Fabric architecture is more than just canopies and sun shades. Here are 10 creative fabric designs worth noting.1. Performance:Pink is a fabric company that works on a lot of interior designs. In addition they do Art in Motion projects, where they use fabric to create avant-garde costumes in shapes such as Spiral Diva, Hourglass Diva, Mermaids, Wild Things and more.2. Pavilions:Michael Jantzen is an internationally recognized artist/designer who created a stunning fabric structure which can be used as a public or private pavilion. Thanks to the light weight of the fabric, the shape of the structure is constantly being rotated by the wind.3. Fades:Famous designer and architect Zaha Hadid, lined up a series of Swarovski crystals along clear thread. The stunning installation was presented at the Serpentine Gallery in London.4. Teahouses:Japanese architect Kengo Kuma collaborated with formTL to create a stunning, white, fabric teathouse set in the public park at the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt, Germany. The structure lights up from the inside out and is shaped like a peanut!5. Residential facades:Canopies are the most common type of fabric structure used in homes. However, some creative families prefer having an entire faade. An impressive one I came across in California had angles jutting out from the roof pointing upwards, outwards, and downwards. With the lights on it was quite exceptional looking.6. Light fixtures:Heath Nash created the "Other People's Garbage" collection of pendant style lighting. The structures are made of milk cartons, and fabric softener handles. They are available in bright colours, multi-colours, or white.7. Domes:German design company Zendome, has started building domes with arched roofs. The structures can be over 1,00 sqm in size. With the ability to inlay power cables, these domes make great entranceways, cloakrooms, or catering areas. With a larger space your could host an entire event inside.8. Roofs:I wouldn't ordinarily consider a fabric roof obscure or particularly crative, but I couldn't not mention the cushion roof that covers the indoor amusement and water park in China. Wowza!9. Furniture wraps:These aren't structures, they are wraps that cover furniture structures. It is a simple concept thought up by the Italian-Singaporean studio, Lanzavecchia + Wai. The additional fabric gives the furniture a whole new dimension and sense of space.10. Media landscapes:The T-Mobile headquarters in Bonn, Germany, built an LED integrated, ever-changing media landscape out of a metal-mesh faade.The new materials and technological advantages available to fabric architects make for endless design possibilities. Evidently, some people are creating some very avant-garde structures which are turning heads and getting a lot of media coverage.
