Patio

{{Other uses}} {{short description|Outdoor, typically paved, space adjoining a residence or other structure}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} [[File:Luxekindvriendelijkvakantiehuisdrenthe.jpg|thumb|A patio outside of a home in the Netherlands]]

A '''patio'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|p|æ|t|i|oʊ}},<ref>{{cite web|title=patio|website=Oxford Dictionaries|url=https://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/patio?q=patio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416183222/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/patio?q=patio|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-04-16|access-date=15 April 2014}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|usalso|ˈ|p|ɑː|t|i|oʊ}};<ref>{{cite LPD|3|page=592}}</ref> {{IPA|es|ˈpatjo|lang}}||pron}} ({{langnf|es||courtyard, forecourt, yard, little garden}}) is an outdoor space generally used for dining or recreation that adjoins a structure and is typically paved.<ref>{{cite web|last=Court|first=Jess|date=2021-05-17|title=How to make the best of your outdoor space|url=https://aquawarehouse.co.uk/post/how-to-make-the-best-of-your-outdoor-space|access-date=2022-02-28|website=Aqua Warehouse|language=en}}</ref> In Australia, the term is expanded to include roofed structures such as a veranda, which provides protection from sun and rain.<ref name="WA DoP">{{cite web|last1=Department of Planning|title=State Planning Policy 3.1 - Residential Design Codes|url=https://www.planning.wa.gov.au/residential-design-codes.aspx|access-date=9 October 2017|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903232501/https://www.planning.wa.gov.au/residential-design-codes.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Construction== Patios are most commonly paved with concrete or stone slabs (also known as paving flags). They can also be created using bricks, block paving, tiles, cobbles or gravel. Other kinds of patio materials these days include alumawood, aluminum, acrylic and glass. Other options include concrete, stamped concrete, and aggregate concrete.

==Restaurant patio== [[File:Downtown State College PA 03.jpg|thumb|An outdoor seating area at a restaurant in State College, Pennsylvania]] ''Patio'' is also a general term used for outdoor seating at restaurants, especially in Canadian English. While common in Europe even before 1900, eating outdoors at restaurants in North America was exotic until the 1940s. The Hotel St. Moritz in New York in the 1950s advertised itself as having the first true continental cafe with outdoor seating. The ''Toronto Star'' welcomed that city's first patio in the 1960s. In the United States, having a warmer and sunnier climate than Northern Europe, outdoor dining grew rapidly in the 1960s and today is a popular dining experience in the warmer parts of the mainland.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Bateman|url=http://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/04/29/toronto-learned-love-patio/|title=How Toronto learned to love the patio|website=Spacing|date=April 29, 2015|access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Architecture }} * Andalusian patio * Arizona room * Catio * Deck * Porch * Terrace garden * Veranda

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==References== * {{cite book|author=British Precast Concrete Federation|title=Paving Flags (to B.S. 368: 1971).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv7kGwAACAAJ|year=1973|publisher=British Precast Concrete Federation}} * {{cite book|last=Mildenhall|first=Henry Seymour |title=Laying Precast Concrete Paving Flags|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZrJMwEACAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Cement and Concrete Association|isbn=0-7210-1288-4}} * {{cite book|last=Fwa|first=T. F. |title=The Handbook of Highway Engineering|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kuHVN2le8w0C&pg=SA10-PA5|date=28 September 2005|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=1-4200-3950-4}}

==External links== * {{commons-inline|Category:Patios|Patios}} * {{Wiktionary-inline|patio}}

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