Links
Pleating
http://pleatedstructures.com/ - this web site
Design Experience with Nonlinear Tension Based Systems: Tents, Trusses and Tensegrity
The First Rigidly Clad "Tensegrity" Type Dome, The Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Makukouzou membrane roof photographs
Membrane roof model (waveform)
David Geiger's web site
Seoul arena - at columbia.edu
Beijing Granlit Membrane Structure - and their projects
Fabric structures in Architecture [PDF] - by Horst Berger
horstberger.com / lightstructures.net - Horst Berger
Horst Berger's portfolio - with photographs
Light Structures - Structures of Light: The Art And Engineering of Tensile Architecture - Horst Berger's book
Retractable
Cravo - retractable roof greenhouses
Retractable Awnings - patio covers
Retractable Awnings
Toyota Stadium roof
Large pleated retractable model
Hyogo Prefectural Tajima Dome - with retractable roof
Retractable pool roof
Retractable pool roof
Flex house - concertina house
Wimbledon retractable roof in pictures
Wimbledon retractable roof
Roll-a-roof
Shellcom sendai
Shellcom sendai
Shellcom sendai
Shellcom sendai
Tajima Dome
Tajima Dome
Tensile Structures - Links
DMOZ: Fabric Structures
DMOZ: Tents and Canvas Structures
DMOZ: Tent Manufacturers
DMOZ: Yurts
Yahoo directory: Fabric Structures
Tent manufacturers - Bruno Postle
Tent software - Bruno Postle
Tents - Bruno Postle
Tensile Structures - Information
Tensinet
Lightweight Structures Institute
MSMA
Megadome images - at MSMA
MST Center
Introduction to tensile structures
Structurae
Tensinet members
FStructures
Apexoo Fabric Structures Directory
Tensile structure companies - UK
Architen Landrell | Architen | Landrell - Chepstow
Base - Brislington, Bristol
Vector FoilTec - ETFE specialists - London
Tony Hogg Design - Flax Bourton, Bristol / Newcastle on Clun, Shropshire
Dave Tomlinson Structures Ltd - Wrington, Bristol
Tensile Fabric - Clifton, Bristol - also Garden Shade
Fenton Holloway - Clifton, Bristol
David Dexter Associates - Bristol & London - ETFE
Structures 1 - Redcliffe, Bristol
Fabric Architecture - also [here] and [here] - Painswick, Gloucestershire
Marshall Marquees - Dundry, Bristol
Rainbow Shelters - Fishponds, Bristol
Ingenu - Bath
TenSys - patterning software - Bath & Australia
Moonburst Structures - Sheffield
Tensarc and ShadePlus - Stirling
Kayam - Norfolk
Rudi Enos Design - Sheffield
Patterner - Rudi Enos Design - Sheffield
J and J Carter - Basingstoke, Hampshire
TimberIntent - Devon
Special Structures Lab - Sheffield
Cameron Holdsworth - Tensile 1 & analysis - Sheffield
Span Design - Hereford
XanaDome - claim a good way to create large-span structures
Architen Steel - Chepstow
Strand7 - UK site - finite element analysis
AuraCustom - Hampshire
Fording Bridge - curved roof structures - Sussex
P.O.C.C.A (Aluminium Structure Services Ltd) - Huntington, Cambridgeshire
Custom Covers - Southampton
Lucas Sails - Porchester, Hants
Specialist Structures Ltd - Wiltshire
Architectural Mesh - Cambridge
Cameron Balloons - Bristol
Polytunnel companies - UK
Northern Polytunnels
Poly Houses - Sussex
Polytunnels .com
Clovis
First Tunnels
FieldFL Polysystems
Greenhouse-UK: Polytunnels
Morris Polytunnels
Citadel Polytunnels
Nursery Bitz - Horticultural Cladding Spare parts
Garden O' Poly
Knowle Nets Polytunnels
Ferryman Polytunnels - Crediton, Devon
National Polytunnels - Preston, Lancashire
Tent companies - UK
Albion Canvas
White Canvas Tents
World Tents - Buckinghamshire
The Really Interesting Tent Company - Totness, Devon
Tipis - Newton Abbot, Devon
tents-for-sale.co.uk - good links pages
Vango - tent manufacturer
terra-nova.co.uk - lightweight tents - Derbyshire
Robert Saunders - high performance tents
Antarctica Tents - extreme tents
Tents Direct - buy tents
Norwich Camping and Leisure - Norwich
Khyam QE - Backpacking/Cycling/Touring/Festival tents
AJ Big Top Hire
Geodesics Unlimited
Camping Supplies UK
Curlew - Marquee hire
Tectonics - Marquees
Tensile structure companies - International
Birdair | Birdair Lite
SBP - their tensile structures page
sprung.com
Covertex - membrane roofs, Belgium
Canobbio - Tensile structures - based in Italy
China Membrane
Intents - with Horst Berger, in Belgium
Span Systems Inc
Membrane Structures Pty
Membrane Structure Solutions - air supported
Textile Architecture
Mahaffey Fabric Structures
Fabric Structures USA - "Fabric Structures, Portable Fabric Buildings & Fabric Shelters for Storage Needs"
Fabric Shelters USA
Fabric Structures Inc
VESL Tension Span
Universal Fabric Structures
Clamshell Buildings
Gear House - South Africa
World Wide Tents
Mobile Stadiums
Atelier One
Harnois Megadome buildings - industrial - USA
Anchor industries - tents - USA
domeshelter - industrial covering - USA
Asia Tent Technologies
Canvas emporium - India
CENO-TEC - Germany
Tensile Designs
Eagle International Tents
TentExperts
FSI Tensiles (flexiblestructures.com) - South Africa
Vingida - Lithuiania
Vingida - Germany
TensileWorld - China
Membrane Solutions - China
Membrane Structures - Denmark
Skyspan - China
Koch Membrane Structures, Inc.
