Canopies
1. Canopy of a park-style apartment building in Essen. Architect: Hanns Junghanns, Düsseldorf. Corrugated cast glass panels are laid on a lightweight steel frame structure (detail on the right). - 2. Canopy at the entrance to the Reformed Church in Thun-Steffisburg. Architects: Schär and Steiner, Steffisburg. Concrete slabs rest on reinforced concrete columns. The canopy extends on both sides, covering the entrances to the rectory and the freestanding tower. - 3. Access canopy in front of an apartment building in Milan. Steel pipes embedded in the ground (also serving as drainage channels) support copper sheet "funnels," which overlap to create continuous rain protection between the outer gate and the entrance. - 4. Gargoyle of a canopy, like the roof surfaces themselves, made of galvanized sheet metal.
