People have used fabric in structures for hundreds of years, from the tepees of native Americans to the tents of desert dwellers. Yet until relatively recently more permanent architecture has usually relied on heavier materials like wood, stone, brick and metal. Image Credit Architectural Work It wasn’t until the post-war era that interest started to grow in using fabric as an architectural material. A German, Frei Otto, carried out pioneering research into the benefits of tensioned fabric and developed an understanding of how it could create complex shapes using the…
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