Building a Storm Proof House
Mindful of the damage Hurricane Sandy inflicted on coastal New Jersey in 2012, students from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. didn’t just design the 2015 Department of Energy’s Solar...
Carbon Fiber Composites Protect Japanese Building from Earthquakes
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and manufacturer Komatsu Seiren unveiled “fa-bo,” the manufacturer’s three-floor office building surrounded by hundreds of carbon fibers used to protect it from earthquakes....
FRP-Made San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Nears Completion
According to a recent article by Dezeen Magazine, the renovation of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), which was made with FRP, is almost done. The building is scheduled to re-open on May 14,...
CAMX Sessions Reveal Opportunities in Infrastructure, Advanced Composites and Architecture
Looking for new business opportunities? Many CAMX educational sessions presented prime areas for composite penetration. Three areas that garnered attention were infrastructure, advanced composites and...
Composites Gain Face Time
Inside, it’s a typical upscale apartment building. Outside, the newly completed Swanston Square mixed-use tower in Melbourne is not ordinary at all. Viewed from a distance, the building’s southern façade...
Branch Technology 3-D Prints First Full-Scale Walls with C-Fab
A Chattanooga-based startup, Branch Technology, announced it has become the first company to successfully use 3-D printing to construct building walls to scale. The company used what it claims is the world’s...
