The covered platform near a house’s front door has been called many names: porch, portico, veranda, stoop, lanai, piazza. But whatever you call it, this architectural phenomenon is distinctly American ...

Having lived there for most of her life, Lillian Longo has a particular fondness for the brick split-level in Brookline, Pa., that she shares with her husband, Rich. How else to explain all the time ...

The covered platform near a house’s front door has been called many things: porch, portico, veranda, stoop, lanai, piazza. But whatever you call it, this architectural phenomenon is distinctly ...

A porch is an extension of the floor and Porches are generally used to have a comfortable pause at the entrance. A porch is an extension of the floor, either on the front or back entrance of a ...