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Why don't we use awnings anymore (2022)

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413 points samclemens | 5 comments | 15 Oct 24 22:11 UTC | HN request time: 1.476s | source
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exabrial ◴[16 Oct 24 00:50 UTC] No.41854609[source]▶
We don’t use awnings because of roof overhangs. Local architects compute the sun angle for the given location. During the winter you can allow more light in and during the summer when the sun is higher, you can let less light in.
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the_gorilla ◴[16 Oct 24 02:15 UTC] No.41854985[source]▶
This was written in a very confident way, but I can say with at least as much confidence that my house was mass produced in a factory and assembled locally in the middle of nowhere without any regard for local architecture.
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1. 082349872349872 ◴[16 Oct 24 05:25 UTC] No.41855873[source]▶
It mentioned "local architects" after all...
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2. the_gorilla ◴[16 Oct 24 05:38 UTC] No.41855942[source]▶
The statement is still wrong. Awnings and local architects are both extinct so clearly the architects didn't kill the awnings.
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3. 082349872349872 ◴[16 Oct 24 08:19 UTC] No.41856776[source]▶
My house has strategic overhangs (and trees with summer foliage to the south) leading to drastically different winter/summer insolation. (in addition, the dark stonework on the ground floor functions to passively clear light snow in spring and early winter)

It was built in the XX, but according to local vernacular, which likely (we have a few examples surviving from the XIII) predates both the modern profession of "architect" and metal-framed awnings.

(my friend the architect has plenty of local work, but maybe that's because we live in different countries?)

4. rascul ◴[16 Oct 24 11:31 UTC] No.41857897[source]▶
Local architects are certainly not extinct.
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5. ska ◴[16 Oct 24 14:31 UTC] No.41859473{3}[source]▶
Definitely not, although most laces I’ve lived they have a superficial at most involvement with single family homes.