Houses with atrium (floor, light, windows, furniture)
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I would like it if it lets light into the center of the house. A few plants are fine, but a few atriums Ive seen have been hot, steamy places, with buggy overgrown plants and maybe a lizard or two. Yuk.
An atrium is an interior room where the ceiling is glass, transparent or semi-transparent, letting exterior light illuminate the room from above. If you're familiar with the Netflix TV show "Locke and Key", their kitchen seems to be an atrium, with a large stain glassed ceiling that in exterior shots is shown to be in the roof of the house.
A sun room is a room with large exterior windows and a roof. Usually it's windows on three sides of the room. The room is brightly illuminated from the exterior, but the roof provides shade at mid-day. Back in the day, the college dorm that I lived in, built in the 1920's, had a large sun room facing towards the east.
A solarium is a room with three walls and the ceiling all made of transparent material. Think green-house, except that the fourth wall is attached to a house. It may also be called a conservatory.
Are these three definitions correct?
If so, which type (or types) of room are being discussed here?
OK, well, the glass ceiling is great in places like New England, not so much in the South. Can you say "temperatures rapidly approaching the surface of the sun"?
I had some friends that had an open courtyard home. They had a raise pergola over it with several fans. The pergola allowed light in and sitting out there was quite comfortable even on hot days.
I had some friends that had an open courtyard home. They had a raise pergola over it with several fans. The pergola allowed light in and sitting out there was quite comfortable even on hot days.
At one time the open courtyard in the center of a house was advertised as an atrium. Each room had actual windows that looked into the central, sky-exposed interior. There was no roof over that atrium. These were built in low rainfall areas as far as I know. A few were built in the early 60s in So California for example.
The term courtyard has always referred to a fenced in patio space between the house and the rest of the world. The front door is usually accessed through the courtyard.
I remember when I was hunting for a house, I saw many from the 50-70s era being built with atriums. An awesome interior design!
Nowadays, they aren't as common as they used to be but I heard that they are coming back.
What's your opinion on those? Would you like to live in a house with atrium? https://www.decoist.com/atriums-design/
Love the photos from the link you shared. and yes, I'd love to live in a house with an atrium. However, they'd better be easy care plants. I'm not that much of a green thumb.
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