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 few cases in which more than 
this is needful. 
But for this to suffice, the piazza must not 
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