Kenneth Frampton

From the Berlin tenement reform law of 1897 to H. P. Berlage's plan for Amsterdam South of 1917, designers and theorists in Germany and Holland moved toward the development of a perimeter residential block that would preserve the plastic continuity of the street while opening up the resultant courtyard for use as an enclosed semi-public space.

British Architect

Lidia Bastianich

What I continuously remember is when I was a child in the courtyard with my grandmother and we milked the goat and we made the ricotta. The still-warm ricotta from our goat, on top of a piece of bread, and we used to sprinkle just a little bit of honey or sugar on it. That flavor, that stays in my memory.

American Chef

Bram Stoker

Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.

Irish Writer

Ma Yansong

I grew up in Beijing, and there weren't many modern buildings during my childhood. I was influenced by traditional culture - the courtyards, the hutongs, the old city, and all the art forms - so, very naturally, I brought this to my practice.

Chinese Architect

Evan Osnos

By tradition, Beijing is a city of walls, sheltering its intrigues and ambitions behind a series of concentric barriers from the Great Wall down to courtyard homes that draw sunlight only from the gardens at their core.

American Journalist

Alan Rickman

I love perfumes. Every morning when my girlfriend and I come down to the courtyard in our block of flats we're assailed by the most delicious scent - jasmine round a doorway. It almost makes me swoon.

British Actor

Masha Gessen

You know, I don't walk home alone at night. If I drive into our courtyard after dark, I ask my partner to come outside with the dog to meet me. Those are, you know, basic sort of urban precautions.

Russian Journalist

Cesar Pelli

I've always loved three-sided patios. Courtyard plans are very common, but it's rare that it has one side open.

Argentinian Architect

Anu Malik

Roses don't always grow in the courtyard of kings, they can also grow in the backyard of beggars.

Indian Composer

Kalpana Chawla

In summers, while growing up in India, we often slept in the courtyard under the stars.

American Astronaut

A courtyard is always an outside area, not indoors.

Outdoor Space

Courtyards are surrounded by buildings or walls, giving a sense of privacy.

Enclosed Area

Some courtyards have grass or gardens, they're not all paved with stones.

Not Always Paved

 We then went on to optimize the glazing of the facades to minimize the energy consumption of the building. But most importantly, we could prove that through the geometry of the building design, the building itself would provide sufficient shading to the courtyards so that those would be usable throughout the entire year.

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 and the sounds of social connectedness. At the bottom of the courtyard, there are a set of double doors, and those lead into the common house. I consider the common house the secret sauce of cohousing. It's the secret sauce because it's the place where the social interactions and community life begin,

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 we can see the barbed wire in the courtyards that creates exercise pens for the detainees adjacent to the buildings. In other images, we can even see people, all wearing red uniforms, lined up in the courtyard. These features could help us decide whether a location was a camp or not.

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 by architect with the toilet inside when the culture was to have the toilet outside so people didn't use the toilet I found houses where someone had designed the door on the busy street when the culture was to have a door in a courtyard so what did people do they

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 the assembly of citizens, taking place at dawn. Before setting out, he burns incense and pours a libation at the small shrine in the courtyard on behalf of his entire household. Dexileia will remain at home all day, teaching her daughters domestic skills.

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 This area of Barcelona is characterized by its strict grid pattern, apartments with communal courtyards and these octagonal intersections which allow for more sunlight, better ventilation and additional parking at street level.

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 my my office building and I felt compelled to put this in just so I had at least one picture of Wildlife given the crowd here the deer actually do they're just out there on the courtyard it's great and

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 to look innocent when they break the rules this is a complicated social problem using your brain to control societies is called machiavellian intelligence after a 16th century courtyard who wrote on

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 Since then, I have planted her gardens through art installations throughout the world, in countries of the people that I meet. Now they are lining parks and courtyards,

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 These raised up platforms just like this stage. In fact they go 15 feet deep, and collect rain water from roof, there is a small pipe, and from their courtyard.