When you have a project to test, you call in the staff circus arts expert to test it. Today with 30 Seconds in the Shop, we hoist up our latest project and spin it around.
Flyhouse Projects
Did You Know…
As part of a year-long sculpture installation piece at Garfield Park Conservatory entitled “solarise: a sea of all colors,” Flyhouse installed “Floresence” in the Conservatory’s Show House. The installation runs through September 22, 2016.
Uniqlo Lighting Hoist System
Uniqlo is a Japanese casual fashion retailer with an avid following. Being new to Chicago, Uniqlo opened a 60,000-square-foot, three-level store on Chicago’s famed Michigan Avenue in the fall of 2015; the largest of other U.S. locations except for the flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York. For the new store, Uniqlo looked to install five ceiling light […]
[Project Recap] Southeast Area Elementary School Dead Hung Line Set
Southeast Area Elementary is a new school in the southeastern section of Chicago. The three-story, 110,000 square foot building is able to house 1,200 students with 44 classrooms to accommodate them. As part of the new construction, a stage and theater area was designed on one-half of a gymnasium, where performances and other events were able to take […]
Busch Gardens Kinetix
Every summer, Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, Florida creates an entertainment atmosphere for everyone needing an escape from the minutiae of life. One aspect is their Kinetix show which incorporates modern music, pyrotechnics, stunts, and performer flying. For the last few years, the Kinetix show has had an assist from Flyhouse to make their performers fly through the air with […]
Chi-Town Rising 2016: Making the Star
For years, New York City was home to the only New Year’s Eve event worth mentioning. To ring in 2016, Chi-Town Rising was born and Chicago Flyhouse was honored to be a part of the festivities. Chicago Flyhouse fabricated a custom hoist system to lift the countdown star up the side of the Hyatt Regency in downtown […]
