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Broward College shade sails win Soltis 502 contest
March 1st, 2025
Serge Ferrari held a contest celebrating the 25th anniversary of Soltis Proof 502 tensioned membrane fabric. The winning project was a 1,400-square-foot shade sail project at Broward College in Davie, Fla., by Hoover Architectural Products. Image: Serge Ferrari To celebrate the 25th anniversary of membrane fabric Soltis Proof 502, Serge Ferrari held a contest to […]
GuildWorks gives a California park its first shade
March 1st, 2025
River Park in Petaluma, Calif., is transforming. Its inaugural structure is the peninsula’s first shaded area—there aren’t even any trees—underneath a shade sail array composed of diamond shapes and providing a covered area more than 70 feet in diameter. It rises 20 feet and was created by GuildWorks LLC of Portland, Ore. “We see our […]
New Zealand backyard shade sail solution
February 1st, 2025
The clients for this project asked for a shade sail to cover their north-west facing courtyard. The solution from SunCraft NZ, Ltd., won an Award of Excellence in the Commercial Awnings & Canopies category of the 2024 Advanced Textiles Association International Achievement Awards. It was important for the clients to have a solution that provided […]
New Zealand backyard shade sail solution
December 10th, 2024
The clients for this project asked for a shade sail to cover their north-west facing courtyard. The solution from SunCraft NZ, Ltd., won an Award of Excellence in the Commercial Awnings & Canopies category of the 2024 Advanced Textiles Association International Achievement Awards. It was important for the clients to have a solution that provided […]
Lawrence Fabric shade sails provide rooftop dining upgrade
November 1st, 2024
Relaxing in outdoor seating is a favorite part of eating at the Frisco Barroom, a restaurant located in the St. Louis, Mo., area that has both a 50-seat back patio and a shaded rooftop deck that accommodates 42. The sun protection on that upper perch was an improvement made a few years after the eatery […]
Outdoor shade and screens ride the storms out
July 1st, 2024
J. Miller Canvas worked with EPT Design on a 2,160 square-foot shade sail installation at the pre-K through eighth grade Pegasus School in Huntington Beach, Calif. Image: J. Miller Canvas LLC Extreme weather that whips up strong winds, releases torrents of rainfall and causes floods, droughts and other hazards is becoming more common, and businesses […]
From outlet mall to entertainment outlet
April 1st, 2024
Changing buying habits over the last couple of decades have spurred shopping centers to evolve as well. Many have been reimagined and reborn, such as the continuing transformation of the former Chesterfield, Mo., outlet mall into The District. The entertainment hot spot is now anchored by restaurants, a brewery, special events space, concert venue, fitness […]
Andrea Lynn on how shade sails have kept her creative
November 1st, 2023
It takes less than a five-minute conversation with Andrea Lynn to appreciate her earnest enthusiasm for shade sails—which is why her reflection on a decades-long career in the industry may come as a surprise. “I jumped into the business with rose-colored glasses on,” she muses. “This journey has been more than worthwhile, but if I […]
Playground shade sails protect patients
September 1st, 2023
Awning Works Inc. replaced one big drooping shade sail with three overlapping ones above the playground and seating area at the Children’s Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. Photos: Awning Works Inc. Could there be a more feel-good project than one that gives a little bit of joy to children being treated (or having completed treatment) […]
Floating kites soar in Abu Dhabi shade sail structure
July 1st, 2023
The client laid out the request: The concept included off-white, multilayered floating kites with minimal steel structure. The purpose was to provide shade over an existing courtyard in a large mixed-use, low carbon footprint development. Challenges to overcome included how to deal with the existing concrete structure, as the concrete beams and slabs wouldn’t be […]