At ETS, Designer Structures represent the intersection of architecture, art, and engineering. We collaborate closely with artists, architects, and design teams to translate creative vision into buildable, high-performance structures, leveraging advanced materials and precision engineering to deliver one-of-a-kind installations that redefine the built environment.
Art Meets Engineering
Our Designer Structures begin with a deep understanding of artistic intent. Through early collaboration, we help shape conceptual ideas into fully realized architectural expressions that balance form, function, and constructibility. This integrated approach reflects our broader design-build mindset, where collaboration drives innovation, efficiency, and quality from concept through completion.
Illuminated Experiences
Lighting is a critical component of Designer Structures, transforming them into dynamic visual landmarks. We specialize in integrating lighting systems within membranes and structural elements to create immersive environments that evolve from day to night. Materials like ETFE allow for high light transmission and can be enhanced with programmable LED systems, enabling structures to glow, shift, and communicate visually across a variety of conditions.
Material Expression
Designer Structures draw from a diverse palette of advanced materials, including cable systems, mesh, metal panels, composite fabrics, and high-performance membranes such as ETFE and PTFE. These materials offer exceptional flexibility, allowing for complex geometries, large spans, and visually striking forms that would be difficult or impossible to achieve with traditional construction methods. Their lightweight nature also reduces structural demands while maintaining durability and long-term performance.
Seamless Integration
Whether integrated into a building facade, a standalone installation, or a public space, Designer Structures act as both functional systems and visual statements. As part of the building envelope, tensile materials can control light, temperature, and environmental conditions while defining the identity of the structure itself.
Our Experts
PHIL FINZER
Director of Construction
With over 20 years of construction and project management experience, Phil Finzer leads construction operations for Enclos Tensile Structures, overseeing complex projects with a focus on quality execution, coordination, and dependable project delivery.
“Designer Structures start with vision. Our role is to translate that vision into something buildable, leveraging advanced materials and engineering to create installations that are as functional as they are expressive.” Phil Finzer, Director of Construction
