Stunning Haus Awnings and pergolas made to measure from Appeal Home Shading. Discover why this range of awnings for homes is perfect for houses in England, Wales and Scotland, and request a quote today. https://www.appealshading.com/awnings/

For home-technology professionals, the Hunter Douglas Custom Integrator Program makes it easy to add automated window shades to your smart-home offering or to significantly expand your existing shading opportunity.

In 1968-1969, MechoShade Corp, then known as HomeCraft Drapery and Upholstery Corp, was working on a project in Atlanta, Georgia with a well-known New York City architectural firm. At that time, HomeCraft Drapery provided all types of window coverings, for commercial and residential projects, which was limited to draperies & curtains, Venetian and Vertical blinds. At the time, the natural solution would be a venetian blind. However the company Chairman disliked Venetian blinds and insisted that HomeCraft devise another solution. Also, he did not want lengths of cord on the floor from a reel-pully design. It had to be a continuous loop. HomeCraft developed a "flat drapery" that was to the exact size required for the window. The operating system developed was a roll up shade with a looped bead chain. The Fabric had to be custom sized to the correct width to operate properly with a single thickness of fabric. The result was a successful project, and creation of the original manual roller shade system. This new solar protection shade system was presented to the New York Architects and subsequently HomeCraft was awarded a major project, the Irving Trust Co. at One Wall Street. The entire building was retrofitted with this new shading system, which was named MechoShade®. In the thirty years since, MechoShade Systems , Inc. continues to be a pioneer in the development of solar shading, including the development of its hugely successful ThermoVeil® and EuroVeil® shadecloth lines and creative solutions to brightness, glare and solar control problems. Through the research and engineering capabilities that created the MechoShade system in the beginning, MechoShade has become the only single source solar shading designer and manufacture of hardware, shadecloth and accessories. MechoShade is in the forefront of energy efficient solar shading design at the window wall to achieve personal, thermal, and visual comfort in conjunction with the more efficient use of natural resources. It is this reason why you find MechoShades in many “Green” projects, including those that have achieved LEED™ certification. MechoShade Systems has offices in Long Island City, NY and Phoenix, AZ with sales and distribution throughout the continental United States, Canada, Asia and Europe.

Cascade Coil is your source for custom woven wire mesh window treatments, room dividers, shower curtains, and firescreens for your home. In a dazzling array of colors, weaves and finishes our mesh looks and feels like no other fabric. Its modern look and natural shimmer provide shading and energy savings while preserving your views to the outside world. Our products are proudly manufactured in the USA and distributed globally.

Comfortex Window Fashions is a leading manufacturer and fabricator of custom window treatments headquartered in historic Maplewood, New York which is just outside Albany. Comfortex is proud to offer a complete line of cellular and pleated shades, wood blinds and shutters, sheer window shadings and innovative cellular vertical blinds. Our products are distributed in every state in the United states and sold in more than 70 countries and on every continent.

Each building begins with the site, and the particular desires to transform it. Buildings are earth, made of matter, and a continuation of the geological processes that produced their sites, part of natural evolution. A building marks and amplifies its unique spot on the globe. Like a lens, it brings to focus its particular time and place. This relationship to the local, to location, is a natural way for uniqueness to emerge from ideas of buildings which may be generic and general. Through the relations to geography, site, climate, culture, and resources, buildings are naturally specific. Both the buildings in landscapes and the work in cities demonstrates this marking of time and place. Green architecture is not just about the future of building, but the key to any future. We have developed both passive and active energy systems. These include intelligent passive design using solar orientation, shading, day lighting, window layers, and active systems like sensors which calibrate and balance interior environments, photovoltaics, geothermal and river cooling. We use renewable resources, and build lightly, using the least possible materials and effort to encompass the most possible volume and space. Our entire practice revolves around the idea of economy and optimization.