T.F.S. (Tension Fabric Structures) Design - USA
Tentnology - Canada
WeatherHaven - portable structures - Canada
ACS Production Inc
FStructures - China
Quick Structures
Taiyo group
Taiyo Membrane Corporation
Taiyo Europe
Taiyo Birdair
Taiyo Kogyo - China
Taiyo Kogyo - Korea
Thai Taiyo Tent - Thailand
makmax.com
Tensile structure companies - Japan
TaiyoKogyo - front page
Makukouzou - front page
Stadia in Japan and Korea
Takenaka's list of sports structures in Japan
Takenaka - front page
Domes in Japan
Dome pictures in a blog (scroll down for the domes)
More domes in Japan
Tensile structure software
Patterner
TenSys - patterning software
Strand7 - finite element analysis software
SurfaceSoftware
me.com.sg - software
Forten32
LIGHTS and other software
MPanel - from Meliar Design, in Wales, UK
Inflatable
The Farley Group
cabledomes.co.uk
ITEK USA - a manufacturer of large inflatables, including pictures of an aircraft hangar and portable hospital
inflatable-buildings.com - a lot more large inflatable photos
Lindstrand
Inflatable foam walls
Bacon Inflate (UK)
Discussion groups
Tensile Structures - Yahoo group
Pleating - Yahoo group
TensileWorld
Origami
origami.com
Joseph Wu
PaperFolding.com
Lang Origami
British Origami Society
Parallel folding
Richard Sweeney
fold.oclock.am - by Ray Schamp
Miura-Ori - origami by Ray Schamp
Joan Michaels Paque
Yuko Nishimura (hit the links on the right)
Origami Tessellations
Membrane folding techniques [PDF]
Deployable membranes designed from folding tree leaves [PDF]
Origami groups
World of Origami group
Origami classroom group
Origami group
PaperFolding group
Fabric pleating
Fashion Incubator - pleating article
Ciment Pleating - UK
Regal Originals - huge flash movie
US Apparel Solutions
Nitin Goyal
Nitin Goyal silk scarf
Nitin Goyal - main site
Nitin Goyal - silk scarves
Nitin Goyal - interiors
Shibori
Shibori Hand Pleated Fabric
Possibly pleated
Yusa Cho multiple dome, Japan
Yusa Cho multiple dome, Japan - interior
Cairo Indoor Sports Stadium
Oita stadium
Osaka intex dome
Osaka intex dome - interior
Creased roof
Unknown UK membrane roof
Red shelter
Station shelter
Hampshire Tennis and Heath Club
Zhengzhou Stadium
More about polytunnels
Home-made Polytunnel
Clovis's gothic hoops - UK
Final stages of the Great Polytunnel Building Event - UK
Polytunnel problems
Fabric suppliers
SLE Cladding - UK
AllPlaz - PVC sheet - also PolytheneSheetingTarpaulins - UK
Mail Order Plastics - PVC sheet - UK
Bay Plastics - UK
DIY Plastics - UK plastic sheet suppliers for diy and trade
DIY Plastics (diyplastics.tv) - UK
Roof Info - UK
DIY Plas - UK
Fascias - UK
GCIP - UK
Protech Plastics - glazing - UK
TexLoc - ETFE
Cable suppliers
Mainco - UK
Wire Rope - UK
Gripple - UK
Brunton Shaw - UK
Brunton Shaw - UK
DMOZ: Wire
ETFE
TexLoc
Vector Foiltec
Large ETFE Cushion
TenSys - ETFE patterning
Structural Engineering
IStructE - The Institute of Structural Engineers
Books
Light Structures - Structures of Light: The Art and Engineering of Tensile Architecture Illustrated by the Work of Horst Berger
Rendering
Formz
SketchUp
Misc
Lamina Design - make 3D shapes out of sheet materials
Patents
Fuller: US patent 3139957 - 1964.
Berger: US patent 4757650 - 1986.
Geiger: US patent 4736553 - 1986.
Tim Tyler's other sites
Pleated Structures - this site
Springie - Tensegrity simulator
SuspensionDomes - making large spans
LargeDomes - large span structures
SpaceFrame - strut systems
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