After the wettest winter on recorded history in the UK – it’s great to finally get some sun. All that wet weather…
Todays the day weve been waiting for. At 18:00, the switch will be flipped on the Eros Snow Globe. Soon to be…
Its hard to keep a secret especially about a project so pioneering, so creative and so prominent. In 17 days, all will…
Fabrics have evolved and changed over time and yet most suffer from some form of environmental build-up until now. As pioneers in…
For the past 16 years, Architen has entered projects which have won International Achievement Awards (IAA). This year was no different, but rather…
Architen Landrell is thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for Contractor of the Year (SME) at the upcoming Builder &…
The state of the art National Football Centre at St Georges Park has now been open for a year. In a very…
28 September marked the grand opening of another one of Zaha Hadids masterpieces: the new Serpentine Sackler Gallery. Adjacent to the 215…
Architen Landrell is pleased to now be offering for sale the inflatable Athletes Tunnel designed for London 2012. There has been considerable…
Yesterday, 1 September, Team Architen Landrell, won 2nd place (out of 70 rafts) in the All Mens Category of the Monmouth River…
Yesterday, Aaron Finch smashed a world record 156 of just 63 balls as Australia beat England by 39 runs in the first…
We are a year away from the 17th Asian Games and the city of Incheon, South Korea is ready to host the…
Staff from Chepstow based Architen Landrell will once again be participating in the Rotary Club of Monmouths 48th Raft Race this Sunday,…
If you have a Tensile Fabric Structure or are considering one, this newsletter is for you. Click here to read the on-line…
Turkey, a multi-cultural country, known for history, performing arts and outdoor performance spaces have their attention on the award winning Soundforms project. While we…
RIBA is recognised as the most prominent and exclusive membership body of Architects worldwide. Given a large part of Architens clients are…
Cricket fans unite. The Ashes is underway on home turf. Played between England and Australia, this is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international sport….
Designed and manufactured for the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, this versatile air inflated structure provided shelter for the 10,000+ athletes as…
A year has come and gone since the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games and we are pleased to be able to…
Westfield, White City, saw the hottest day of the year this week. Luckily, they have the UKs largest Tenara fabric canopy overhead…
A year has come and gone since the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games and we are pleased to be able to now share the…
The Construction News Awards celebrates the best people and projects in the industry in what Rebecca Evans, Editor, calls champions of innovation…
Special thanks to Jackson Hunt, Head of Design, The Building Centre, for inviting Architen Landrell to participate in We Made 2012. We…
Yesterday, The Building Centre hosted a session on the use of Temporary Venues during London 2012. We heard interesting presentations on the…
Architen Landrells Installation Team is making progress at Ayr Central Shopping Centre in Scotland. The intricate web of steel is taking shape, spanning the…
When PVC fabric has reached its shelf life and/or it was used for a temporary venue that has come and gone, the…
One year ago today, marked the inaugural firework extravaganza officially opening Europes tallest building The Shard. Now Open: Visitors can take in 40…
We were extremely saddened to learn of the death of one of our long standing clients, Mark Fisher. Mark was a rock…
Is the sun in your face or heating up your space? Learn about the benefits of interior fabric sails and tensile structures. Simple,…
Cambourne Secondary School, a state of the art new school designed by Architects Frank Shaw Associates Limited, is nearing completion. The school…
Architen is known for prestigious projects where meticulous attention to detail is required on every level. Our latest installation inside the Victoria…
Architen is doing its part to help the environment, while encouraging staff to be active and healthy. We have recently implemented a…
Throughout the year, Architen staff participate in several fundraising opportunities to raise money for various charities. Paul Beales, the head of our…
There is an architectural trend towards designing modern buildings with impressive glass atriums. Its not until the building is complete and staff move…
Today, the brand new state of the art museum for the Mary Rose will open to the public in Portsmouth, UK. Architen Landrell…
At Architen we have always been committed to the environment. From our fabric & materials recycle plan, to our low emission cars…
Every day we are in conversation with Architects and Main Contractors exploring ways in which the use of tensile fabric can achieve their projects goals. …
Multi-story car parks are notoriously known as being eye sores in the community. The latest architectural design trend is to clad buildings…
With the London 2012 Olympics not too far behind us, the Olympic Stadium will once again be in the spotlight with news…
The 24 England teams have now settled in and made the state-of the-art facility their home for training. With a very wet…
Four months ago, Bushey Academy opened its doors featuring three inflated ETFE roofs sun drenching offices, the library and cafeteria. In addition…
Despite tension in North Korea, the show must go on. Organisers of the Asian Games are pressing forward with the construction of…
During the lead up to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, a question was posed by event organisers: How can we deliver world…
We’re thrilled to be launching a brand new four part video introducing some of the ideas and processes behind building a fabric…
The spotlight was on Architen Landrell at this years Industrial Fabrics Association International Awards as we claimed not one but two Awards…
We have previously discussed the ability to incorporate lighting into a canopy in order to personalise and brand a structure. With the…
The team will be carrying with them all necessary equipment to carry out tests and readings for scientists providing data on marine…
As market leaders in the tensile fabric industry, Architen Landrell are really keen to help educate, encourage and support British talent to…
Silicon coated glass cloth has a wide range of applications similar to PVC and PTFE. A high-strength, flexible fabric with great light…
Polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE) is most commonly known as the DuPont Co. brand Teflon, but similar to PVC finds itself with many different applications….
