The Challenge BLHI’s new international corporate headquarters required a design-led parking lot canopy for 11 cars, to provide protection from rain, hail and snow. The design was to contribute towards their LEED programme, having minimal impact on the environment with a small carbon footprint. On arrival, the tensile fabric structures needed to ‘make a statement’ . Meeting BLHI’s environmental commitments, while supporting their LEED Programme was crucial. The Silicone Glass Weave material selected for the tensile fabric structures, was one that Fabric Architecture helped pioneer. This fabric offers 40% light transmission and will last 30+ years. It can be fully recycled and it has resistance to mold, pollution and day-to-day grime from car fumes, aircraft pollution and dust particles. In

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