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Patio is also a general term used for outdoor seating at restaurants, especially in Canadian English. While common in Europe even before 1900, eating outdoors at restaurants in North America was exotic until the 1940s. The Hotel St. Moritz in New York in the 1950s advertised itself as having the first true continental cafe with outdoor seating.
Lanai (architecture) A lanai or lānai is a type of roofed, open-sided veranda, patio, or porch originating in Hawaii. [1][2] Many homes, apartment buildings, hotels and restaurants in Hawaii are built with one or more lānais. [3]
The decking is selangan batu, a Malaysian timber. In architecture, a deck is a flat surface capable of supporting weight, similar to a floor, but typically constructed outdoors, often elevated from the ground, and usually connected to a building. The term is a generalization from the deck of a ship. A level architectural deck may be intended ...
Patio home. Many suburban upper-middle class patio home developments feature fully landscaped common areas which are maintained by a subdivision which charges a monthly maintenance fee. A patio home or cluster home is an American house in a suburban setting. It can be a small, freestanding structure very close to the neighbor or part of a unit ...
This page is a glossary of architecture. A flat slab forming the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column. A sculptural embellishment of an arch. The subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts. The space enclosed in a church between the outer gate or railing of the rood screen ...
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures. Porticos are sometimes topped with pediments.
Andalusian patio. Typical patio of Sevillan houses. Patio de los Leones (Courtyard of the Lions), The Alhambra of Granada. Patio of Córdoba. Andalusian patios are central open spaces in the courtyard houses of the south of Spain. The stone patios are an architectural evolution of the Roman atrium. [1][better source needed]
In architecture and construction, a sliding glass door (also patio door or doorwall[1][2]) is a type of sliding door made predominantly from glass, that is situated in an external wall to provide egress and light. The doors can give access to a backyard or patio while providing a pleasant view, [3][4] and when not fully covered can be a source ...