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has a wide variety of uses in many different industries, in the tensile fabric industry it is one of…
When looking at the different types of construction available it is important to consider the environment that the structure will be in,…
Generally, when people think of a tensile fabric structure the acoustic properties is something which skips the mind but in actual fact…
Tensile fabric can be used internally for many different reasons, one of the most common applications being solar control. It is becoming…
Not quite sure how to provide a sheltered, insulated structure? Read on to find out how tensile fabric is the material of…
Tensile fabric structures are perfect for the school environment, they can provide playground shade, can be used as covered external classrooms or…
The beauty of a tensile fabric structure is that it can benefit you whatever the weather. Here in the UK our summer…
ETFE is an exciting, new and modern approach to roofing with benefits which outweigh glass and other products. However, there are certain…
Most sport is best played outdoors but with the unpredictable British weather games can often get cancelled or relocated inside. While the…
Unlike traditional building materials, some tensile fabric membranes are an ideal printing surface and with that comes the ability to update, change and brand any…
To maintain their shape and structural stability multi-layer ETFE foil cushions require air inflation. The cushions are kept continually inflated at a predefined pressure by a small air…
World renowned architect Zaha Hadid has worked on some of the worlds most impressive structures and has gained her reputation from making…
An ETFE cushion roof is impressive to look at, but have you ever wondered how the cushions maintain their shape, even in…
We touched upon the inflation systems and how they work in an earlier blog post, here we look at the entire system…
When it comes to tensile fabric you can do both, but Architen Landrell have a third option . Relocate the structure Re…
The Childrens Scrapstore, based in Bristol collect safe waste materials which can be re-used as low cost creative resources to their member…
More often ETFE is being used in the construction industry as an alternative to glazing and other traditional building materials. A relatively…
French student in Civil Engineering, Ewald Charroin-Dupont joined Architen Landrell for a three-month internship this summer, so what did he think of…
Whether its a banner on a shopping centre, temporary cladding for seating stands or an entire building made out of tensile fabric…
Hospitals are not always associated with pleasant experiences, large concrete ugly buildings can add to the negative feel surrounding them. While exciting,…
Whether its a fallen tree on your canopy or a dead crow splattered across the roof, professional maintenance teams should be able…
The complex shapes created by modern tensile fabric structures are made up of tens or even hundreds of panels which need to…
Unlike traditional construction materials such as brick and concrete, tensile fabric structures can be entirely manufactured off site meaning minimum disruption to…
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Architen Landrell are delighted to have designed, manufactured and installed the brand new tensile canopy in the grounds of Chepstow Castle for…
Architen Landrell have supplied 60 linear metres of Heytex 2313 fabric to international lighting designer Graham Festenstein for the Alingsas Lighting Workshop…
Collingwood School gymnasium roof is an excellent example of the durability and permanence of a tensile fabric membrane, originally installed by Shelterspan…
Tensile fabric can be used internally to transform interiors to modern spaces; sculptures, cladding and shades are all ways that fabric can…
Patterning bridges the gap between the design for a structure and the fabrication process to enable the fabric to be accurately cut…
Temporary buildings are often seen as a cheap, pre-fabricated, sometimes ugly, building type but that is far from the case. The lightweight…
Tensile architecture can realise a clients weird and wonderful ideas and provide a stunning masterpiece designed exactly to their specification, but when…
Exterior Tensile fabric is being used more and more for exterior applications in the construction industry. The very nature of fabric means…
Tensile fabric is a versatile building material that can mould itself to the most unique and innovative design briefs, it can create…
Tensile fabric architecture is everywhere! You might not have noticed it, but its there, to jog your memory we have picked our…
Tensile fabric is rapidly becoming one of the most popular building materials available, its very nature dictates that it can mould itself…
As market leaders in the tensile fabric industry, Architen Landrell feel strongly that research should be encouraged and supported which is why we form…
Project manager Josie Britton has joined several other Architen Landrell staff to attain 100% in her SMSTS exam. The Site Management Safety…
Internationally renowned tensile fabric engineers Architen Landrell are very pleased to announce that they have chosen Chepstow-based SARA as their Charity of the…
Internationally renowned tensile engineers Architen Landrell has provided the brand new McLaren Production Centre with 10 PVC white light diffusing ceiling membranes…
The worlds first mobile acoustic performance area has been created by new London company Soundforms Plc, with internationally renowned tensile fabric contractors…
Architen Landrell is thrilled to have been shortlisted as Subcontractor of the Year in the national Builder & Engineer Awards 2011. With…
After winning the contract to install over 2,500sqm of 2 layer ETFE foil cushions at Trinity Walk Shopping Centre in Wakefield, the…
Drawing of years of experience in the tensile fabric industry, Architen Landrell has launched a new range of industrial manufacturing services! Adopting…
What started as a dare quickly became a reality for our Technical Development Manager James Ward when he foolishly agreed to shave…
With a long standing history of solving even the most complex problems the Architen Landrell team are excited to be working on…
