Word: loggia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Behind Two Doors. He usually eats breakfast on the sunny red-tiled loggia, practically naked ("not just in shorts, but often just wearing a handkerchief or something," says Vera). Then he dresses, plunges into his workroom, labors at a table that resembles an architect's and rivals Franklin Roosevelt's for gimcracks: rows of art gum erasers, each neatly labeled, trays of pens, pencils, different colors and kinds of inks. He has two pianos in the narrow room, a grand and an upright, and still does his composing at the piano...
...remember only one occasion when his awe-inspiring dignity was a little impaired,--another dramatic performance of his, which ended this time in something bordering on comedy. The Division of Modern Languages was holding a doctoral examination in the open-air loggia behind Warren House, and some little street boys amused themselves by throwing stones into the learned assembly. Mr. Kittredge, who was presiding, asked me to take the chair, picked up a hat from the next seat, and chased the boys to Harvard Square. In a few minutes he returned, leading by each hand a cowering little gamin, whom...
...Saarinens have given their block-square plan variety and privacy by devoting more than half the plot to a terrace sunk eight feet below street level. Its loggia, mosaic pavements, shrubs and flower beds will provide a pleasant setting for many a church supper, concert and pageant. Its pool will be used for public ice skating in winter, will help keep the church cool in summer. On this level the east and west wings contain an auditorium seating 500, reception room, kitchen, Bible School classrooms. The upper levels of the brick and Indiana limestone structure contain the light, airy church...