Lanai (architecture)
Examples:
– Albert Spencer Wilcox Beach House on the Island of Kauai features a lānai.
– Washington Place in Honolulu, the residence of Queen Liliʻuokalani, has open lānais on all sides.
Architectural Feature:
– Hawaiian modern buildings by Vladimir Ossipoff incorporate the lānai.
– A lānai can be a covered exterior passageway.
– Disney animator Dorse Lanpher mentions large covered lanais on the ocean side of his Honolulu hospital.
– Air-conditioned buildings like hotels now offer enclosed lanais with sliding glass doors.
In Popular Culture:
– In “The Golden Girls,” the outdoor space of the characters’ house is called a lanai by Blanche Deveraux.
Gallery:
– Oceanfront lanai of Huliheʻe Palace at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
– Open lanai of Washington Place in Honolulu.
See Also:
– Terrace (building).
References:
– Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
– Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2012.
– Hawaiian Lanai Family Room, hgtv, Retrieved September 1, 2012.
– The Golden Girls introduced the term lanai to non-Floridian viewers.
– Albert Spencer Wilcox Beach House and Washington Place are notable examples.
A lanai or lānai is a type of roofed, open-sided veranda, patio, or porch originating in Hawaii. Many homes, apartment buildings, hotels and restaurants in Hawaii are built with one or more lānais.
In Hawaii, the term's use has grown colloquially to encompass any sort of outdoor living area connected to or adjacent to an interior space—whether roofed or not—including apartment and hotel balconies. It may be screened in or not.