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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.
The roof terrace of the Casa Grande hotel in Santiago de Cuba. Terraces need not always protrude from a building; a flat roof area (which may or may not be surrounded by a balustrade) used for social activity is also known as a terrace. [2] In Venice, Italy, for example, the rooftop terrace (or altana) is the most common form of terrace found ...
A veranda (also spelled verandah in Australian and New Zealand English) is a roofed, open-air hallway or porch, attached to the outside of a building. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure.
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.
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Loggia Valmarana in Vicenza, Italy, by Palladio, UNESCO. The main difference between a loggia and a portico is the role within the functional layout of the building. The portico allows entrance to the inside from the exterior and can be found on vernacular and small scale buildings.
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A unit with a regular balcony will have doors that open onto a small patio with railings, a small patio garden or skyrise greenery. A French balcony is a false balcony, with doors that open to a railing with a view of the courtyard or the surrounding scenery below.