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.

Apple Campus, Featuring Theater with World’s Largest Carbon Fiber Roof, Opens Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Apple will open the doors to its new Apple Park (Campus 2) for the first time to reveal the iPhone 8. The announcement will take place in the park's "theater" - a masterpiece that features the...

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Branch Technology Takes First Place in Phase 2 of NASA 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge

Branch Technology and architectural firm Foster + Partners won first place in the second phase of a NASA competition to build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space exploration. The multi-phase, $2.5 million...

New Concept for Dragonfly-Inspired Footbridge Commissioned by Inner Mongolia

The Ordos City government in Inner Mongolia has commissioned a futuristic concept by London-based architect Margot Krasojevic for incredible footbridge concept that resembles a robotic dragonfly. Once...

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Premier Composite Technologies is working on the World’s Largest Sliding Dome in Mecca

Last week, a Dubai-based news outlet, Al Arabiya, broke news that Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) is working on a sliding dome in Mecca that is believed to be the largest in the world. Composites...

ACMA Puts Emphasis on Composites in Architecture at AIA 2017

During the American Institute of Architects (AIA) show, April 27-29 in Orlando, the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) held its fourth annual Composites Pavilion. The pavilion was an...

New Apple Store in Dubai Features Composite “Solar Wings”

Last Thursday, Apple opened its new store in Dubai. Apple’s first two stores in the United Arab Emirates have welcomed more than 4 million visitors since opening in Dubai and Abu Dhabi 18 months ago. Apple...