Full Cassette Awning Markilux® MX-3
- Organic Curved Cassette Design: Compact full cassette with a customisable front styling panel available in dynamic accent colors.
- Sleek Weatherproof Protection: Completely seals the fabric canopy and arm mechanism inside an all-aluminium housing.
- Smart Climate Controls & LED Illumination: Integrated dimmable LED lines and effortless smartphone automation.
Can a compact full-cassette awning combine sweeping organic curves with heavy-duty solar protection?
The Markilux MX-3 proves it can. Featuring an award-winning curved front profile and a customisable color-accent styling panel, this German-engineered awning delivers maximum sun protection without dominating your exterior wall. Spanning up to 600 × 300 cm, it brings modern aesthetic flair, integrated LED lighting, and whisper-quiet motorisation to patios and balconies across the Sutherland Shire.
Your advantages
- Organic Architectural Silhouette: Curved cassette profile featuring a customisable front styling panel available in 8 accent shades.
- Compact Space-Saving Profile: Just 120mm profile height, making it ideal for compact patio walls, balconies, and architectural reveals.
- Patented Bionic Tendon Arms: High-tensile synthetic tendons for whisper-quiet arm extension and lasting fabric tension.
- Integrated LED Lighting Options: Choose a continuous LED line under the cassette or in the front channel for warm evening ambiance.
Features of the markilux MX-3
Organic Design Meets German Precision Engineering
Unprotected balconies and small patios absorb intense solar heat, making outdoor spaces uncomfortable during summer peak hours. Traditional awnings often feel boxy or industrial on modern residential facades.
The Markilux MX-3 combines soft organic curves with compact full-cassette protection. Custom-fitted and installed by A’besco specialists, its unique design features a color-customisable front styling panel that transforms an awning from a simple functional shade into a striking exterior design element.
Your markilux aperture colours
A Triad in Harmony: Frame, Canopy & Accent Panel
The visual impact of a luxury awning depends on how its colours interact with your home’s exterior architecture. Markilux unifies this design process through a coordinated colour triad—pairing your choice of frame finish, fabric canopy, and front aperture styling panel. With eight curated accent panel shades available for selected top models, you can easily tailor your outdoor shade feature from subtle, classic elegance to bold architectural contrast.
Customised awnings
By combining one of eight front panel accent shades with seven standard frame finishes and over 200 nano-coated fabric patterns, you can design a truly bespoke outdoor shading feature.
This modular colour system transforms top profile models—including the Markilux MX-3 and Markilux 970—into individual dream awnings that make a confident design statement. Frame colours are also available for the front panel if you prefer a clean, seamless monochromatic look.
Technical
| Awning type | Cassette awning |
| Maximum width x projection | • 600 x 300 cm • 500 x 350 cm |
| Options | • LED lighting options • colour choices |
| Area to be shaded | 18 qm |
| Cassette depth x height | 230 x 120 mm |
| Possible inclination | 5° – 35° (wall fixture) or 5° – 70° (face fixture, eaves fixture) |
| Operation | • hardwired motor • silentec motor • radio-controlled motor |
| Arm technology | bionic tendon |
| Available fabric covers | • visutex • suncolours • smart art • perla FR |
| Fixture type | • face / top / roof • wall sealing profile |
| Wind resistance class | corresponds to wind force | 2 | 5 → 28 – 37 km/h; 17 – 23 mph |
| Lighting options | LED Line in the cassette |
| Frame colours | • traffic white, RAL 9016 • metallic aluminium, RAL 9006 • grey brown, similar to RAL 8019 • off-white textured finish, 5233 • stone grey metallic, 5215 • anthracite metallic, 5204 • havana brown textured finish, 5229 • non-standard RAL colours |
| Colour options | coloured styling panels and end cap inserts |
| Awards | • German Design Award Winner 2020 • Iconic Award – Inno Architecture 2019 |
MX-3 reference gallery
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FAQ about the markilux MX-3
The Markilux MX-3 is a compact full-cassette folding-arm awning featuring soft organic curves and a customizable front styling panel. When retracted, the weather-sealed aluminium housing completely encloses the fabric canopy and bionic arms to protect them from rain, dirt, and coastal salt air.
A single Markilux MX-3 unit covers up to 600 cm in width with a maximum projection of 300 cm, making it ideal for balconies, patios, and intimate outdoor entertaining areas.
You can equip your MX-3 with integrated dimmable LED lighting lines beneath the cassette or in the front profile, Somfy® smart app automation, and automated sun, wind, and rain sensors.
The MX-3 features versatile mounting brackets engineered for face-wall mounting, ceiling mounting, or rafter mounting across brickwork, rendered masonry, timber framing, or concrete.
Yes. Constructed from powder-coated marine-grade aluminium and stainless steel hardware paired with water-repellent, self-cleaning nano-coated fabrics, it is built to withstand harsh coastal breezes and intense solar exposure.
Yes. An optional extruded aluminium wall sealing profile can be installed above the cassette to bridge the gap against the wall, preventing rainwater from running down behind the awning.
Yes. You can preview the MX-3 directly on your wall using the Markilux 3D Augmented Reality App, or visit our Caringbah showroom where our specialists can show you physical frame, accent panel, and fabric samples.
READY TO TRANSFORM YOUR OUTDOOR BALCONY OR PATIO?
Take the first low-friction step toward a cool, stylish patio. Schedule a free on-site design consultation with our Sutherland Shire specialists today. We bring physical fabric swatches and frame finish samples directly to your door, take exact millimeter measurements, and guide you through every custom option.