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Identifying feature

Porte cochère

A roofed structure over a building's entrance driveway, its name French for coach gateway. It shelters people stepping from a carriage or car and is common on late-1800s mansions and hotels.

also seen on

Miami Modern (MiMo)

often seen with

Cantilever A beam, floor or part of a building that projects beyond its support and is anchored at only one end. Flat roof A roof that is level or nearly level, often edged by a low wall called a parapet. Geometric ornament Decoration made of zigzags, chevrons (V shapes), stepped forms and other repeated geometric shapes instead… Piloti Columns, called pilotis, that raise a building one floor above the ground and leave the ground level open. Ribbon window A continuous horizontal row of windows across a facade, separated only by thin mullions (upright bars). Streamlined curves Rounded building corners, smooth wall surfaces and horizontal bands or grooves running along the walls.