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Courtyard housing is a distinct medium-density multi-family housing typology centered on a shared outdoor open space or garden and surrounded by one or two stories of apartment units typically only accessed by courtyard from the street (and not by an interior corridor). Courtyard housing developed independently in many cultures around the world as a response to particular local needs and economic and social factors.
The courtyard housing typology in the US was developed in the Los Angeles area in the 1920s by several small-scale developers in response to the region's climate and housing needs, and typically adopted a Mediterranean or Spanish Colonial architectural style. The courtyards would be quiet and shaded outdoor spaces that served as a transition between the street and the individual apartment units, and were primarily aesthetic and non-recreational in nature. In the years following, the typology was implemented across the United States until around the time of World War II, when the automobile became more dominant in daily life and had more of an impact on the built environment; newer housing typologies were developed in response to it, such as the dingbat.
In recent years the Courtyard Housing typology has re-emerged following the publication of the book Courtyard Housing in Los Angeles by Roger Sherwood, James Tice and Stefanos Polyzoides, as well as to suit a contemporary need for a housing typology with a density level between that of a single- or double-family house and that of a traditional higher density apartment building. In 2007, the City of Portland Planning Bureau held a design competition for new designs based on the courtyard housing model for new infill housing in existing neighborhoods.
While courtyards have been a part of buildings for millennia, "courtyard housing" in this sense does not refer merely to any housing structure with a courtyard.
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Çavuşoğlu, Banu Tevfikler; Öngül, Zehra (2014). "Comparative study of courtyardhousing using feng shui". Open House International. 39 (1): 41. doi:10...
and often as a separate stone tower located centrally within the courtyard, housing the main temple, that can be used as an inner defensible citadel....
east of Al Fahidi Fort (now home to Dubai Museum) and features old courtyardhousing which are identifiable with their wind towers. Shindagha to the northwest...
in Spanish or Hollywood mission courtyard architecture. The building was featured in the 1992 book, "CourtyardHousing in Los Angeles", published by Princeton...
additive approach can be seen in many of Utzon's works including the courtyardhousing schemes which began with the Kingo Houses, the tiling of the Sydney...
Moorish, as well as the Spanish Colonial Revival styles. In their study CourtyardHousing in Los Angeles, Polyzoides, Sherwood and Tice trace the influence...
made housing one of city's biggest challenges. Siheyuan today are typically used as housing complexes, hosting multiple families, with courtyards being...
Utzon's second courtyardhousing project, the Fredensborg Houses. They have been called the finest Scandinavian example of humane housing. Street view Street...
publication of Polyzoides’ book CourtyardHousing in Los Angeles preceded the re-emergence of the Courtyardhousing typology in recent years. He is also...
Routledge, p. 8. Edwards, Brian: "The European perimeter block" in CourtyardHousing: Past, Present and Future, Taylor & Francis, 2004 Imagination: The...
Courtyard neighborhoods are Jewish neighborhoods built in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The inward-facing and defensible...
building types such as duplexes, rowhouses, and courtyard apartments. The term "missing middle housing" was introduced by architect Daniel Parolek in 2010...
Tauris, 1995 Edwards, B., Sibley, M., Land, P. and Hakmi, M. (eds), CourtyardHousing: Past, Present and Future, Taylor & Francis, 2006, p. 242 Hassan Fathy...
one courtyard with facilities for public use like a library with a large collection of Chinese and English books and two private courtyardshousing 14...
Halloween party. TNC was traditionally held in the "Lower Courtyard" of Pierson. Lower Courtyardhousing is generally occupied by seniors. Another Pierson tradition...
Architecture. 6 June 1998. Retrieved 15 Nov 2018. Edwards, Brian (2006). Courtyardhousing: past, present and future. Taylor & Francis. p. xvi. ISBN 978-0-415-26272-9...
flanking the central keep and a south wing, constructed around a central courtyard, housing new kitchens, pantries, laundries and servants' quarters. During World...
Edwards, Brian; Sibley, Magda; Land, Peter; Hakmi, Mohammad (2006). CourtyardHousing: Past, Present and Future. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415262729. Petruccioli...
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at the Granada. In the Princeton Architectural Press' 1997 book, "CourtyardHousing," the authors described the Granda as follows: The Granada Buildings...
award-winning Eastside City Park in Birmingham and the critically acclaimed CourtyardHousing in the Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Patel Taylor's work often...
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