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tract from solidity of effect in the house. 

 But a small vine-covered terrace is never 

 inadmissible, and a small awning is rarely 

 offensive ; and they may at least be recom- 

 mended as supplements to a true piazza, or 

 even as substitutes for it in houses occupied 

 throughout the year, and in positions where 

 a permanent piazza-roof would be a serious 

 inconvenience. 



I have said that the pleasing treatment of 

 piazzas is one of the most difficult of current 

 architectural problems. It is true that 

 charming houses with long verandas have 

 been built for generations in certain southern 

 countries. But although we may get valu- 

 able hints from them, they cannot be used 

 as models. Ours is not a truly southern 

 climate, but one in which almost tropical 

 heat alternates with almost Siberian cold. 

 Our more comphcated habits of life demand 

 more complicated ground-plans than those 

 which serve, for instance, in an Indian 

 bungalow, and every deviation from a simply 

 outlined and low-roofed form makes the 

 right architectural use of piazzas more dififi- 

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