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.

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...

Johns Manville Releases the First R-12 Fiberglass Duct Wrap

Johns Manville (JM), a global manufacturer of energy-efficient building products and engineered specialty materials and a Berkshire Hathaway company, announced the release of the first-ever fiberglass duct...

Tomorrow’s Architects Take on Composites

Lightweight, strong, malleable, exciting. These were some of the words that architectural students used to describe composites after competing in ACMA’s third annual Composites Design Challenge at the 2018...