Tensile Cables has designed a revolutionary and sleek range of Wine Rack Cable Systems that suspends your Wine Collection on Stainless Steel Grade 316 Cables. Our Wine Rack Cable System is ideal for Wine Farms, Restaurants or Wine Collectors who want to display their Wine Collections in a unique way. As well as enhancing the […]
Tensile Cables has designed and manufactured a new range of sleek Wine Rack cable systems to suspend your cellar wine collection on Stainless Steel Cables. Our Wine Rack Cables are suitable for all wine collectors, wine farms and restaurants. This new and suspended display method will allow your wine bottles to appear to float in […]
This Vertical balustrade is in Grotto Bay, a private and exclusive property estate on the West Coast of South Africa and was designed by Ontwerp Architecture. The Grotto Bay Estate comprises of 685 hectares of Strandveld and Sandveld bush. Grotto Bay forms part of the Cape West Coast Biosphere reserve which was proclaimed by UNESCO […]
The Gatlinburg Sky Bridge opened on May 2019, in the beautiful American state of Tennessee, home to the Great Smoky Mountains, a sub range of the Appalachian Mountains. It is 42.6 meters long at its mid-point and at 207 meters long and 1.5 meters wide, it is the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America. […]
This is a sneak peek of our new range of Stainless-Steel fittings for Vertical cables in balustrades that terminate in the metal post and specifically do not go through the posts. Vertical Stainless-Steel cable balustrades have become very popular in Europe and are starting to form part of building regulations in those countries. Tensile Cables […]
Today we showcase a Beautiful Garapa wood balustrade with a deck using Stainless Steel cables overlooking the leafy green Cape Town suburb of Tamboerskloof. This home renovation involved building a balustrade consisting of Garapa handrail and posts using Tensile Cables signature Stainless Steel cables. Garapa wood is a high density and very durable hardwood species […]
Circular cities of the world: what can green infrastructure do? chuttersnap/Unsplash Daniel Johnson, ESCP Europe More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities while projections show an increase to two thirds by 2050. Many people living in small areas means large amounts of waste, high resource consumption and loads of energy use. […]
Trellis systems using Stainless Steel cables are becoming very popular for green walls and are being incorporated into designs in business parks and shopping malls across Cape Town and South Africa. They are practical for gardens in commercial spaces as well as residential homes. Not only are the Stainless steel trellis cables aesthetically pleasing but […]
Robert McKendrick of Scotchworx Carpentry was tasked to design and install vertical cables for a balustrade at the Spier Arts Academy at Union House in Commercial street, near the Parliament of Cape Town. Stainless Steel 4mm thick cables were connected to manufactured steel channels rather than the historical existing Oregon timber handrail in order to […]
Images from ArchDaily All images and Text description provided by the architects. RIPOSATEVI (Meaning: take a rest) is an installation designed by the architect Lúcio Costa for Milan’s Triennial of Architecture, held in the fateful year of 1964. In 2018, the work is presented for the first time in Rio de Janeiro and inside a […]
