BRIEFINGS CELEBRATING CRAFTSMANSHIP TOP-NOTCH TENSION TENSIONED AWNINGS & CANOPIES WINNING ENTRIES OF THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Comely canopy The project was a weather-tight structure to enclose a deck area attached to a hotel that would provide additional space and enable year-round use regardless of weather conditions. Although outwardly simple looking, the structure was extremely complex to execute because it was attached to the hotel's brick facade. The project required extensive negotiations and strategy sessions with builders, project managers, the hotel manager, and the designer and chief installer to work out how to weatherproof against a textured brick facade when the locations of the wall studs were unknown. To protect against potential leaks and gaps, special flashings were added to the sides and at floor level. The canopy created space for 30 extra restaurant seats and broadened the use of the area to include conferences and other functions. 20 REVIEW JANUARY 2020 Fresco Shades Auckland, New Zealand www.frescoshades.co.nz TEXTILE Précontraint 502 by Serge Ferrari North America Inc.http://www.frescoshades.co.nz