Entryway VS Foyer VS Vestibule

Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Entryway VS Foyer VS Vestibule

Entryway
AKA Entry, entranceway
Residences: Entry areas resembling hallways   ...   Small room you pass through on your way inside a house   ...   Opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure

Foyer
Businesses: Room found right after entering through the second set of doors   ...   Lobby, corridor, or waiting room

Residences:   A foyer is an area at the front of the home, entered after passing through the front door. The foyer connects a home's entrance with the rest of the interior. ...   A foyer in a residence is usually a small area behind a front door that separates a home's main rooms from the outside of the house. Often, a foyer will contain a stairway to a home's second level and interior doorways to whatever rooms are attached to it on the ground level.

Some foyers have the feel of a room, while other entry areas resemble hallways (in some cases, these may be called “entryways” rather than “foyers”).
Vestibule

Residences and businesses: Area surrounding the exterior door.   ...   A small room next to the outer door and connecting it with the interior of the building   ...   A passage, hall, or antechamber between the outer door and the interior parts of a house or building.

Synonym: Vestibule
Foyer is a more upscale, formal space than an entryway or vestibule. Synonym: Entryway

Examples:

Knox House

Myron P. Bush House

Hewitt House/Inn Buffalo

Chloe A. McCann House
Examples:
Curtiss House / Ronald McDonald House

Chloe A. McCann House

98 Wellington Road

Entryway AKA Entry, entranceway Residences: Entry areas resembling hallways ... Small room you pass through on your way inside a house ... Opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure	Foyer Businesses: Room found right after entering through the second set of doors ... Lobby, corridor, or waiting room Residences: A foyer is an area at the front of the home, entered after passing through the front door. The foyer connects a home's entrance with the rest of the interior. ... A foyer in a residence is usually a small area behind a front door that separates a home's main rooms from the outside of the house. Often, a foyer will contain a stairway to a home's second level and interior doorways to whatever rooms are attached to it on the ground level. Some foyers have the feel of a room, while other entry areas resemble hallways (in some cases, these may be called “entryways” rather than “foyers”).	Vestibule Residences and businesses: Area surrounding the exterior door. ... A small room next to the outer door and connecting it with the interior of the building ... A passage, hall, or antechamber between the outer door and the interior parts of a house or building.
Synonym: Vestibule	Foyer is a more upscale, formal space than an entryway or vestibule.	Synonym: Entryway
	Examples: Knox House Myron P. Bush House Hewitt House/Inn Buffalo Chloe A. McCann House	Examples: Curtiss House / Ronald McDonald House Chloe A. McCann House 98 Wellington Road