Lanai (architecture)
{{short description|Type of roofed, open-sided veranda, patio or porch originating in Hawaiʻi}}
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A lanai or lānai is a type of roofed, open-sided veranda, patio, or porch originating in Hawaii.{{cite web|title=Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi|url=http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-0hdict--00-0-0--010---4----den--0-000lpm--1haw-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-lanai--00031-0000escapewin-00&a=q&d=D10392|access-date=September 2, 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/105395?redirectedFrom=lanai#eid |title= lanai, n. |year= 2012 |work=Oxford English Dictionary |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=October 3, 2012}} Many homes, apartment buildings, hotels and restaurants in Hawaii are built with one or more lānais.{{cite web|title=Hawaiian Lanai Family Room|url=http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/hawaiian-lanai-family-room/index.html|publisher=hgtv|access-date=September 1, 2012}}
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.
Examples
One example of Hawaiian architecture featuring a lānai is the Albert Spencer Wilcox Beach House on the Island of Kauai.{{cite web|title=Albert Spencer Wilcox Beach House|url={{NRHP url|id=93000725}}|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=September 1, 2012}} The residence of Queen Lili{{okina}}uokalani, Washington Place in Honolulu, was constructed with "open lānais" on all sides.{{cite web|title=Washington Place|url={{NHLS url|id=73000666}}|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=September 1, 2012}}
Architectural feature
The use of the lānai is one of the "Hawaiian modern" features in the style of some of the buildings of Vladimir Ossipoff, who saw in the lanai functional similarities to the Japanese engawa.Dean Sakamoto, Karla Britton (2007). Hawaiian modern: the architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff. p. 96 "In passing, Ossipoff mentioned the engawa, or veranda platform, a key component of the Japanese house that functions much like the Hawaiian lanai. Historically, the engawa was characteristic of the shuden residential style of the late Middle ..." A lanai may also be a covered exterior passageway.Dana J. Hepler, Paul Ross Wallach, Donald Hepler (2012). Drafting and Design for Architecture. p. 151. "LANAIS. Lanai is the Hawaiian word for porch, but it also refers to a covered exterior passageway. Large lanais often double as patios." Disney animator Dorse Lanpher (1935–2011) notes in his memoirs the large covered lanais on the ocean side of his Honolulu hospital.Dorse A. Lanpher. Flyin' Chunks and Other Things to Duck. p. 34 "Each floor of the hospital had a large, covered lanai, Hawaiian word for porch, on the ocean side of the building. I spent my afternoons sitting on the third floor lanai looking down on Honolulu and the airport in the distance. I would watch the ..." Today, air-conditioned buildings such as hotels often offer "enclosed" rather than "open" lanais, sometimes meaning a large dining hall with a 'wall' of sliding glass doors.Jeanette Foster (2005). Frommer's Hawaii 2006. p. 16. "A full gourmet breakfast is served on the enclosed back lanai or, if you prefer, delivered to your room."
In popular culture
On The Golden Girls, the outdoor space of the titular characters' house is referred to as a lanai, particularly by Blanche Deveraux, even though it is more properly a patio."The Golden Girls introduced a new word to non-Floridian viewers: lanai. Architecturally speaking, a lanai is a porch or veranda with a cement floor and an awning and is sometimes also enclosed by screens." {{cite web |title=20 Fun Facts About The Golden Girls |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56215/20-fun-facts-about-golden-girls |website=Mental Floss |language=en |date=14 September 2017}}
Gallery
File:Backside of the Hulihee Palace.JPG|Oceanfront lanai of Huliheʻe Palace at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
File:View of open lanai, looking ewa-mauka - Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI HABS HI,2-HONLU,28-69.tif|Open lanai of Washington Place in Honolulu
See also
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Category:Architecture in Hawaii