Architecture

The architecture community is experiencing substantial growth in the understanding and use of composites. Composites offer architects and designers performance and value in large-scale projects and their use is increasing in commercial and residential buildings.

Carbonhaus is the World’s First Building Made of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Concrete

A two-story building on the campus of Technical University in Dresden, Germany is the world’s first building made from carbon fiber reinforced concrete. The world’s first building made of carbon fiber...

Famous Filmmaker’s Museum Will Feature an FRP Façade

Director, producer and writer George Lucas has built a career on innovation, transforming the movie industry in countless areas, from special effects to digital filmmaking to sound editing and beyond. Now, in...

Getting Architects on Board with Composites

Now that many architects are aware of FRP, how do we educate them on how and when to use the materials? The 8,000-pound bronze International Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge, Tenn., was installed in a park in...

Recycled PET Home Shows Its Strength

There are only a handful of companies around the world turning the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) found in food and drink packaging into a foam. The balance of cost-effectiveness with strength,...

GFRP Stands Up to Gorilla Strength

The gorillas at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo needed more room to roam. Two gorillas joined the resident male in 2017, and another was welcomed last year. So the zoo modified its gorilla habitat to support the...

Architect Is Drawn to Composites

Among the 1,695 new attendees at CAMX 2018 in Dallas last fall was Quang Truong, an architect who is fascinated by composite materials. Truong studied both art and engineering at Dartmouth College as an...