LSAA 2013 Design Award Entry (#4301): Cabramatta Bowls Club
Entrant: MakMax Australia
- Category: 4 ID Number: 4301
- Location: Fairfield Rd, Cabramatta NSW
- Client: Paynter Dixon Constructions Pty Ltd
- Completion Date: October 2011
APPLICATION OF PROJECT: Long span sporting arena roof.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Sun safety in sport is a growing concern across all sectors of our community. Providing a playing surface protected from harmful sun is vital to the continuity of some sports. The sport of lawn bowls in particular have realised this is especially true for their aging demographic and shrinking membership.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Hamilton Workingman’s Club Canopy
Hamilton Workingmen's Club was established in 1955, and in the last two decades has experienced significant growth with more than 7000 members, to become one of the Premier Clubs in New Zealand. Infrastructure development is important to both the club and community, and over the years the club has invested in maintaining and elevating their amenities. Fabric Structures was engaged to design, fabricate, and install a new partial enclosure over the green at the Hamilton Workingmen's Club. This project aimed to provide a versatile, weather-resistant space for club members and visitors, enhancing the usability of the green throughout the year.
Pacific Fair Resort Roof - Entered into the LSAA 2016 Design Awards (Cat 4, Large Fabric Structures #4114)
Entrant: Fabritecture (Designer and Installer)
Location: The Esplanade. Completed: 2016
Client: Scentre Group (Westfield)
Team: Scentre Group (Westfield), Wade Design, Textile Fabrication Services, Fabritecture
Application
Statement architectural fabric structure with complex steel geometry and state-of-the-art LED lighting system as part of a $670 million redevelopment of Pacific Fair Shopping Centre on the Gold Coast.
This project was entered in the 2013 LSAA Design Awards
Entrant: MakMax Australia
- Category: 4 ID Number: #4302
- Location: Brisbane Domestic Airport
- Client: Brisbane Airport Corporation
- Completion Date: June 2012
APPLICATION OF PROJECT: Pedestrian bridge roof, open air.
Brisbane Airport Walkway - Project Description
This airport terminal access project involves the construction of a major pedestrian bridge linking a new multi-level car park and train platforms to the terminal building one of the country’s business airports.
This covered walkway project is part of a larger group of construction projects which serve to improve all pedestrian and vehicular traffic at the airport.
Our client requested design, fabrication and installation of the tensioned membrane roof system. The purpose was purely weather protection for pedestrian traffic on new pedestrian access bridge.
Queensland State Velodrome Roof Project - Entered in the LSAA 2016 Design Awards (Cat 4 Large Fabric Structures, 4771)
Entrant: MakMax Australia (Engineer, Fabricator, Installer)
Location: Sleeman Sports Complex, Brisbane. Completed: August 2016 Client: Watpac
Team: Cox Rayner Architects, Tensys, Arup, MakMax Australia
Application: Cycling Velodrome / indoor stadium
This project was entered in the LSAA 2018 Design Awards (Cat 4 Large Fabric Structures, #4432) by MakMax
Application: Cover over 3 adjacent bowling greens at the Playford City Bowls club, South Australia.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Playford Bowls Club Triple Green Roof Cover
The design, fabrication and installation of the largest tensile membrane canopy structure over a bowling green in the Southern Hemisphere. The 5300m2 PVC (Mehler FR900N) structure covers a total of 21 rinks (120m length), lit with state of the art LED sports lighting, allowing year round utilization of the bowling green’s irrespective of the weather conditions. In addition to bowls, the venue is also used to host corporate and social events.

APPLICATION OF PROJECT:
Tennis stadium roof
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Memorial Drive Tennis Redevelopment Project was tasked with ensuring the future configuration of the Adelaide Tennis Centre complex met South Australia’s sporting and entertainment needs. Stage One of the project called for a redevelopment of all the court surfaces (over 30 new court surfaces in a mixture of Pluxicushion, grass and clay built to International Tennis Federation (ITF) standards), construction of a new sunken show court, player shelters and landscaping, and crowning the project, a 5800m2 lightweight tensile membrane roof to cover the existing centre court and spectator stands.
An example of close-knit collaboration between Tennis SA, COX Architecture, MakMax Australia and local Adelaide construction firm Kennett Builders, the completion of the Memorial Drive Redevelopment Project Stage One set the scene for an exciting summer of tennis in early 2020. The most eye-catching element of the project is the 5800m2PTFE membrane roof that protects patrons in the permanent and temporary movable seating areas, as well as covering the corporate function event areas installed around the centre court for major tournaments.
LSAA 2009 Design Award Entry: Arizona State University – Skysong Signature Structure
Entrant: Atkins Fabrication (Aust) Pty Ltd – Fabricator
Location: Arizona State University – USA
Client: USA Shade & Fabric Structures Inc.
Struct. Eng.: Wade Engineering
Fabricator: Atkins Fabrication (Australia) Pty Ltd
This project was entered in the LSAA 2009 Design Awards, Category 3.
Arizona State University – The Skysong Signature Structure is an excellent example of freeform tensile fabric architecture fabricated by Atkins.
No further details have been entered for this project
LSAA Design Awards 2013 High Commendation (Large Structures, 4351)
Entrant: Light Weight Structures
- Location: Mooloolaba
- Client: Mooloolaba Bowls Club
- Completion Date: November 2011
Judges Comments:
"An elegant project - the best of the bowling club offerings. As well as taking care of core business, the structure lends some design distinction to a town not oversupplied with architectural gems."
- Fabric Structures at Expo 2015
- Brisbane State Tennis Outdoor Show Courts
- Large ETFE Structure - 2024DA - Link at Langley Atrium
- Panoli Gate House, India
- Ken Rosewall Arena, Stadium Roof, Sydney
- Radome
- Yogyakarta International Airport, Indonesia (2021 DA)
- Auckland Cablenet Zoo Aviaries Enclosures
- East Cessnock Bowling Club
- Mumbai Arrival Plaza
- Marrara Tennis Centre Fabric Roof Project (2018)
- Large Structures - 2024DA - Bank of Indonesia Millennial Function Hall
- The Link Covered Walkway, Chadstone, VIC (2022 DA Entry by MakMax)
- Clarke Quay Redevelopment - Singapore
- Platypus Remediation
- Porto Chino Shopping Mall
- Wellington Bowling Club Greens Cover Project (2018)
- The Cloud, Auckland
- Large Fabric Structure - Field of Dreams
- Westlake Girls High School Sports Facility
- Chevron Renaissance
- Large Fabric Structures - 2024DA - Whitten Oval Indoor Training Facility
- The Glen Shopping Centre, Glen Waverley (Entry by Fabritecture)
- Spanish Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 (4726)
- Projects from 2018 Design Awards (Cat 4)
- Souk Okaz Public Theatre
- Large Structures - 2024DA -Te Hiku Sports Hub Project
- Macquarie University Campus Dining Room Project (2018)
- Waitomo Glowworm Caves Visitor Centre
Page 2 of 6

