Tensioned fabric "barrel vault" roofing structure on Jim's Phuket condo roof-top Installation - like most of our structures, this one was built and "pre-installed" at Shades' Phuket factory and installed in a "quck and clean" bolt-together operation free of on-site cutting, welding or painting.
Installation team at work
The roof
Tensioning corner plate
Views to Rawai and Chalong Bay
At the 2011 Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) “Expo Americas” in Baltimore, USA, Shades was awarded the top honour “Award of Excellence” for our “Phuket Sunset” fabric sala design.
This is our second IFAI award – in 2009 our free-standing poolside shade structure won an “Outstanding Achievement Award”.
Outside of China & Japan, Shades is the only company in Asia to have been honoured with an IFAI Achievment Award.
….. here’s the IFIA news release: (click here for the IFAI web announcement)
Roseville, Minn.– Oct. 26, 2011) – Shades (Thailand) Co., Ltd, Phuket, Thailand, was recognized with the 2011 International Achievement Award (IAA) presented by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) for its exceptional specialty fabric project.
Shades (Thailand) Co., Ltd received an AWARD OF EXCELLENCE for its “Villa Sala” project. The project was recognized in the competition’s Freestanding Structures category.
Selected from 385 entries from 16 different countries, these winners represent many of today’s top professionals in the specialty fabrics industry. Entries in 33 categories were judged by a diverse panel of industry experts, editors, architects, educators and design professionals selected for their knowledge of the particular category of competition. Judging was based on complexity, design, workmanship, uniqueness and function.
For more than six decades, IAA has recognized excellence in design and innovation, highlighting truly spectacular work in the specialty fabrics industry. The goal of IAA is to promote awareness of the specialty fabrics used in thousands of products and applications ranging in size and type. The International Achievement Awards competition is sponsored by IFAI, a not-for-profit trade association whose 2,000 member companies represent the international specialty fabrics marketplace.
The award ceremony took place at IFAI Expo Americas 2011 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland, at the annual trade event on 26 October 2011. IFAI Expo is the largest specialty fabrics trade show in the Americas.
And here’s the award winning sala – the “Phuket Sunset” in teak, 316 grade stainless steel, and architectural PVC, now being developed as a standard product (3 x 3 metres at column base).
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EVERYONE NEEDS SHADE!
EVEN THE DOG.
Who said dogs are stupid? This one soon found the shade!
This fabric sala was purpose-designed by SHADES to provide all-day shade for a dining setting by the pool. Oh yes, and all-day shade for the doggie.
Columns and frame components are mild steel finished with our standard 5-coat marine epoxy paint system – the best possible. Fabric is architectural fabric from Europe featuring a special top coating to assist with self-cleaning of the fabric (in rain) and ease of cleaning by hand. Cleaning is simple – just wipe over with a cloth and water to remove any settled dust.
The structure was designed and built to be pre-wired for lighting and fans, all prior to painting to avoid messy drilling and subsequent rust after installation.
Almost all Shades product is pre-assembed at our Phuket factory and brought to site in finished condition, wrapped, painted, ready to install without the need for on-site cutting, grinding, welding, or painting. Breathe easy – we’re house trained! Your sandwash, garden and pool are in safe hands.
Take a look at some more Shades Product on our web site. For more information call Gary 080 531 4170 or Graeme 084 1845162 or drop us an email at info@shadesasia.com.
Who said dogs are stupid? This one soon found the shade!
6-star sala for 6-star residence!
Shades (Thailand) Co., Ltd recently designed, manufactured and installed this patio sala for one of Phuket’s most stunning villas.
Tensioned architectural fabric, Thailand teak and polished 316 grade stainless steel - a beautiful combination!
The structure was purpose-designed with the villa owner’s major objectives in mind: to provide dining shade for up to 10 guests, particularly during low morning sun angles, to take advantange of the stunning view without obstructing it from the elevated main villa, and to blend with the Thai-inspired architecture of the villa complex. We were fortunate in the design process to be able to have our recommended materials agreed to by the client – weldable PVDF architectural fabric Verseidag Duraskin 4017 , beautiful Thailand teak, and polished 316 grade stainless steel frame and membrane fittings.
Stainless steel foot plate chem-set into sandstone paving
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!
