Diamond Head Theatre

Diamond Head Theatre

Design/engineering and Canopy frame and fabric for the new canopy at Diamond Head Theatre. The architects wanted a design with rafters that were not perpendicular to the buildings, and we achieved anti-elasticity by making those rafters alternating low and high. The cover was so large that we split it into 3 main parts and slid…

Straub Hospital

Straub Hospital

Straub liked what we had done for the cable tension awning out back and asked us to do something similar but grand for their courtyard. The solution was to make a canopy approximately 75′ x 35′ using single tube rafters. The challenge was that the engineering called out the rafter to be 6″, which was…

Tikis

Tikis

The challenge was to manufacture an awning that resembled a volcano. The internal framing accomplished that. Gary Barnes designed this structure 10 years before any 3D software entered the company.

Straub Hospital

Straub Hospital

The hospital needed shade/rain protection for the back area where people wait for ER services. This a cable tensioned fabric design. The awining needed to be stitched to every stud in the wall to meet code. Sattler Evolution 745 Vinyl.