It's a familiar feature of many Australian buildings, particularly in seaside locations and can be found in Californian bungalows of the 1920s, triple-front bungalow of the 1950s, as well as apartment blocks. In suburban homes across the world, the porthole window appeared in hallways and sitting rooms. Le Corbusier's seminal work, Toward An Architecture, published in 1923, urged architects to look at ships for functional inspiration.įrench architects were particular fans of the round window, with Georges-Henri Pingusson using them liberally in his work during the 1920s and Jean Prouvé following suit two decades later, including them in his prefabricated ‘Tropical House’ design, which was destined for the colonies.įrench comedic actor Jacques Tati lampooned them in his 1950s film Mon Oncle by making them look like eyes, which doubled as a subtle dig at the trademark circular spectacles worn by Le Corbusier. Portholes found great favour during the Art Deco period, where anything referencing an ocean liner was all the rage. In contrast, a porthole is often little more than a round window, minimally framed.
Sometimes called bull's eyes, they differ from the porthole as they have pronounced moulded frames. In architecture, a circular window is known as an oculus and can be found in many Renaissance and Baroque buildings. In these instances, ordinary glass can be replaced by hi-tech and pressure-resistant materials, such as acrylic or quartz. This also makes portholes perfect in applications of extreme external pressure and they are often found in submarines and space stations. Send us feedback.French actor Jacques Tati lampooned them in his 1950s film Mon Oncle by making them look like eyes, which doubled as a subtle dig at the trademark circular spectacles worn by Le Corbusier.Ī circular opening has greater structural integrity than a square one and consequently passenger ships can be studded with portholes without compromising the structure or buoyancy of the ship. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'porthole.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
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2022 Some cabins have a balcony or a porthole looking out on the ocean, while interior cabins have no windows (but benefit from the lowest rates). 2022 On the 29th floor is a conference room with chipping leather paneling and porthole walls. Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, At the center of every cube was a single porthole window. Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appétit, In the bathroom, Almaviva tiles in a blue-and-white stripe amplify the turquoise glow of the subterranean room, where a porthole over the Villeroy & Boc sinks provides an underwater view of the pool. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, Watching a contestant manipulate a thin rope of fondant into the stitching on an edible handbag offers a porthole-view into the artist’s genius. Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 An unsure-looking Laurence Fishburne gives a wave through a spaceship porthole alongside Casey Affleck in this exclusive first-look still from psychological thriller Slingshot.Īlex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, Beyond the colors and artwork, Westport didn’t do that much customization to the interior, apart from a set of three doors in the salon that were designed to look like a 1930s oceanliner, complete with the round porthole. Recent Examples on the Web Ned Wright, a cosmologist at UCLA, says it’s like adding a telescope to a telescope, providing a porthole into the very distant universe.
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