Having worked on the original Garsington Opera structure when it was constructed in 1995, Architen Landrell are thrilled to be part of…
As the whole nation sighed in disappointment at the failure of Englands World Cup bid, the Architen Landrell team cheered at the…
Architen Landrell based in Chepstow was this month recognized with the 2010 International Achievement Award (IAA) presented by the Industrial Fabrics Association…
Always keen to be involved in cutting edge design and to work with up and coming new architects, the team at Architen…
In an ever more difficult financial climate, our clients often ask us to come up with schemes which will transform their project…
Architen Landrells excellent Health and Safety practice has been officially recognised by Warings Construction! Working on site at the Mary Rose, Naval…
Architen Landrell, in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University and the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) has recently welcomed engineering graduate James Ward into…
An opportunity to reuse or recycle a tensile fabric structure is never passed by at Architen Landrell and the environmental impact of…
As the awards season kicks of Architen Landrell are pleased to announce that they have won an Outstanding Achievement Award at this…
The Monmouth Rotary Raft Race is always guaranteed to be a good day out and the 2009 competition was no exception! The…
Having worked with Chetwoods Associates over the years, Architen Landrell was thrilled to be asked by the leading architects to be involved…
Having worked hard over the past year to document and record our existing environmental procedures, we were thrilled to be awarded the…
Architen Landrells LG Recharge pod has caused a stir in the environmental world at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas! The…
Architen Landrell was delighted to be recently awarded with two showcase awards at the Cardiff Design Festival! Both winning in the special…
As autumn well and truly sets in, it was once again time for the Architen Landrell staff Conker Championship. The tournament is…
The Venice Biennale is one of the most prestigious and respected cultural institutions in the world, so when Architen Landrell was invited…
The Architen Landrell team were excited to see that Prime Minister Gordon Brown started his summer family holiday with a trip to…
For the Rock and Pop team, the design and manufacture of a fast track fabric structure is second nature however, its rare…
Addressing both cultural and ethical issues which are so important in modern society, Lift Festival 2008 provides theatre, lectures and interactive events…
The Architen Landrell team were thrilled to be invited to be involved in a charity golf day to raise money for the…
Architen Landrell was thrilled to discover this week that housing development project, Tabard Square, was proclaimed “Major Housing Project of the Year”…
Months of research, development and intricate design and production work have this week led to the completion of one of Architen Landrell’s…
The Royal Hall, Harrogate, one of Architen Landrells most prestigious projects, was recently honoured with a visit from HRH Prince Charles. The…
Architen Landrell was thrilled to be recognised at this years Enfield Design Awards for two of its projects! The bi-annual event is…
After dedicating over a decade of service to the company, ten employees of Architen Landrell were thanked for their loyalty in a…
Maintenance is now underway at the Toyota Pavilion in Montage Mountain, Scranton USA. The structure, which was replaced by Architen Landrell in…
Held annually, the Architen Landrell Conker Competition takes place every autumn in the car park where staff battle it out to claim…
At this years IFAI Expo, held in Las Vegas, USA, Architen were thrilled to collect 2 awards for their work over the…
Architen Landrell was please to discover that Tabard Square a housing development of one of the largest Brownfield sites in London, and…
The long standing working relationship with Edwin Shirley Staging has led once again to a series of exciting and high profile staging…
After an admirable effort, the Architen Landrell Rafting Team, for the 2007 Monmouth Rotary Raft Race, finished an impressive 11th out of…
After coming both first and second in last years Monmouth Rotary Club Raft Race, the staff at Architen Landrell are once again…
As part of a Public Funding Initiative, Architen Landrell is thrilled to have won the contract to install two 1,300sqm single ply…
As the smoking ban approaches, one of Britains most famous holiday centres approached Architen Landrell to help them create an aesthetic and…
Architen Landrell has won an award for innovation as part of a government scheme to promote research and development within the construction…
The opening of the brand new Architen Landrell Associates Learning Centre could not have come at a more appropriate time National Learning…
Located at the heart of Manchester, the Festival Pavilion manufactured and installed by Architen Landrell is a beautifully dynamic space specially designed…
Considered one of the most accomplished non-state opera companies in the UK, Opera Holland Park is a summer season of opera performances…
Architen Landrell has won a series of major contracts with the leading provider of entertainment and sporting events, AEG, to install a…
Architen are pleased to have embarked on yet another project with World Golf Systems, owners of the UKs largest golf gaming centres…
The Symposium, entitled Ephermeral Architecture. Textiles and Time, is being held at the Politecnico di Milano, from 16th to the 18th April…
Work is ongoing on the Challenor stand at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, which was renamed in an opening ceremony. The new…
The spotlight was on Architen Landrell at this years Industrial Fabrics Association International Awards as the company won Outstanding Achievement Award for…
A new fabric roof for the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain is set to arrive in the U.S. in early April thanks…
After several months of planning and design, we at Architen Landrell are pleased to launch our brand new website. With a stylish…
As part of the new 25 million AirSpace development project, Architen Landrell is currently underway on site at the Imperial War Museum…
