pied-a-terre – A small town house or rooms used for short residences (1829), from French “foot on the ground.” More…
party wall – A wall common to two adjoining buildings or rooms. More…
lobby – One of its early meanings was “monastic cloister,” from Latin lobia, “covered way,” before it came to mean the passage or waiting area between rooms in a building. More…
enfilade – A suite of rooms with doorways in line with each other—or a vista between rows of trees. More…