FabricArchitect

There are hundreds of architectural umbrellas in the market from wooden "market" umbrellas to beautiful collapsible umbrellas made of stainless steel or aluminum to fixed long span steel umbrellas. The beauty of custom architectural umbrellas is that it requires a minimum number of foundations and bases...

Canopies are free standing fabric structures which require an understanding of foundations. Make sure you have a good foundation person on the job and that proper anchors are installed. Canopies come in all shapes and sizes and it must be engineered for your local building code. It is possible to have...

Shade Structures come in all shapes, sizes and colors and are primarily made with a high density polyethylene (HDPE) woven material ???designed to breathe??? and stable under tension. Expect 5-10 years out of a shade cloth and it???s always good to get an estimate on replacement cost for the material...

Tents come in all shapes and sizes from camping tents to yurts, pole tents and tension tents. Tents are usually engineered for wind loads below the common building code so they need to be taken down periodically or modified to take the high loads. Tents are now made so they can easily incorporate sidewalls,...