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A lanai or lānai is a type of roofed, open-sided veranda,
File:Backside of the Hulihee Palace.JPG, Oceanfront lanai of Huliheʻe Palace at
A lanai or lānai is a type of roofed, open-sided veranda, patio
A patio (, ; ) is an outdoor space generally used for dining or recreation that adjoins a structure and is typically paved. In Australia, the term is expanded to include roofed structures such as a veranda, which provides protection from sun ...
, or porch
A porch (; , ) is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance to 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 (architecture), vestibule (a s ...
originating in Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
. Many homes, apartment buildings, hotels and restaurants in Hawaii are built with one or more lānais.
In Hawaii, the term's use has grown colloquially to encompass any sort of outdoor living area connected to or adjacent to an interior space—whether roofed or not—including apartment and hotel balconies. It may be screened in or not.
Examples
One example of Hawaiian architecture featuring a lānai is the Albert Spencer Wilcox Beach House on the Island ofKauai
Kauai (), anglicized as Kauai ( or ), is one of the main Hawaiian Islands.
It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States. Kauai lies 73 m ...
. The residence of Queen Liliuokalani, Washington Place in Honolulu, was constructed with "open lānais" on all sides.
Architectural feature
The use of the ''lānai'' is one of the "Hawaiian modern" features in the style of some of the buildings of Vladimir Ossipoff, who saw in the lanai functional similarities to the Japanese ''engawa
An or is an edging strip of non-tatami-matted flooring in Japanese architecture, usually wood or bamboo. The may run around the rooms, on the outside of the building, in which case they resemble a porch or sunroom.
Usually, the is outside t ...
''. A lanai may also be a covered exterior passageway. Disney animator Dorse Lanpher (1935–2011) notes in his memoirs the large covered lanais on the ocean side of his Honolulu hospital. Today, air-conditioned buildings such as hotels often offer "enclosed" rather than "open" lanais, sometimes meaning a large dining hall with a 'wall' of sliding glass doors.Jeanette Foster (2005). ''Frommer's Hawaii 2006''. p. 16. "A full gourmet breakfast is served on the enclosed back lanai or, if you prefer, delivered to your room."
In popular culture
On ''The Golden Girls
''The Golden Girls'' is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning seven seasons. The show's ensemble cast stars Beatrice Arthur, Betty ...
'', the outdoor space of the titular characters' house is referred to as a lanai, particularly by Blanche Deveraux, even though it is more properly a patio."''The Golden Girls'' introduced a new word to non-Floridian viewers: lanai. Architecturally speaking, a lanai is a porch or veranda with a cement floor and an awning and is sometimes also enclosed by screens."
Gallery
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Kailua-Kona is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. It is most commonly referred to simply as Kona (a name it shares wit ...
File:View of open lanai, looking ewa-mauka - Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI HABS HI,2-HONLU,28-69.tif, Open lanai of Washington Place in Honolulu
See also
*Terrace (building)
A terrace is an external, raised, open, flat area in either a landscape (such as a park or garden) near a building, or as a roof terrace on a flat roof.
Ground terraces
Terraces are used primarily for leisure activity such as sitting, strol ...
References
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