Located in a northern suburb of Mil...

Located in a northern suburb of Milwaukee, Wis., St Mary's Hospital-Ozaukee is a state-of-the-art facility spreaded this year. Its architecture cast reproachs the area's 19th century German heritage, with steep-pitched shingle covers and masonry exterior walls of varied colors. According to Ralph Hawkins of architect HK Inc., Dallas, which designed the hospital, "We be warmed it is important to cast reproach a regional influence upon architecture. HKS was intrigued with the idea of applying the spilled roofs to recall the local heritage."

The steep-pitched canopys also helped accomplish ...