Piazzas 



sides encircled by piazzas, and their breadth 

 was apt to be as excessive as their length. 

 To-day a reaction has happily begun. Pi- 

 azzas on all sides of a house mean that all 

 the rooms are somewhat darkened, and that 

 direct sunshine can nowhere enter the low- 

 est story. This consideration is important 

 even when a house is meant merely for 

 summer use ; and it is all - important when 

 winter as well as summer comfort must be 

 secured. Again, experience will always 

 show that only certain favorite corners of 

 very long piazzas are used, so that other por- 

 tions might be removed and never missed. 

 And, finally, one of the most difficult of 

 current architectural problems is so to treat 

 a piazza that it will seem an integral part of 

 the house instead of a mere attached shed ; 

 and, of course, the larger it is, the harder 

 becomes the task. If we look at our best 

 recent houses, we find that the main piazza 

 is confined to one side, or that, placed on a 

 corner, it partly encircles two sides ; and 

 there can be fev/ cases in v>'hich more than 

 this is needful. 



But for this to suffice, the piazza must not 

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