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SCAPE architects approached Setter Shelters to design, manufacture, and install two canopies

Setter Play has always had links to Hitchin Boys’ School, from the MD’s sons attending there, to sponsoring the Upper Sixth rugby team. It was therefore a matter of great pride when we were approached by HBS to build a wooden outdoor classroom on the edge of their playing field.

Being a secondary school, the Boys’ School required a large and durable canopy with room for large classes to be taught outside.

Working in partnership with Scape and Kier Construction, Setter Limited have been installing our cutting-edge entrance canopies across Bedfordshire.

Cotton End’s recently constructed new school buildings needed modern entrance canopies to match their stylish design.

CAD drawing of the Entrance Canopy

Rendered CAD drawing of the Canopy, displaying a variety of coloured polycarbonate sheets

We came up with an ingenious solution; a metal structure encased in a wood finish. This combines the structural integrity of steel with the style and elegance of wood.

The focal point of the entrance canopy, however, is, the coloured roof. Setter has just begun to offer these canopies in a huge range of colours, and Cotton End elected for a variety to help brighten up their playground.

All designs are CAD-produced, allowing easy integration into the site plans. All structural calculations are made prior to installation, to ensure the canopies meet the most stringent of requirements placed by the main contractor.

The finished article. Two Rainbow Canopies at Cotton End Primary School

Cotton End Primary School were ecstatic with their canopies, the installation was seamless, and we are proud of another Setter Shelters job well done!

Another Canopy for a different section of the new build, in a different colour.