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Recent Examples of porte cochere
The concrete columns form a porte cochere, where owners drive through to a basement garage (spaces are $200,000) and take an elevator straight to their floors, avoiding the neighborhood entirely.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Mar. 2023
Thanks to the nature reserves, the property feels more like 15 acres, with immaculate landscaping and a custom drive-through porte cochere.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 May 2023
Led by renowned design firms Rockwell Group and Hart Howerton, the renovation updated the veranda and porte cochere, the grand lobby, guest rooms, ballrooms, and the on-site restaurants.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2023
Landscape architect Janice Parker carefully considered how this area would be viewed from the back of the home, particularly as one passes through the porte cochere.
—Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Mar. 2023
Thanks to the nature reserves, the property feels more like 15 acres, with immaculate landscaping and a custom drive-through porte cochere.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 May 2023
Led by renowned design firms Rockwell Group and Hart Howerton, the renovation updated the veranda and porte cochere, the grand lobby, guest rooms, ballrooms, and the on-site restaurants.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2023
Landscape architect Janice Parker carefully considered how this area would be viewed from the back of the home, particularly as one passes through the porte cochere.
—Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porte cochere
Noun
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Don’t shelter in unprotected open buildings, such as metal sheds, picnic pavilions, baseball dugouts and porches.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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Fronted by a useful porch area, the tiny house also features a spacious interior layout that's arranged on one floor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The indoor mall is modeled after the streets of Venice, Italy, complete with arched bridges, piazzas, and canals.—
Alex Schechter,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2025
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Bertha Santander of Peru had come five hours early on Sunday to unfurl her huge Peruvian flag in the piazza, recalling the emotion of that night when the piazza erupted in cheers as Leo first appeared.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Inside a lit paned-glass veranda, an older man in a dark sport coat with white piping and a knotted neck scarf tapped out his pipe on a saucer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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The structure features a veranda and dome topped with a waterproof palm frond roof.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Highlights include a media room and a sleeping porch, along with a spacious fireside living room topped with a statement chandelier.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
5 May 2025
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This home has three bedrooms and a sleeping porch, two and a half bathrooms, a fireplace, a lawn, and deck.—
Kristine Hansen,
Architectural Digest,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That this wrap-up happens on the stoop of an apartment building provides a nice callback to Past Lives.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2025
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Thirty-five white rectangles, each with its own stoop and naked window.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The 7-bedroom, 7-bathroom home also has an exercise facility, theater room, outdoor BBQ lanai, two fire pits, and a 45,000-gallon negative-edge infinity pool with a waterslide and swim-up sunken bar – all situated 30 yards from the 17th tee box of the Plantation Course.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Halla said the lanai has been the venue for hosting large events such as wedding receptions, a 50th anniversary celebration and Christmas parties for church staff.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Porte cochere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porte%20cochere. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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