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A veranda (also spelled verandah in Australian and New Zealand English) is a roofed, open-air hallway or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure.
Authorities differ on the spelling of the word. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary gives the "h" version as a variant and The Guardian Style Guide says "veranda not verandah". Australia's Macquarie Dictionary prefers verandah.
Veranda, as used in the United Kingdom and France, was brought by the British from India (Hindi: बरामदा, Urdu: برآمدہ). It may have been originated from Persian Language برآمد which means “outwards”, means an area which is outwards from the living/rooms and adopted into Urdu and Hindi from Persian. While the exact origin of the word is unknown, scholars suggest that the word may have originated in subcontinent or may have been adopted from the Portuguese[citation needed] and spread further to the British and French colonists. Ancient and medieval subcontinent texts on domestic architecture like Vastu shastra uses the word "Alinda" for this architectural feature.
The veranda has featured quite prominently in Australian vernacular architecture and first became widespread in colonial buildings during the 1850s. The Victorian Filigree architecture style is used by residential (particularly terraced houses in Australia and New Zealand) and commercial buildings (particularly hotels) across Australia and features decorative screens of wrought iron, cast iron "lace" or wood fretwork. The Queenslander is a style of residential construction in Queensland, Australia, which is adapted to subtropical climates and characterized in part by its large verandas, which sometimes encircle the entire house.
The bandeirista style house from Brazil typically has a veranda positioned to face the sunrise.
In Hong Kong, verandas often appear on the upper floor of the first to third generations of Tong Lau (shophouses) due to a lack of space since the 19th century.
Early known examples of verandah in domestic architecture come from Vastu shastra texts which lay out plans and describe methods to build houses, where alinda (veranda) is a common feature of domestic buildings.
Porches were a natural idea in India, a mostly warm, tropical country. In Gujarat the porch area is called the otala and in the Hindi belt it is known as alinda. These structures are not only used to cool off, but also as a centre of social life where neighbours can talk and kids play, or as a religious centre where rituals and worship of certain gods can take place.
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Veranda
A veranda (also spelled verandah in Australian and New Zealand English) is a roofed, open-air hallway or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure.
Authorities differ on the spelling of the word. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary gives the "h" version as a variant and The Guardian Style Guide says "veranda not verandah". Australia's Macquarie Dictionary prefers verandah.
Veranda, as used in the United Kingdom and France, was brought by the British from India (Hindi: बरामदा, Urdu: برآمدہ). It may have been originated from Persian Language برآمد which means “outwards”, means an area which is outwards from the living/rooms and adopted into Urdu and Hindi from Persian. While the exact origin of the word is unknown, scholars suggest that the word may have originated in subcontinent or may have been adopted from the Portuguese[citation needed] and spread further to the British and French colonists. Ancient and medieval subcontinent texts on domestic architecture like Vastu shastra uses the word "Alinda" for this architectural feature.
The veranda has featured quite prominently in Australian vernacular architecture and first became widespread in colonial buildings during the 1850s. The Victorian Filigree architecture style is used by residential (particularly terraced houses in Australia and New Zealand) and commercial buildings (particularly hotels) across Australia and features decorative screens of wrought iron, cast iron "lace" or wood fretwork. The Queenslander is a style of residential construction in Queensland, Australia, which is adapted to subtropical climates and characterized in part by its large verandas, which sometimes encircle the entire house.
The bandeirista style house from Brazil typically has a veranda positioned to face the sunrise.
In Hong Kong, verandas often appear on the upper floor of the first to third generations of Tong Lau (shophouses) due to a lack of space since the 19th century.
Early known examples of verandah in domestic architecture come from Vastu shastra texts which lay out plans and describe methods to build houses, where alinda (veranda) is a common feature of domestic buildings.
Porches were a natural idea in India, a mostly warm, tropical country. In Gujarat the porch area is called the otala and in the Hindi belt it is known as alinda. These structures are not only used to cool off, but also as a centre of social life where neighbours can talk and kids play, or as a religious centre where rituals and worship of certain gods can take place.
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