"We were looking for a material that was somewhat transparent, and also acted as a shading element to reduce light levels in the Great Hall. Cambridge's system works well for both purposes."
– Albert Macchietto, Principal, Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, P.C.

Project Data Location: Lincoln, NE Facility End Use: Museum Design Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects – New York, NY Architect of Record: Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, P.C. – Omaha, NE General Contractor: Hawkins Construction – Lincoln, NE Completion Date: January 2008

Cambridge Products Specified Slink Metal Fabric Curtain Attachment Hardware

Beautiful
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, NE is home to more than 2,300 quilts. In a building filled with fabrics, it's only fitting to incorporate a new kind of fabric into the building's design. Architectural mesh from Cambridge Architectural drapes the expansive windows of the venue, allowing the perfect amount of light in. Mesh provides a large-scale streamlined look that makes an elegant statement inside the building, and can be appreciated from the outside as well.

The Cambridge Solucent system employs lustrous woven metal fabric which complements the Quilt Museum's theme perfectly.

Functional
The Solucent woven metal mesh application employs daylighting by effectively managing natural light and maximizing visual comfort. The mesh shades the sun and eases the light gradually as patrons walk through. Metal fabric is an extremely unique shading material, and it can be designed to meet almost any structural or opacity requirement. It can be specified to allow the exact amount of light necessary to pass through a given barrier. Mesh is a sophisticated material that delivers supreme functionality to the Quilt Museum.

Affordable
Solucent applications always combine superior aesthetics with high quality performance, eliminating the need for additional interior materials. In the Quilt Museum, the sheer durability and lifecycle of the mesh window treatments reduces maintenance costs, and assures that there will be no need for replacement materials. Cambridge's metal fabric panels were engineered to fit the venu'’s expansive windows, ensuring a successful and issue-free installation.

Sustainable
Cambridge's Solucent mesh shading system was specifically designed to optimize daylight in the Quilt Museum. Mesh can contribute to LEED® points for introducing daylight and views into the regularly occupied areas of a building, and can also contribute points for incorporating recycled content – Cambridge’s metal fabric is 100% recyclable. Cambridge Architectural is an active member of the USGBC®.

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