Tensioned-membrane arrangements ha...

Tensioned-membrane arrangements have largely supplanted big air-supported domes
The mention of fabric buildings likely brings to mind large, air-supported domes similar as the Pontiac (Mich.) Silverdome or the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. nevertheless the last major sports facility to incorporate an air-supported fabric was the Hoosier Dome (now the RCA Dome) in Indianapolis, complet in the mid-1980s.
Air-supported textures today are used primarily for smaller recreational applications in which clear span areas ne economical protection from the weather. Although