Project gallery

  • The Liquid Lava Floor from California Portable Dance Floor Co. is an interactive dance floor featuring colored liquid that swirls when pressure is applied, and can be ordered in a variety of colors. Photo courtesy of California Portable Dance Floor Co.
  • With customizable options, LED Party Floors are appropriate for corporate events, marketing tours, fundraisers and fashion shows, in addition to weddings and private parties. Photo courtesy of Robert Chapman, Sound Mind Events.
  • Partytime Productions designed and installed this heated, clear top clearspan for The Art Institute of Chicago’s Matisse exhibit opening. Bill Heffernan of William Heffernan Designs, Chicago, provided the decor. Photo courtesy of Partytime Productions.
  • The Arcum curved roof system is exclusive to Losberger and can completely transform the overall look of a standard structure with an elegant and eye-catching curve. Photo courtesy of Losberger US LLC.
  • The 4000-square-meter structure built to house the Mexico in Your Senses Museum featured orange exterior fabric and green interior fabric. The museum celebrated Mexico’s ethnic and cultural wealth. Photo courtesy of Lonas y Estructuras S.A.
  • Narcy Martinez of Marquee Tents, Austin, Texas, credits the popularity of the MS 150 Houston-to-Austin bike-a-thon to Austin’s cycle-friendly roads and a local celebrity, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. Photo courtesy of Marquee Tents.
  • The General Purpose Tent from Berg Co. is built to military specifications. “Temporary or not, these shelters are providing refuge to people who have lost their homes.” says Berg Co. contract manager Lindsey McDonough. Photo courtesy of Berg Co.
  • Mahaffey Fabric Structures, Memphis, Tenn., had provided tents, flooring, lighting and AC for two base camps for oil spill responders in the Gulf of Mexico, and had four additional base camps on reserve. Photo courtesy of Mahaffey Fabric Structures.
  • These weight-bearing shelters by Universal Space Frames, set up in Haiti, can support the weight of three to four adults and help victims keep food and gear off the ground. Photo courtesy of Universal Space Frames.
  • Scultpware’s sleek covers transformed an audience into a living flag. Photo courtesy of Sculptware.
  • Covers add formality and individuality to the most popular reception seating arrangement. Photo courtesy of A to Z Event Essentials.
  • Mirage chairs have a ghostly beauty that blends with any decor. Photo courtesy of Legacy Seating.
  • For a winter-themed event, Eventmakers Intl. backlit this liner in blue accented with can lights. To make up for the drop in ceiling height when using liners, the company always starts with tents that are 10-feet tall. Photo courtesy of Eventmakers Intl.
  • Ultimate Events, Bloomington, Minn., creates liners in custom colors, like this dramatic black liner, and sews them in-house, when customers request them. Photo courtesy of Ultimate Events.
  • A chandelier wired with branches and crystals, provided by the client, creates a focal point beneath the pleated liner used for a wedding. Photo courtesy of Eventmakers Intl.
  • LED lights can be used to create a multicolor effect on tent liners in targeted areas or running the entire length of the tent. Photo courtesy of Full Circle Lighting and Productions.
  • Eight months of planning contributed to a smooth installation of the Olympic Rendezvous @ Samsung pavilion. Photo courtesy of Regal Tent Productions Ltd. Design by Imagination. Facade construction by Nussli.
  • Hours prior to the beautifully planned outdoor ceremony, the forecast called for a heavy rain. PRO EM, Phoenix, Ariz. was called in to deliver and set up a large tent, draping liner, and white carpeted aisle walkway. Photo courtesy of PRO EM.
  • Hot pink, hot orange and turquoise are the ‘hot’ colors taking the stage for many weddings this season. When set against a white backdrop, the effect is vibrant and inviting.
  • Gobo lighting creates a dramatic effect on this Aztec Tidewater Sail Cloth Tent. Photo courtesy of Chad Michael Peters. Tent installation by Chase Canopy.
  • ABOVE PRO EM of Phoenix, Ariz., planned this private golf course wedding. The event featured tabletop decorations inspired by nature, with a backdrop of the Superstition Mountains lending class and harmony to the event. Photo courtesy of PRO EM.
  • For this bicentennial event at Las Cabras, near Mazatlán, Grupo Serna installed a tent about 1 km from the beach over brand new hydraulic concrete. The stake driver broke, so more than a dozen workers spent eight hours staking the tent by hand.
  • Grupo Serna bulked up its inventory for bicentennial and centennial events. It had a new tent sent directly from the manufacturer to the event site in Litibu, near Puerto Vallarta, which required a rush through customs. Photos courtesy of Grupo Serna.
  • Event: 2009 wedding reception Companies: Exclusive Events Inc., St. Louis, Mo., and Crown Rentals, Chesterfield, Mo. Attendees: 280 Photo courtesy of Exclusive Events Inc.
  • The flooring for the Gaylord Texan ICE! exhibit was designed to support ice carvings, some of which weighed thousands of pounds. Photo courtesy of Mahaffey Fabric Structures.
  • Photo courtesy of Crimson Collective/Michelle Cassel.
  • For DirecTV’s corporate holiday party in December 2009, Firefly LA’s large-format projection set a rotation of snowflake, pine tree and icicle images onto a 120-by-140-foot Aztec Maxibeam™ structure. Photo courtesy of Firefly LA.
  • The clear vinyl tents in this installation for New York City’s Central Park Zoo were chosen to complement existing glass structures, which helped the setup appear as if it were a permanent part of the zoo. Photo courtesy of Stamford Tent & Event Service
  • The tri-cone design developed by Custom Covers Ltd. joins three 9-meter clearspan structures with a triangular cone with clear PVC roofs. Photo courtesy of Custom Covers (1984) Ltd.