Planning & Cost
Tensile Structures for Limited or Irregular Sites
A perfectly rectangular, open plot is the easy case. Most real sites aren't that — an odd-shaped boundary, an existing building in the way, a narrow gap between…
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Planning guides, material comparisons and design notes for tensile fabric structures - written to help you plan a project, not to sell you one article at a time.
A perfectly rectangular, open plot is the easy case. Most real sites aren't that — an odd-shaped boundary, an existing building in the way, a narrow gap between…
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A large-span tensile roof — the kind covering a stadium stand, an auditorium, or an airport concourse — isn't just a bigger version of a small parking canopy.…
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Cone and dome are two of the most recognisable tensile forms, and they get chosen for genuinely different reasons — not just visual preference. Here's what actually separates…
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Our planning guide covers the full project sequence from first enquiry to handover. This article zooms into one specific part of that sequence — what actually happens physically,…
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"Is it fireproof?" is a question worth taking seriously, and the honest answer is more nuanced than a yes or no — no tensile fabric, and no roof…
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An entrance canopy and a walkway canopy solve related but genuinely different problems — one is about the moment of arrival, the other is about a continuous journey…
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"Commercial" and "industrial" applications get lumped together often enough that it's worth separating them upfront — a corporate office entrance and a warehouse loading area are solving genuinely…
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Covering a pool with a tensile structure isn't a single decision — full coverage, partial shade over the deck, or just the seating and walkway areas around it…
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A school campus rarely needs just one shade structure in one place — a playground, an assembly area, an entrance and a walkway all put different demands on…
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