Since our last posting we have gone from cool weather to a heat wave and a variety of temperatures in between. This reminds us how important it is to have a space with a comfortable climate.

Did you know that Barrisol®, the world leader in stretch ceilings, and Carrier®, one of the world leaders in innovative HVAC technologies, have combining their expertise to offer an advanced, silent and invisible HVAC ceiling solutions for heating, cooling, and diffusion? There is even an option to provide indoor air disinfection by UVC radiation with the Barrisol Pure Clim® featuring Carrier® products.

Here is an example of Barrisol Clim® installation at the Clinique Saint Jean Hospital in Brussels.
Architect: Agence A+ Architecture

Below is another Barrisol Clim® installation. This one also incorporates Barrisol Lumiere.
​Mercier Museum in France.
Architect: MHCS

Thhis Barrisol Clim® installation is at the Offices - Oslo Plads in Copenhagen, Denmark.
​Architect: KHR Arkitekter A/S

​Learn more about Barrisol Clim® featuring Carrier® Products by watching the video below, visiting the Barrisol Clim® website or simple contacting us at info@barrisolbc.ca.

Here in Vancouver, BC, we are shaking off a cool, wet winter and embracing the light that spring brings us. Each year the sunshine reminds us just how important light is in our lives. As humans, we too feel solar-powered. 

Reviewing some Barrisol projects recently we found ourselves admiring two installations form the UK. We imagine, like us in Vancouver, BC, those in the UK must also hold light in high regard.​​

The project below features an impressive sculptural design, which includes Barrisol Lumiere fabric.​ Our compliments to PLP Architecture for this impressive installation. It is located at 22 Bishopsgate London, UK. ​​​​Watch the video here.

​​The following installation, by Stiff + Trevillion Architects, at 40 Bank Street, London UK, is a perfect example of how Barrisol can be implemented to create a skylight effect using backlit translucent Barrisol sheeting. ​​​​Watch the video here.

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​​No matter the weather outside, Barrisol Lumiere can bring light into your space.

Read more about Barrisol Lumiere here.
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At Barrisol BC we love the sight of new Barrisol ceilings arriving to our office.
Did you know that Barrisol ceilings are light weight and 100% recyclable, as are the small boxes they arrive in?
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Moreover, Barrisol's manufacturing process does not require the use of water, and in the production of sheets, no CFC's or HCHC's are emitted and no cadmium is used in the manufacturing process.
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​Barrisol ceilings have been winning awards since 1975 for their continued innovation, quality, and aesthetics. 
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Learn more about Barrisol's environmental commitment here - https://barrisol.com/en-ca/environment/products-environment

This month welcomes the Year of the Tiger. Did you know that in 2010 Barrisol Sydney installed two Barrisol Lunar Tigers in Australia for the Lunar New Year? Here are the details below, courtesy of Barrisol.com.

Barrisol Tigers - Australia

Customs House was the home for two 8mtr long by 2.5 mtr high Chinese Lanterns in the shape of a Tiger designed by LAVA and realized by Barrisol Sydney. These wire framed tigers were covered in our Barrisol "Orange Coulouma" and internally lit with the help from Sydney based lighting consultant "XENIAN" lighting – weighing only 200kg each. The crouching digital tigers combine ancient lantern making methods with cutting edge digital design and fabrication technology, bringing east and west together through tradition and innovation.

Since celebrating Chinese New Year in Sydney 2010, the tigers have been adopted by the World Wild Fund (WWF) for the international Year of the Tiger campaign to raise awareness about the endangered status of tigers. Less than 3200 tigers remain in the wild. With the WWF the LAVA designed Barrisol Tigers have led a world tour, moving onto Kuala Lumpur and Berlin. Most recently the Tigers have been on tour in the USA tour as part of G'Day USA. 

Learn more - https://barrisol.com/en-ca/exceptional-projects/barrisol-tigers

Happy New Year from Barrisol BC. To start the year we would like to share with you a printed and backlit Barrisol ceiling we installed at The Smithe by Boffo Developments in Vancouver, BC. It features the art of local BC artist, Ben Reeves.

​Thanks to Boffo Developments for the following video, which so well encapsulates the beauty of the design concept and the Barrisol stretch ceiling itself. Our congratulations to artist Ben Reeves for the creation of this stunning public art piece, Viewpoint. As Jan Ballard said, it is "a jewel in the sky".
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The Smithe - Viewpoint Public Art Collaboration
​from Boffo Developments Ltd.
​​Ben Reeves - Artist
Jan Ballard - Ballard Fine Art
Mike Peacock - Barrisol BC
​​Rachel Topham - Photographer
​​GBL Architects Inc - Architect
Trepp Design Inc - Interior Design 
Video by Provoke Studios
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More to the story....

​An interesting coincidence is that artist Ben Reeves teaches at Emily Carr University and the photographer, Rachel Topham, has worked with us previously to photograph the art of Emily Carr (Big Raven) as part of a residential project that we completed a few years back in collaboration with the Vancouver Art gallery. For more info click here.

Barrisol Printed Artolis wall installation (Big Raven by Emily Carr) completed by Barrisol BC.
​Special thanks to Danielle Currie, Maegan Hill-Carroll, and Rachel Topham from the Vancouver Art Gallery.
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Light up the season!
Introducing Barrilte LEDS, now available for your translucent Barrisol ceiling projects.

​ Contact us for more details at info@barrisolbc.ca.

