Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Screened porch. A screened porch, also known as a screen room, is a type of porch or similar structure on or near the exterior of a house that has been covered by window screens in order to hinder insects, debris, and other undesirable objects from entering the area inside the screen. Typically created to enhance the livability of a structure ...
Lanai (architecture) Albert Spencer Wilcox Beach House. 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]
Porch. A porch (from Old French porche, from Latin porticus "colonnade", from porta "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the façade of a building it commands, and forms a low front. Alternatively, it may be a vestibule, or a projecting building that houses the entrance ...
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 ...
Ranch (also known as American ranch, California ranch, rambler, or rancher) is a domestic architectural style that originated in the United States. The ranch-style house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout. The style fused modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period of wide open ...
Veranda. "Grande" style. Harlaxton House, Toowoomba, Queensland, 2014. 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.
Sleeping porch. A sleeping porch is a deck or balcony, sometimes screened or otherwise enclosed with screened windows, [1] and furnished for sleeping in warmer months. They can be on ground level or on a higher storey and on any side of a home. A sleeping porch allows residents to sleep on a screened-in porch, avoiding warm convection currents ...
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.