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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 complicated 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 diffi- 
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