Do awnings matter?
Le Meridien at Phuket think so….. Shades recently designed and installed a series of tensioned fabric awnings on the charming Pakarang Restaurant building located in the middle of the huge beachside swimming pool.
The result….? More seating area for dining, more protection from the wet season’s rain storms and the dry season’s tropical sun, and a stunning facelift for one of Phuket’s resort icons!
Our mission: awnings that look great, preserve and enhance the best features of the building's looks, and provide diners with year-round shelter
Pakarang Restaurant, Le Meridien Resort, Patong, Phuket
"Barrel vault" awning design along both sides of the indoor-outdoor restaurant. All components of the design were pre-fabricated at Shades' Phuket factory and installed in just a few days without the need for messy on-site metal work
A free-standing barrel vault was chosen for the entrance to blend with the main awnings design
Shades' barrel vault awning at Le Meridien Phuket's Pakarang Restaurant
Deatil of metal components: 5-coat marine epoxy paint system, 316 grade stainless steel fittings
Modern, stylish shade structures for your patio, pool deck, garden or outdoor dining area.
At Shades we keep finding new ways to help our clients enjoy the great tropical outdoors.
Take a quick trip though our gallery of fabric shade salas….. as us about our standard structures ideal for shipping and export, or perhaps ask us to design your very own custom-designed sala.
Conical structures
- 5 metre square conical sala structure at Cape Yamu, Phuket
- ~4 metre square (at base) conical sala, also at Cape Yamu, Phuket
- Multi-sided version of the conical sala
- “Low aspect” conical sala
- Another low-aspect conical fabric sala
“Hypar”-shaped fabric sala designs
- Hypar-shaped sala with back-stay-supported columns
- As above – with timber columns & stainless steel end fittings
- a hypar-shaped fabric sala with columns supported by curved rafters (no back stays), with the fabric tensioned above the rafters
- this one is similar design to above; fabric is shade cloth
- similar design, with the fabric tensioned below the rafters
- same as above, in shade cloth fabric; the advantage of this design is the absence of back stays
The “Sundowner” - a fabric sala with dome-shaped curved rafters
Check out our special news page about the “Sundowner” shade sala
- The “Sundowner” fabric sala – perfect for a shady poolside refuge or dining area
- …. easily transportable temporary shade!
and the beach shade sala…. the Beachcomber beach “un-brella”
be different – they notice!
- The Beachcomber beach “un-brella”
- Your guests will appreciate being offered “something different” – especially something that works so well!
- then have it packed-up and stored with ease, or take it for a picnic!