Barrisol. Our solution for walls and ceilings.
Click on the booklet below to view the 8 page brochure complete with QR codes and new projects for review.
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Are you yearning to be somewhere else? To travel? To be in nature?
​Barrisol can transform your space into a unique environment.

​​Barrisol Concrete effect....

Barrisol printed and back lit ceiling...

To find out more about Barrisol's options for colors, finishes, and special effects contact us at info@barrisolbc.ca.
​We will be happy to assist you with your residential and commercial projects.

Do you need to improve the acoustics of a space and add more lighting? Barrisol Acoustic Light may be your solution.
​Click on the booklet below for more info or contact us at info@barrisolbc.ca.

We are loving the creativity of this project.
Congratulations to Projectatelier architects for this dynamic Barrisol installation.

​Project: Crius Group - Hulshout, Belgium by Projectatelier architects
Featuring Barrisol Print your Mind® and Barrisol Layers Concept®

Barrisol is an excellent solution for residential projects, allowing for the easy incorporation of lighting, acoustics, and a quick dust free installation.

Our compliments to Architec Geert Devolder for this gorgeous installation.

​We are please to anounce that Barrisol has receive the REDDOT BEST OF THE BEST 2021 Award
for Barrisol Cloud Clim® (GERMANY 2021).

​Phthalate is a chemical material used as a plasticiser. It is found in building and furniture materials, some household products, food packaging, cosmetics, toys and medical equipment. This micropollutant is known for its toxic effects on the endocrine and reproductive systems. It can also be accused of harmful effects on the central nervous system during the neuropsychological development of children . For more than 50 years, the entire Barrisol® company has been guided by a responsible approach for the well-being and health of all! All Barrisol® products are phthalate-free! Healthy materials, 100% recyclable products, classified A+, conform to strict European and international standards concerning fire safety. Barrisol® solutions are made with 40% to 80% recycled - Barrisol.com

Our congratulations to Barrisol. They received a fith award for Barrisol Clim®, whichwas honored by the jury and the organizer Raumprobe of the "MaterialPreis 2020“ contest in the "technologies“ category, for having been able to make a uniform air-conditioning stretch ceiling, without impacting the freedom to choose its design. 

Want to learn more about Barrisol Clim®? Click here.

February brings us another excellent example of the Barrisol Mirror ceiling system.

​Serenada - Krakow, Poland
by SUD Architects

In celebration of the new year we would like to show you the 2021 Barrisol Calendar brought to you by Barrisol Normalu.

As we bring in the new year we can't help but to be uplifted by the realization that spring is just around the corner.

​Today we discovered a reference to Barrisol in an online article called "Up the Walls" in The Irish Times. It featured a Barrisol Artolis wall print with gorgeous flower blooms. Another reminder of spring.

Here is an excerpt...
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"Barrisol, a French company that specialises in digitally-printed stretch materials, provides dramatic ceiling scapes and back drops that look as if they have been painted in situ. Much of its work is in commercial spaces such as offices, hotels and conference centres where its stretched fabric works with lighting schemes and acoustic panelling to create different ambiences.
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But the fabric panels can also be used to gorgeous effect in domestic settings. The range of patterns on offer is mind-boggling thanks to a partnership with the French textile museum, Musée de l’Impression sur Étoffes, which has around six million designs in its archive collected since 1833. Blow-ups of the patterns accentuate the design for more unusual effects."

- https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/interiors/blooming-lovely-florals-go-up-the-walls-and-where-to-find-bargain-plants-in-dublin-6-1.3894420

This month we would like to showcase the Lumiere Barrisol ceiling that we installed at Holt Renfrew in Pacific Centre Mall in Vancouver. 

Architect: IBI Group Architects
Installed by Barrisol BC

Our congratulations to Leach Rhodes Walker Architects - The Deluxe Group for this outstanding use of the Barrisol Gold Mirror® stretch ceiling system.  

Project: Novotel Leicester Hotel
Location: England, United Kingdom 
Architects: Leach Rhodes Walker Architects - The Deluxe Group  

Barrisol offers a wide selection of colours and finishes, as well as a variety of methods to encorporate lighting, improve acoustics, and even encorporate custom logos.

This installation is a stunning example of Barrisol's backlit translucent fabric.
In this case the light boxes are suspended, complimenting the other design elements perfectly.
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​Congratulations to Architect Adam Freestone for this wonderful use of the Barrisol stretch ceiling system.

​Congratulation to Barridsol for the INNOVATIONSPREIS AIT / XIA Special jury award for Barrisol Clim®.  GERMANY - 2020

Barrisol® Clim® evens out the temperature of both your walls and the air, wherever you are in the room.
​To learn more about Barrisol Clim click here.
To ss more Barrisol Awards click here.

During the months that we are unable to travel it is helpful to see new places virtually. The following video showcases the Barrisol Lumiere ceilings in the London Science Museum in the UK. ​​Architect WilkinsonEyre.

London Science Museum - United Kingdom
Barrisol Lumiere
​Architect: WilkinsonEyre

Congratulations to designer Andy Lau for this fantastic use of Barrisol ceilings and printed wall applications.  

Project: Louis Vuitton MBS - Singapore
​Desinger: Andy Lau

This month we would like to feature a Barrisol installation located at Champagne Mercier in France.  It includes a round backlit translucent Barrisol ceiling as well as Barrisol Clim, Barrisol Light Lines, and Acoustics. Our congratulations to MHCS architects for their incorporation of these Barrisol features.

Barrisol Installation: Champagne Mercier -  France
Architects: MHCS