Custom Building Sunshades (Brise Soleil)
Architectural Sunshades, Configured Around the Façade
Metal sunshades and sun fins developed to shape daylight, add depth and rhythm to the façade, and integrate thoughtfully with the building envelope.
Design Possibilities
Flexible by Design. Rationalized for Fabrication.
Adaptable framing system allowing design teams to tailor blade profiles, projections, and shadow lines without compromising structural performance. Every assembly integrates fabrication details and building attachment logic from day one.
Horizontal Sunshades
Projecting horizontal elements create shade, strong shadow lines and visual depth around glazing.
Verticle Sun Fins
Vertical fins introduce directional shading, repetition, and a strong architectural expression across curtain wall, storefront, or cladding conditions.
Framed & Four-Sided Sunshade
Boxed, picture-frame, portal-style, or four-sided assemblies can frame openings and create a more integrated architectural surround condition.
Custom Formed Sunshade Profiles
L-shaped profiles, folded blades, fascia-wrapped edges, tapered forms, returns, and custom geometry allow the sunshade itself to become part of the building’s architectural language.
Surface Treatments & Pattern Options
Perforation, pattern, and finish can give a sunshade assembly more than shade function — they can add texture, transparency, filtered light, and a stronger architectural identity.
IMARK can review solid surfaces, standard perforations, custom geometric patterns, coordinated finishes, and Ocular™ Perforated Imaging across horizontal sunshades, vertical sun fins, framed shade surrounds, and custom formed profiles.
Configurable by Design
The visible architecture can change from project to project without requiring every detail to be reinvented.
Built Around Metal Expertise
Forming, folding, perforation, plate, sheet and fabricated components can be combined to create lightweight architectural elements with clean finished profiles.
Envelope-Aware
Sunshades interact with glazing, cladding, structural backup and waterproofing.
Built for Architectural Expression & Buildability
Configurable by Design
The visible architecture can change from project to project without requiring every detail to be reinvented.
Built Around Metal Expertise
Forming, folding, perforation, plate, sheet and fabricated components can be combined to create lightweight architectural elements with clean finished profiles.
Envelope-Aware
Sunshades interact with glazing, cladding, structural backup and waterproofing. Attachment and installation conditions should be considered early rather than resolved after the design is complete.
A System Designed to Be Configured
IMARK's direction is to create a repeatable kit of parts beneath a flexible architectural layer.
The goal is to rationalize components, connections, fabrication methods and installation while leaving room for the architect to control the parts of the system that define the building. Whether you’re looking for sunshade architecture solutions or awnings sunshade installations, our products offer a transformative approach to building design. These sunshades not only enhance the exterior look but also significantly contribute to climate control and energy efficiency, creating a more comfortable and sustainable environment.
What can Vary
Designed for full design flexibility, the system accommodates horizontal, vertical, or combined orientations; blade, fin, fascia, or custom-formed profiles; and straight, tapered, or fully custom geometries. Surfaces can be solid or perforated, with pattern options ranging from standard to custom geometric or Ocular™. Projection, spacing, and attachment details are configured to suit project-specific conditions, while a selection of architectural coating options ensures the finish aligns with the intended aesthetic.
Technical Note:
Final dimensions, material thicknesses, spans, connections and attachment requirements are established through project-specific detailing and engineering.
FAQ
Have a Sunshade Concept?
Whether the project is at early design or moving into pricing and detailing, IMARK can help determine how to turn the architectural intent into a practical metal assembly.
