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.
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.
It mentioned "local architects" after all...
The statement is still wrong. Awnings and local architects are both extinct so clearly the architects didn't kill the awnings.
Local architects are certainly not extinct.