In some parts of northern China, large pits are dug into the ground to form sunken courtyard homes. Also called "dikengyuan" in Mandarin, which means "pit courtyards," the homes are a type of cave ...

A courtyard garden is also key if you're living ... All the elements you plan to include should be in proportion to the size of the house, apartment building or any other structures.

Luckily, this was not the case with this modest, modernist architecture courtyard house in London. Thanks to the concerted effort of bodies like the Twentieth Century Society and a new generation of ...