Case Studies

Manchester’s Malmaison is a luxury boutique hotel that dares to stand out from the crowd. Its quintessentially stylish and vivacious identity offers guests a perfect harmony of excitement while presenting a relaxed environment, giving guests the best of both worlds during their stay. When contacted, the Indigo Shading Ltd team were thrilled to assist with the renovation of such a prestigious hotel. A large A8 Giant Parasol was installed to shelter guests from the infamous Mancunian rain,...

In one of Indigo Shading Ltd’ most impressive clients to date, giant parasols were installed in Harris Garden at the prestigious Lords Cricket Ground. Lord’s is globally renowned as the best of its kind, with royalty, A List celebrities and VIPs frequenting the Grounds. Harris Garden is a charming, al fresco restaurant and rose garden laid out on the former site of the lawn tennis court near the entrance to the Pavilion. Harris Garden is the only venue in the Grounds with a late license for...

With views over the spectacular Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Avon Gorge Hotel serves as the perfect location to stay when visiting the beautiful city of Bristol. The hotel enlisted Indigo’s services to transform their terrace into a luxury outdoor drinking and dining area for guests. Indigo custom-built a walkway leading from the Avon Gorge Hotel to a newly-built giant parasol area. Four giant parasols (three measuring 6 x 6m and one measuring at 5 x 4m) were installed to...

With a wide selection of beers, wines, cocktails and food, All Bar One, Canary Wharf is the perfect place to meet friends and unwind after work. Situated in Canary Wharf, this stylish bar was transformed from the outside to create an outdoor drinking and dining area for guests to enjoy while looking over one of London’s most popular destinations. Indigo was contacted by a major design house to recreate the outdoor space for All Bar One, making it more suitable for the ever-changing British...

Situated on Butler’s Wharf on the south bank of the River Thames in London, ASK restaurant provides the perfect cuisine for diners looking for Italian food finesse. Indigo Shading Ltd installed giant parasols at Butler’s Wharf to create a long, uninterrupted covered and heated area for customers to use throughout the year. This was achieved using four screen printed parasols, linking gutters and Quartz electric heaters mounted on each parasol. Now that there is warmth and protection from the...

The Waterside is a vibrant and lively pub situated next to the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, Manchester. This pub is a popular location to enjoy a quiet lunch with friends in the daytime, or to kick off the weekend with a great line up of live weekend DJs.

York is one of the Premier tracks in Europe having recently won the Flat Racecourse of the Year Award and also came out top in The Times newspaper survey of all Britain's racecourses. Indigo were contacted in December 2014 by a contractor to install awnings and giant parasols to the Moët & Chandon pavilion at York Racecourse, immediately in front of the winner’s enclosure. The project’s main contractor requested the installation of eleven giant parasols and five awnings from Indigo in time...

Indigo’s fourth client for the Olympic Games, Canary Wharf, wanted to create an impressive outdoor space with an immediate ‘wow’ factor. Canary Wharf, 2012 OlympicsThe client wanted to embrace the Olympic spirit whilst retaining the utmost finesse, with the most discerning of royalty and A List celebrities in attendance. 32 A4 Xtreme Giant Parasols in red, white and blue fabrics were installed at the iconic Canary Wharf alongside the River Thames. The mooring adjacent to the installation was...

Of the four installations provided by Indigo for the 2012 Olympic Games, two were situated on the rooftop of the well-known Westfield Shopping Centre overlooking the Olympic Park in Stratford. This was an ideal location for press opportunities and social events, including private photo shoots with British athletes and corporate hospitality for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. These parasols were technically challenging to say the least. One installation required the contractors to build...

In February 2012, Indigo Shading Ltd was contacted by a well-known contractor with the potential outcome of becoming a supplier for projects in preparation for the Olympic Games. They were asked to provide professional advice about which parasols would be deemed most appropriate for each specific location. A month after proposing their ideas to the contractor, Indigo received confirmation that they would be a supplier of giant parasols in the prestigious Olympic Park, globally one of the most...

Just off the beaten track of Holloway Road in the heart of Upper Holloway, The Landseer is one of the latest gastro pubs in North London to reinvent itself. This delightful pub, which is part of the Punch Taverns’ estate, underwent major external refurbishment using a luxurious combination of creams, browns and pinks. This refurbishment included the installation of Folding Arm Topas awnings to the exterior of the building; these have been screen printed on both the awnings and valances to add...

The Pembroke is one of North London’s more charming pubs. It offers a warm welcome to those visiting Primrose Hill, widely recognised as being one of the most beautiful locations in the city. Despite celebrities frequenting the pub, it is known as a down-to-earth establishment accessible to anyone. In June, The Pembroke enlisted Indigo’s help to transform the pub’s beer garden into something spectacular and unrecognisable. Indigo assessed the area and set to work, installing an awning, two...

Following extensive refurbishment, Durham’s Ebony, a champagne and cocktail bar frequented by celebrities, opened its doors to the public with a new fixed structure by Indigo Shading Ltd. The new structure at Ebony is completely custom-made, with a whole host of intricate accessory additions to add to the bar’s famed luxury finesse, personalising the structure in its entirety. Trevor Ruddle, Managing Director of Indigo Shading Ltd, and Martin Gibson, Business Development Manager, initially...

As the sole supplier to Carluccio’s in the UK, Indigo Shading Ltd received a project enquiry from the owners of Foodmark, a division of the Dubai-based Landmark Group. The aim of the project was to cover an outdoor space of approximately 10m square with commercial-grade parasols for the new restaurant in Dubai’s trendy Irish Village. Value engineering was at the heart of the project: to define this, the objective is to cover the maximum area with the minimum number of parasols, whilst...

Between the months of September and October 2015, the world’s eyes were fixed on England for the highly anticipated quadrennial Rugby Union World Championship, more commonly known as the Rugby World Cup. The nature of the competition commands global interest; due to high levels of tourism and media attention, the RFU (England Rugby Football Union) contacted specialist companies from around the UK to transform the country into something spectacular. In May 2015, the RFU contacted Indigo with...

Built in 1934, Tattershall Castle was once used faithfully throughout the Second World War. After long service as a passenger and goods ferry, in 1973 the ship was retired and towed to London, where it was converted into a floating art gallery and subsequently the extremely successful pub and restaurant that stands there today. With views of the Houses of Parliament and London Eye, this floating pub and restaurant is moored on the River Thames at Victoria Embankment, one of Britain’s most...

With an impressive history spanning all the way back to 1270, Hever Castle has become a staple part of British Heritage. Anne Boleyn, one of King Henry VIII’s six wives, spent her early youth growing up in the castle, which is located in Kent. Hever Castle even came into the possession of the King in 1539, who bestowed it upon his next wife, Anne of Cleves, as part of a settlement following the annulment of their marriage in 1540. When contacted with a proposal to fit giant parasols to this...

After the purchase of three large parasols for The Old Schoolhouse, Lark Lane in late 2021, the same management team came to us to revamp the exterior of their latest venture. They had recently started a refurbishment of the old Hannah’s Bar in Liverpool with the new name Metrocola and wanted to enhance the outdoor aesthetic whilst simultaneously providing shelter for their queueing guests. After a site visit, our design consultant recommended 3 different sized awnings to shelter 2 entrances...

Indigo was first contacted by Mr. Keith Downes, the proprietor of the Blues Bar Crosby, in January 2021. During the COVID lockdown, he was looking for awnings to cover the space at the front of the building, which overlooked the Shopping Precinct. After a number of communications, in which it was realised that two Plaza Viva units were more suitable than awnings, the design was put forward to Sefton Planning Department. The Plaza Viva was favoured not only because it could it project out more...