Link
to Valhalla Victorias Secret (Worlds largest Fashion Show)
- Link to
Valhalla Global Gathering Festival
Project - Tensile 1
Client - Gearhouse Structures PLC
Location - various - Year - 1998
Known in-house as the Valhalla, Tensile 1 as it was renamed by
Stephen Lakin, chairman of Gearhouse Group PLC who funded the 
development, is currently the largest tented
structure in the world available for hire. Rudi Enos designed the
Valhalla as the largest of his 1990's portable membrane
structures. Named after the Norse fables, hall of the
gods, it was intended to be the largest portable
structure ever built that is available for hire. It
remains so today.
development, is currently the largest tented
structure in the world available for hire. Rudi Enos designed the
Valhalla as the largest of his 1990's portable membrane
structures. Named after the Norse fables, hall of the
gods, it was intended to be the largest portable
structure ever built that is available for hire. It
remains so today. Tensile 1 is simply staggering. This structure uses unique methods
of design, manufacture and installation to achieve the project aims
of providing the first large scale portable
structure to house the same events as a permanent
arena.
In 1998 the structure was award a Guinness World Record as the
'Largest Portable Event Venue'. The structure was originally used at
Kempton Park in London, was used for the Gatecrasher Millennium
dance event with 26,000 people, and housed the exhibition for the
Earth Summit in Johannesburg in 2004. The Mighty Men Conference
housed 35,000 men at one time in 2008. Today, the structure remains
the largest portable structure available for hire
for event use in the world.
For more information on this amazing structure click here.