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After having successfully installed an En-Fold® retractable canopy system for their destination lobster shack-inspired pop-up restaurant in the Hudson Yards development of Manhattan, NYC-based Prince Street Hospitality turned to Uni-Systems for a West Coast iteration of their flagship Cucina Alba restaurant, swapping Chelsea chic for trendy Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. So naturally, the owner wanted an En-Fold® retractable canopy system to cover their outdoor patio at Cucina Alba LA.

At 52’-8 1/4” wide with 38’-8” of extension, the En-Fold® retractable canopy at Cucina Alba LA covers nearly the entire patio dining and bar area of approximately 2,038 square feet.

Because the west side of the courtyard shares a party wall with adjoining property, a new demising wall was constructed around the En-Fold® drive beams’ structural steel support columns—which had to be braced back to the existing main building structure with HSS tubes to accommodate wind reaction loads.

Below the En-Fold® retractable canopy’s unique bi-axially tensioned fabric panels, elegantly drape alternating yellow and white Tempotest® Awning Starscreen decorative fabric swags that reflect the overall theme of dining in a sun-drenched Tuscan villa courtyard. If sun or rain becomes too drenching, the En-Fold® retractable canopy extends to save the day.

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En-Fold extended as seen from aboveEn-Fold extended as seen from belowYellow and white swagged fabric panelsEn-Fold retracted as seen from above

Project Information

Client: 
Prince Street Hospitality
Completion Date: 
10/2024
Project Scope: 
Design and Supply of the En-Fold® retractable canopy system
Project Engineer: 
GLR Engineers
Architect/Designer: 
Jeff Sutton, ASD|SKY; VMC Architecture; GRT Architects
Engineer of Record: 
James Tuchscher, Tuchscher Engineering Group (TEG, Inc.)
Fabric Fabricator: 
Lightweight Manufacturing
Installer: 
Eide Industries
Plan Area: 
2,245 sq. ft.
Design Wind Load: 
+22.8psf/-22.8psf ASD
En‐Fold Retractable Canopy: 

• Extension Length: 38'-8"

• Width: 52'-8 1/4"

• Number of Drive Beams: 4

• Tensile Fabric: Serge Ferrari Flexlight Xtrem® TX30-Type III

• Decorative Fabric: Tempotest® Awning Starscreen