats, foil balloons and even inflatable buildings easy to deploy and cost effective can be challenging to designers of those same inflatables due to ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A pair of exhibitors at next weekend’s Dwell on Design show will have a ...

Using clever, super-green construction methods, Woods Bagot proposes a building system that would make use of the stalled sites littering New York. In New York, the most glaring signs of the Great ...

We've heard how 3D-printed concrete buildings can be constructed quickly and easily, but could there be an even faster and simpler method? According to American inventor Alex Bell, there most ...

Rhode Island design studio Pneuhaus worked with production designer Sue Chan to produce hundreds of inflatable cushions made from a flexible plastic for the design of sci-fi habitats on the set of ...

The city of Barcelona and Ruiz-Geli want 22@Barcelona to transform from an abandoned industrial hub into a center for technology and information. The Media-TIC building was designed to be at the ...

SEQUIM — A proposal to erect a 40-foot-high inflatable fieldhouse to cover up to six tennis courts on the Sequim High School campus will have to navigate an extensive city planning process. But it ...