Talk:Patio

Courtyard, patio and garden

I think it should be noted here, the difference that lays between the courtyard space, the patio and the garden. For reference, see Mediterrannean Architecture by Corpus, Barcelona 2002, http://www.rehabimed.net/www_ang/llibres_ang.asp :

"(patio), a word which certainly best defines the qualities of this house space. The patio is a shelter for millions of Mediterranean people dwelling in dozens of urban environments (médinas) and in houses. A living architectural structure, rich with qualities, but alas also threatened.

The patio indicates both the centre and the core of the house, the heart of family life. This word has no synonym: it has become an irreplaceable area on a human scale, generated and conditioned by traditional construction. A dwelling area, a source of life. An active area, a peaceful and intimate place. Inside and outside. Ground and sky blend into an environment, a proportion, an architecture.

The quality, density and vital energy of this area are such that a house does not need more than one entrance on the façade. Everything is concentrated and turned towards this central point of the house.This entrance, always shifted with a chicane, spares inside privacy."— Preceding unsigned comment added by Feddyups (talk • contribs) 7 November 2006

different meaning in Spanish?

I have removed the sentence "The word comes to English from Spanish, where it has a different meaning, namely a loud sound projecting device." I'm Spanish and that's just plain wrong. Patio in Spanish doesn't mean a loudspeaker. It means courtyard, the same as in English. Db105 (talk) 00:03, 29 July 2015 (UTC)