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Choose fabric with confidence.
Plain guides to choosing, specifying and caring for architectural fabric, with the facts behind them.
Choosing fabric
Textured fabric on walls and ceilings: how to design with relief
Choosing fabric
What is contract fabric, and when do you need it?
Choosing fabric
Fabric for restaurants, bars and cafes: texture that quietens the room
Choosing fabric
Fabric for aged care and healthcare
How it performs
Fire ratings for fabric in Australia: what Group Numbers mean
How it performs
Do curtains need to be fire rated in Australia?
How it performs
What is Trevira CS?
Where to use it
Fabric ceiling sails and clouds: calm for high, hard rooms
Where to use it
Fabric wall panels: how what's behind the fabric changes the sound
Where to use it
Fabric room dividers and screens: calmer zones in an open room
Specifying and care
How to specify an architectural fabric, with clause wording
Specifying and care
Custom colour for architectural fabric: dyed to match, or printed edge to edge
Specifying and care
Fabric samples: how to request and judge them
Specifying and care
Sustainability questions to ask of an architectural fabric
Specifying and care
Acunic questions answered: the range, minimums, colour, fire and care
Choosing fabric
What is a 3D woven fabric?
Choosing fabric
Fabric for luxury hotels: lobbies, corridors, guest rooms and ballrooms
How it performs
How to read a fabric's sound ratings: NRC, αw and absorption class
How it performs
Sound absorption or soundproofing: what fabric does in a room
Where to use it
Acoustic curtains: how the fabric, the folds and the gap calm a room
Specifying and care