The four-story podium parking garage of luxury apartment building Miami Midtown 5 features a FlexFacade screening system made up of a tensile mesh, custom structural steel/standoffs, and aluminum extrusions. The flexibility of the tensile mesh allows for freedom of form and shapes in the design and made it possible for both flat and custom curved […]
The five-story, 60’s era West Hills Medical Office Building in Los Angeles was due for an exterior facelift. A complete exterior renovation by Michael W. Folonis Architects revealed that water infiltration had caused structural damage to the existing horizontal plaster awnings; removing them was a costly process that consumed much of the project budget. This […]
The Iowa Utilities Board and Office of Consumer Advocate is a two-wing infill development on the State of Iowa Capitol Complex in downtown Des Moines. Designed by BNIM, the award-winning, LEED-certified building is 81% more energy efficient than the average office building. Structurflex engineered, fabricated and installed vertical tensile mesh fins that reduce heat and […]
The Taubman Complex at Lawrence Technological University (LTU), designed by Morphosis and Detroit firm Albert Kahn Associates, provides cutting-edge facilities for robotics engineering, biomedical engineering, life sciences and related programs. Located in Southfield, Michigan, LTU is consistently ranked one of the best technology universities in the country. To appeal to incoming and current students as […]
The design of the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Student Services Building in Ankeny, Iowa, is focused on making the building easy to find and use for all students. As a part of a concerted effort to clearly identify the building to prospective and new students, we designed, fabricated, and installed custom-printed tensile mesh […]
Inspiring entrance for vibrant learning center
