Hallway

{{short description|Room used to connect other rooms}} {{other uses}}{{distinguish|Passage (architecture)}} [[File:Luhrs Tower Hallway.jpg|thumb|Hallway in Luhrs Tower, 1929 office building in Phoenix, Arizona]] [[File:A corridor in Govt. Medical College Hospital, Kollam May 2023.jpg|right|thumb|Corridor inside a Government Medical College in Kollam, India]]

A '''hallway''' (also known as '''passage''', '''passageway''', '''corridor''' or '''hall''') is an interior space in a building that is used to connect multiple rooms. They are generally long and narrow.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/hallway |title=Collins Dictionary |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers}}</ref>

Hallways must be sufficiently wide to ensure buildings can be evacuated during a fire, and to allow people in wheelchairs to navigate them. The minimum width of a hallway is governed by building codes. The minimum width of hallways in residences of the United States is {{convert|36|in|mm}}.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mitton |first1=Maureen |last2=Nystuen |first2=Courtney |title=Residential Interior Design: A Guide to Planning Spaces |date=11 January 2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-04602-9 |page=201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkmhNQ0zNUMC&dq=hallway%20minimum%20width%2036%22&pg=PA201 |language=en}}</ref> Hallways are wider in higher-traffic settings, such as schools<ref>{{cite web |title=Guideline for Square Footage Requirements for Educational Facilities |url=https://www.gadoe.org/Finance-and-Business-Operations/Facilities-Services/Documents/4%20%20Guideline%20for%20Square%20Footage%20Requirements%20051012.pdf |publisher=Georgia Department of Education |access-date=10 March 2021 |quote=The minimum clear width of corridors shall be 8 feet when serving 2 or more IUs. Corridors, where lockers will be installed, shall be a minimum clear width of 9 feet if the lockers are on one side only. If there are to be lockers on both sides, the corridor must be at least 10 feet wide. |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321203102/http://www.gadoe.org/Finance-and-Business-Operations/Facilities-Services/Documents/4%20%20Guideline%20for%20Square%20Footage%20Requirements%20051012.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and hospitals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carson |first1=Chip |title=The Life Safety Code and health care corridor width |url=https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2013/January-February-2013/The-Experts/In-Compliance |website=www.nfpa.org |access-date=10 March 2021 |quote=According to NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, new health care facilities are required to have corridors {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} “in clear and unobstructed width.” |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125142745/https://nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2013/January-February-2013/The-Experts/In-Compliance |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1597, John Thorpe was the first recorded architect to replace multiple connected rooms with rooms along a hallway, each accessed by a separate door.<ref name="Flanders2015">{{cite book|author=Judith Flanders|title=The Making of Home: The 500-Year Story of How Our Houses Became Our Homes|date=8 September 2015|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-4668-7548-7}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Wiktionary-inline|hallway}} *{{Commons category-inline|Corridors}}

Category:Rooms