loggia
Open-sided covered gallery
A loggia is a roofed gallery or arcade open on one or more sides, typically part of a building rather than freestanding.
Common in Italian Renaissance architecture, loggias provide sheltered outdoor space: We had coffee in the loggia overlooking the garden.
The word is Italian and usually pronounced with a soft g.
Row supporting a roof
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- balustradeRail supported by posts
- pilastersShallow rectangular wall projections
archway · vaulting · keystone · entablature · pediment · frieze · cornice · balcony
Raised exterior platform
- mezzanineIntermediate story between floors
- logePrivate theater enclosure
- boxLidded storage container
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
wings · proscenium · stalls · auditorium · seating
Roofed open-air porch
- terracePaved outdoor extension
- patioPaved outdoor living space
- balconyRaised exterior platform
- pergolaLatticework frame for climbers
courtyard · lanai · breezeway · solarium · sunroom · gazebo · promenade · rooftop
Florentine banking dynasty
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
- BrunelleschiFlorentine Renaissance master builder
- VitruviusRoman architectural theorist
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
Uffizi · Vasari · patronage · classicism · Raphael · piazza · villa · palazzo
Recessed area in room
- nicheRecessed wall space
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- mezzanineIntermediate story between floors
- bayPartially enclosed water
foyer · archway · ceiling · soffit · steps · fireplace · hearth · staircase
Collection of people meeting
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- mingleInteract socially with others
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
promenade · banquet · soiree · rendezvous · entertaining · aperitivo · fete · assembly
colonnade
Row supporting a roof
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- balustradeRail supported by posts
pilasters · archway · vaulting · keystone · entablature · pediment · frieze · cornice · balcony · facade
balcony
Raised exterior platform
gallery · wings · proscenium · stalls · auditorium · seating
veranda
Roofed open-air porch
pergola · courtyard · lanai · breezeway · solarium · sunroom · gazebo · promenade · rooftop · garden
Medici
Florentine banking dynasty
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
- BrunelleschiFlorentine Renaissance master builder
- VitruviusRoman architectural theorist
frescoes · Uffizi · Vasari · patronage · classicism · Raphael · piazza · villa · palazzo · perspective
alcove
Recessed area in room
- nicheRecessed wall space
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- mezzanineIntermediate story between floors
bay · foyer · archway · ceiling · soffit · steps · fireplace · hearth · staircase · loft
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- mingleInteract socially with others
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
salon · promenade · banquet · soiree · rendezvous · entertaining · aperitivo · fete · assembly
- building partsfacades, wall, door, windows, floor
- concert hallconcert hall, auditorium, opera house, recital hall, music hall
- home additionsaddition, wing, annex, annexe, extension
- porchesfront porch, back porch, screened porch, wraparound porch, enclosed porch
- Tuscan villacypress trees, olive grove, terracotta roof, stone walls, exposed beams
- passagestunnel, hallway, duct, walkway, channel