About Urban Shadow

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Urban Shadow has popularized the shade sail as an artistic, functional way to create more comfortable outdoor living spaces. Since its founding in 2002, Urban Shadow experts have designed, engineered, constructed and installed high-caliber tensile fabric structures for countless commercial projects, including some of the most exclusive master-planned communities, resorts and business complexes in the Southwest. In 2007, the company added a consumer division, enabling homeowners to benefit from the superior design and construction quality of Urban Shadow's shade sail product lines.

No matter what type of project you're planning, Urban Shadow is committed to providing innovative and creative solutions to meet your precise needs:

Full turnkey project management, from design to final installation
Flexible, hourly-fee services on a per-project basis
High-density, commercial-grade tensile fabric and rigging components

Design - consultation, conceptual design, 3D renderings and animations
Engineering - shade analysis, load analysis, permitting, structural build plans
Construction - drilling, ground preparation, footings, custom steel fabrication
Installation - membrane assembly, membrane installation/tensioning, hardware/membrane connections

Vistancia Discovery Center, North Peoria, Ariz.
111 E. Camelback Building, Phoenix, Ariz.
Trilogy, Peoria, Ariz.
Festival Sage Center, Surprise, Ariz.

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Landscape Design Ideas

Awnings and shade structures designed by Urban Shadow are able to accommodate existing architectural plans for landscaping around a patio and other landscape designs. Our park designs are among the shade sail industry's finest, and previous sunshade system projects that have been completed for industrial and commercial buildings rival any in the world.

Swimming Pool Designs

We produce stunning shade sail structures for community and personal lap and swimming pools and spas including planned developments and aquatic centers. View previous works completed in and around the valley of the sun for outdoor landscape designs and above ground pool decks by traveling to the pools page.

Patio Cover Ideas

Shade sails that are engineered and designed by Urban Shadow are great alternatives to traditional outdoor patio covers. With over 40 years of engineering experience, our custom designs are renowned for providing aesthetically pleasing and fully functional shade structure systems for landscaping around a patio on any building or property.

Parking Structures

Large sided sun shade sails are perfect for open lot parking and carports. Sails can be custom built or connected to existing structures to provide an inexpensive alternative to traditional fixed modular structures.

Park Designs and Playground Structures

Provide safety and style to neighborhood parks and playgrounds by choosing a custom built sun shade sail available from UrbanShadow.com. Fabric shades combine durability and UV protection, and are an affordable option to ordinary playground structures.