 Latticework may be functional – for example, to allow airflow to or through an area; structural, as a truss in a lattice girder;
used to add privacy, as through a lattice screen; purely decorative; or some combination of these.Latticework in stone or wood from the classical period is also called transenna (plural transenne).In India, the house of a rich or noble person may be built with a "baramdah" or verandah surrounding every level leading to the living area.