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