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Loggia

Loggia is the name given to an architectural feature, originally of Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
design, which is often a gallery or corridor

Corridor

A corridor is a path or guided way .Corridor may also refer to:* Polish Corridor in former West Prussia, which gave Poland access to the sea, but separated East Prussia and Free City of Danzig from the major part of Germany...
generally on the ground level, or sometimes higher, on the facade

Facade

A facade or fa?ade is generally one side of the exterior of a building, especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. The Word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face"....
of a building and open to the air

AIR

Air is the part of Earth's atmosphere that humans breath and as such Air .Air may also refer to:...
on one side, where it is supported by column

Column

File:National Capitol Columns - Washington, D.C..jpgA column in structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through physical compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below....
s or pierced openings in the wall.

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Loggia is the name given to an architectural feature, originally of Italian

Italy

Corridor

Facade

AIR

Air is the part of Earth's atmosphere that humans breath and as such Air .Air may also refer to:...
on one side, where it is supported by column

Column

Ospedale degli Innocenti

The Ospedale degli Innocenti , was a children's orphanage in Florence, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, who received the commission in 1419. It is regarded as a notable example of early Italian Renaissance architecture....
(Hospital of the Innocents) in Florence, Italy.

The loggia can also be an alternative to the portico

Portico

A portico is a porch that is 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....
. In this form it is most simply described as a recessed portico, or an internal room, with pierced walls, open to the elements. Occasionally a loggia would be placed at second floor level over the top of a loggia below; this was known as a 'double loggia'. Loggias sometimes were given significance in a facade by being surmounted by a pediment

Pediment

A pediment is a classical architecture element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure , typically supported by columns....
. The main difference between a loggia and a portico is the role within the functional layout of the building. While the portico ensures access inside from the exterior, and can thus be found on vernacular and small scale buildings, the loggia is accessed only from inside, making it a place for leisure. Thus, it is found mainly on noble residences and public buildings.

Today, a loggia can be a small, often ornate, summer house built on the roof of a residence to enjoy cooling winds and admire the view. They are typical of Italian

Italy

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
.

Grinnell College

Grinnell College

Grinnell College is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Grinnell, Iowa, Iowa, U.S. with a strong tradition of social activism....
in Grinnell, Iowa

Grinnell, Iowa

Grinnell is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,105 at the United States Census, 2000. Grinnell was named after Josiah Bushnell Grinnell and is the home of Grinnell College....
contains three distinct sets of dorms connected by loggias. The main quad of the Stanford University

Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
campus prominently features loggias, as do the University Center and Purnell Center for the Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a top private university research university in Pittsburgh. Since its inception, Carnegie Mellon has grown into a world-renowned institution, with numerous programs that are frequently college and university rankings among the best in the world....
, which frame a quad known as the Cut.

A loggia was added to the Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Denmark architect J?rn Utzon, who in 2003 received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour....
in 2006.

In Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, a loggia is a glazed balcony

Balcony

Balcony , a kind of platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or Corbel brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade. The traditional Malta balcony is a wooden closed balcony projecting from a wall....
on apartment

Apartment

An apartment is a self-contained House unit that occupies only part of a Apartment building. Apartments may be owned or rented .A common alternative term for apartment is flat....
blocks.

Loggia

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