A gazebo is a pavilion structure, often octagonal, commonly found in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas. In Architecture a pavilion (from French, "pavillon" from Latin "papilio" has two main significations A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human A garden is a planned space usually outdoors set aside for the display cultivation and enjoyment of Plants and other forms of Nature. A public space refers to an area or place that is open and accessible to all citizens regardless of Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Age or Gazebos are freestanding, or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides; they provide shade, basic shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest. Vietnam roofjpg|thumb|The roofs of Vietnam.]] A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a Building. Shade is the blocking of Sunlight (in particular direct sunshine by any object and also the Shadow created by that object Some gazebos in public parks are large enough to serve as bandstands. A bandstand is a circular or semicircular structure set in a Park, Garden, or Pier, designed to accommodate Musical bands performing outdoor

History

Gazebos belong to a variety of garden structures with similar functions, that include pagodas, pavilions, kiosks, belvederes, follies, alambras, pergolas, and more. A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered Tower with multiple Eaves common in China, Japan, Korea In Architecture a pavilion (from French, "pavillon" from Latin "papilio" has two main significations In the Mediterranean Basin and the Near East, a kiosk ( Persian کوشک Kushk Arabic كشك Koshk Turkish Köşk In Architecture, a folly is a Building constructed strictly as a decoration having none of the usual purposes of housing or sheltering associated with a conventional A pergola is a Garden feature forming a shaded walk or passageway of pillars that support cross beams and a sturdy open lattice upon which woody vines are trained As the etymologies of those names suggest, such structures were (and are) quite popular in warm and sunny climates. They are well-attested in the literature of China, Persia, and many other classical civlizations, going back to several millennia. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Examples of such structures are the garden houses at Montacute House. Montacute House, situated in the South Somerset Village of Montacute, is described by its owners the National Trust, as "one of the glories

The word gazebo was first used by British architects William and John Halfpenny in their book Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste (1750). William Halfpenny, English 18th-century Architectural designer he described himself as "architect and carpenter" Plate 55 of the book, titled “Elevation of a Chinese Gazebo” shows “[. . . ] a Chinese Tower or Gazebo, situated on a Rock, and raised to a considerable Heighth, and a Gallery round it to render the Prospect more compleat”.

The origin of the word is unknown, and has no cognates in other European languages. Several false etymologies have been proposed, such as the French expression Que c'est beau ("How beautiful") and the Macaronic Latin gazebo ("I shall gaze"). A false etymology is an assumed or postulated Etymology that current consensus among scholars of Historical linguistics holds to be incorrect French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Macaronic refers to text spoken or written using a mixture of Languages sometimes including Bilingual puns particularly when the languages are used in the same context L. L. Bacon proposed a derivation from Casbah, a Muslim quarter around the citadel in Algiers^[1]. The Casbah ( French) or as transliterated from Arabic Qasba (from qasba, قصبة ' Citadel ' is specifically the citadel of Algiers A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest More recently, W. Sayers proposed that the name comes from Hispano-Arabic qushaybah, attested in a poem by Cordoban poet Ibn Quzman (d. ||-||-||} Córdoba ( Cordova in English is a City in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman was born in 1078 in Cordoba and died in 1160 also in Cordoba. 1160) ^[2]

Construction

Through history, garden pavillions have been built using almost any construction material. In contemporary England and North America, however, gazebos are typically built of wood and covered with standard roofing materials, such as shingles. Most of Prefabricated gazebo kits are produced in Pennsylvania by the Amish and Mennonites. Prefabrication is the practice of assembling components of a Structure in a Factory or other Manufacturing site and Transporting complete The Amish (ˈɑːmɪʃ are members of an Anabaptist Christian denomination best known for Simple living, Plain dress and resisting modern conveniences

Gazebos, especially temporary ones, can be also tent-style structures of poles covered by tensioned fabric (usually nylon). A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope Overview Nylon is a Thermoplastic silky material first used commercially in a nylon- Bristled Toothbrush (1938 followed more famously by

Gazebos are sometimes equipped with screen sides to ward off flying insects. This addition has recently gained popularity due to growing concerns about mosquito-carried West Nile virus. Mosquitoes are insects in the family Culicidae. They have a pair of scaled wings a pair of Halteres, a slender body and long legs West Nile virus (or WNV is a Virus of the family Flaviviridae; part of the Japanese encephalitis (JE antigenic complex of viruses it is found in

Gallery

A large gazebo on the grounds of Iolani Palace, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

This gazebo inside the spacious Singapore Botanic Gardens also serves as a bandstand. Iolani Palace, situated in the capitol district of Downtown Honolulu in the U Singapore Botanic Gardens ( Chinese: 新加坡植物园 Malay: Taman Botanik A bandstand is a circular or semicircular structure set in a Park, Garden, or Pier, designed to accommodate Musical bands performing outdoor

The gazebo made for the wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward F. Cox in 1971

Duck pond with gazebo at apartment in Covington, Georgia. Patricia "Tricia" Nixon Cox (born February 21, 1946, in Whittier, California) is the first daughter of the late U Edward Ridley Finch Cox (born October 4, 1946 in Southampton Suffolk New York) the son of Howard Ellis Cox and Anne Crane Delafield Finch Cox is a lawyer A duck pond is a Pond for Ducks and other water Birds Often such ponds are artificial and ornamental in nature in Public parks for example Covington is a city in Newton County, Georgia, United States. June 2007

See also

• Bandstand
• Belvedere
• Kiosk
• Pergola
• Pavilion
• Folly
• Eric and the Gazebo

References