Designing Green Facades with Tensile Mesh and Wire Systems
A green facade is built on an engineered support structure, typically stainless steel tensile mesh panels or a cable trellis grid, that carries the…
Publications
From Dark Laneway to Destination: A Catenary Lighting Project Walkthrough
Catenary lighting turns underused, poorly lit laneways into safe, attractive destinations by suspending luminaires on tensioned stainless steel cable networks strung between buildings or…
Bridging Form and Function: Elevating Landscape Design with Tensile Mesh & Custom Fabrication
Modern landscape architecture in New Zealand is moving away from heavy timber and concrete toward lightweight, visually transparent and organic structures. When Carl Stahl…
Catenary Lighting Design Guide: Geometry & Engineering
Catenary lighting transforms urban spaces by lifting illumination into the air, preserving a clear ground plane and creating a more inviting night-time environment. The…
Inside the SRS Design Process: From Concept Sketch to Installed Structure
A beautiful architectural concept is only as good as the shop drawings behind it. In architectural rigging design, tensile mesh and spatial systems, the…
Choosing the Right Balustrade for Coastal NZ Homes: Form, Function, and the Marine Environment
Coastal balustrades in NZ need to do three things at once: protect people, preserve views and survive a brutal marine environment. For high-end homes…