Sunshades, louvers, grilles and awnings featured in Metal Architecture’s January 2021 issue.
Sign Effectz Inc.
Sign Effectz offers Airfoil Sun Control Canopies with 2-inch by 6-inch aluminum tube framing and 5 1/2-inch airfoils. The airfoils are mounted diagonally within the frame to block direct lighting and allow snow and water shedding. The canopies use tension bar supports mounted to steel knife plates anchored to walls.
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Tubelite Inc.
Tubelite introduced MaxBlock Single Blade Sun Shades with a single, horizontal, airfoil-shaped blade in 6- and 9-inch depths, and widths spanning up to 149 inches. The large horizontal airfoil blades’ aerodynamic design directs wind and water out and away from the building. They span to 96 inches un-spliced, and spliced, to 149 inches.
Architectural Grilles and Sunshades Inc.
Architectural Grilles and Sunshades offers wood grain finishes for the company’s sunshades, grilles and trellises. Finishes are a textured tri-treatment (a cleaning and preparation process to help the powder coat/paint adhere to the aluminum) architectural powder coating available in 15 standard and 1,000s of premium colors.
Feeney Inc.
Feeney offers aluminum stationary awnings with polycarbonate panels in clear, textured or gray tint. Two styles are available: Icon, a streamlined design with clean lines and curves, and Era, an ornate, classical design. Built-in rain gutters at the front edge directs runoff to the sides. Frames are powder-coated and there are optional extension kits.
Airolite Co. LLC
Airolite’s K6746HP is a 6-inch-deep stationary drainable blade louver. It provides high-volume air flow and resistance to water penetration. The K6746HP incorporates drain gutters in its head member and each horizontal blade to channel water to the jambs where it is further channeled through vertical downspouts and out at a sloped sill.
