Architen Landrell
Architen Landrell designs, engineers, manufactures, installs and maintains tensile fabric structures, ETFE roof systems, ETFE cushions and fabric canopies for complex architectural projects worldwide.
42
years in business
6000+
projects delivered
48
countries served
26
IFAI (now IAA) awards
Awards & recognition
Architen Landrell has been recognised with more than 30 industry awards across fabric canopies, ETFE structures, interior systems and temporary event architecture.
IFAI (now IAA) Excellence & Outstanding Award 26 times 1997–2019.
Showcase Awards for O2 Riverwalk and BBC Caversham.
Interior and civic projects award for Edmonton Bus Station.
Committment to a recognised environmental management system.
About us
Since 1983 we’ve delivered more than 6,000 tensile fabric and ETFE projects in 48 countries across sectors including retail, sport, transport, leisure, events, education and healthcare.
Everything is handled in-house – from award-winning design to factory fabrication, specialist installation and ongoing maintenance. As a result, you get a single team of experts accountable for the whole lifecycle of your structure.
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Tensile fabric structures
Our expertly designed and manufactured tensile fabric structures let you span generous spaces with surprisingly little material. By tensioning architectural fabrics over steel, aluminium or timber frames, we create lightweight but robust roofs and canopies that feel open, bright and uncluttered. This is fabric architecture at its most efficient; strong in tension, flexible in form, and engineered to the load, climate and use of each project.
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ETFE roofs & cushions
We design complete ETFE systems as a single coordinated package. ETFE (Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene) has redefined what a roof can be. As ultra-lightweight foil, it’s inflated into ETFE cushions or tensioned as single layers with cables to create clear, high-performance roofs and façades. Compared with traditional roofing, ETFE systems use less structural steel, deliver more daylight and can be printed or layered to control insulation and solar gain.
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Maintenance & lifecycle care
Tensile fabric structures and ETFE roofs generally need low maintenance, not no maintenance. Our dedicated maintenance team inspects, cleans and re-tensions architectural fabrics, ETFE roofs and cushions across the globe, spotting wear before it becomes a problem and managing repairs with specialist crews. Our maintenance team will keep your canopies, walkways and roofs safe, sharp and compliant for years after handover.
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Faqs
With the right design, detailing and maintenance, our tensile fabric structures and ETFE roofs are designed for decades of service. We select architectural fabrics for UV stability and mechanical strength, while ETFE cushions are highly resistant to weathering and pollution. Periodic inspection, cleaning and tension checks help protect appearance and performance over the long term.
Every structure is engineered for project-specific wind, rain and snow loads, with detailed attention to drainage, support frames and fixings. Tensile fabric canopies are routinely used on exposed sites such as stations, retail streets and coastal locations. The key here is unmatched engineering and detailing, not the material itself.
Ideally, we’ll need the site location, basic geometry or sketches, intended use of the space, target performance (daylight, thermal, acoustic), any planning or height constraints and your programme. From there we can outline a suitable tensile fabric structure or ETFE system and start to consider indicative costs for a full design and build proposal.
The structures we install are low maintenance, but not maintenance-free. Typically this means, scheduled inspection, cleaning to remove dirt and organic growth, tension checks and minor repairs to seals or fixings. ETFE cushions also require regular checks to air-handling systems. Our dedicated maintenance services ensure owners have a clear, planned approach rather than reactive fixes.
Sometimes they can. In some applications, such as fully enclosed thermal or acoustic envelopes a conventional roof may still be more appropriate. In many others, tensile fabric canopies and insulated fabric systems can meet performance requirements while reducing structural weight and creating brighter spaces.
Not necessarily. Many of the systems we design such as canopies, walkways or ETFE roofs can be extended, re-skinned or adapted as sites evolve. Because they are lightweight and tensioned, tensile structures can often be modified with less disruption than a typical conventional roof.
