Tribute to Fabric Building Industry Legends Philip Sprung and Frei Otto

RIP, Philip Sprung of Sprung Structures and Frei Otto

We were saddened to learn of the recent deaths of two legends in the fabric building industry: Philip Sprung and Frei Otto. Both had revolutionary ideas that changed fabric buildings and architecture, and inspired the Legacy family.

Among the innovations created by Philip Sprung and Frei Otto were the Olympiastadion in Munich and a fabric structure used to house a NASA space shuttle orbiter.

While we never met Sprung or Otto in person, everyone benefits from their early adoption of fabric as a practical building material, a source of natural light and adaptable to any conditions. We hope to build on that legacy with our next-generation fabric structures.

Fabric Buildings as Enclosed Structures for Remediation

Fully enclosed fabric buildings are ideal for housing nuclear and environmental remediation. 

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Reasons We Don't Do Rapid Deployment Fabric Structures

Legacy Building Solutions leads the fabric structure industry. But there is one thing we don't do: rapid deploy fabric buildings. 

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New South American Presence for Legacy Building Solutions

Design-build manufacturer of fabric buildings, Legacy Building Solutions, has opened a satellite office in Santiago, Chile.

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Benefits of Fabric Structures for Bulk Potash Storage

Potash is becoming an increasingly more important mineral. Once potash is mined, it must be stored in a dry, non-corrosive environment - such as inside a fabric structure. 

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The State of Public Private Partnership (P3) Projects in North America

It is sometimes misunderstood that P3 projects are solely for disaster relief - however, any project that benefits the public good has the potential to benefit from a P3 system. 

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New Manager of Legacy Building Solutions Canada - Jim Kumpula

Jim Kumpula, Alberta, has been named General Manager of Legacy Building Solutions - Canada. 

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Fabric Buildings Have Natural Light to Benefit Workers

According to the study “Impact of Workplace Daylight Exposure on Sleep, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life” published in the journal SLEEP, workers who are exposed to natural light are more productive and have a higher quality of life when compared to workers with no exposure to sunlight. 

The inside of a fabric structure has enough diffused natural light to keep workers happy and productive. Read more on our blog. 

Legacy Building Solutions Achieves Listing on ENR Top 600 Specialty Contractors in 2014

Legacy Building Solutions is honored to be part of Engineering News-Record ENR Top 600 Specialty Contractors 2014.

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