Cabrio Structures

Cabrio Structures was founded in 2009 by Kent Forsland. In 2008, Kent and Diane were waiting for the buzz of the restaurant pager on a cool winter day in Sedona, Arizona. Kent noticed two things: groups of hopeful patrons left the restaurant instead of waiting for a table, and the restaurant’s spacious outdoor patio was empty and rendered unusable because of the weather. Kent kept noticing more unusable outdoor patios connected to restaurants. Some patios were abandoned, like the one in Arizona. Some patios were covered with unappealing plastic tarps crudely designed and heated inside to keep seating customers. If only there was an architecturally appealing structure with retractable roofs and walls for flexible weather division designed to lengthen the patio season. Thus, the idea of a convertible patio structure came into life as Cabrio {cab·rio: convertible, opening} Structures.