Plate L. Vaulted Loggias and Covered Ways

Plate L. In connection with vaulted loggias and covered ways giving access to courtyards and affording means of communication, the architecture of the outside corridor must be considered. Some suggestions for the treatment of this particular feature are given on this Plate in Nos. I to V. In general, the type follows the arcaded and vaulted loggia of Italy, and its adaptation to the plans of many kinds of modern buildings will be obvious. The student is referred to the lower storey of the buildings on the north side of the Piazza at Covent Garden, designed by Inigo Jones, for an instance of its use when it forms an integral part of a building. The three-way vestibule beneath the central block of the Horse Guards, Whitehall, designed by William Kent (Nos. VI and VIII), partakes of the nature of the vaulted loggia and may be regarded as an early type of the vestibule with thoroughfare for wheeled traffic, which found its highest expression in the work of Sir William Chambers at Somerset House, already described.