Manufactured in Milldale, Connecticut · Sold through authorized dealers
Standing-seam fabric canopyPatent pending
The standing-seam profile architects specify, built as tensioned fabric.
Overview
Metal Look is a fixed canopy with a true raised standing-seam rib profile, built as a tensioned fabric system on a repeatable frame. It exists for one situation: an architect has specified standing-seam metal and you want to bid the job with a fabric system your own crew can fabricate and install.
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Why stock it
A tensioned fabric skin over a frame means lighter components, simpler attachment and lighter footings than a metal panel assembly — no crane day, no panel damage claims. The layout is standardized, so the second install goes faster than the first and your crew already knows the system.
It answers a bid you would otherwise sit out. When the drawing says standing seam, you can quote the architectural read without subbing the work to a metal shop or walking away from the job.
Radii and curved runs come naturally to a tensioned fabric skin. In metal panel each curve means custom brake work, so the geometry that costs most in metal is ordinary here.
In the field
Dealer specifications
Acrylic and vinyl colorways. Confirm the current range against your fabric books.
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Raised standing-seam ribs are built directly into the fabric panel, on a curved or straight run — the architectural read of metal panel, engineered in tensioned fabric.
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The Metal Look standing-seam fabric system is patent pending.
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Every panel starts flat on the cutting table in Milldale, Connecticut. The ribs are formed into the panel, then the finished skin is tensioned over the frame — a repeatable layout, panel after panel.
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Available in custom sizes based on project requirements. Dealers should confirm dimensions, structure, mounting and drainage against the opening.
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Acrylic and vinyl colorways, so the canopy can match a building, a brand, or a rendering — a range metal coil stock does not carry.
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Curves and radii are formed in the tensioned skin rather than brake-formed, so curved geometry does not require custom panel fabrication.
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A fabric skin and frame ship and handle as fabric rather than as metal panel — relevant to both your freight and your install day.
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Metal Look is for jobs specified in standing-seam metal. Frontier remains the fixed aluminium canopy line, and the retractable lines cover on-demand shade — these answer different drawings, not the same one twice.
Warranty documentation is supplied with your dealer agreement — see warranty.
Dealers get wholesale pricing, fabric books, spec sheets, and training before the first order ships.
