0 an area of flat ground outside that is partly or completely surrounded by the walls of a building -- 庭院，院子
Numerous semi-public courtyards are also located along the southern, eastern and western walls of this palace.
Numerous courtyards as well as major and minor dividing walls are again clear throughout this palace.
Each house was designed to have two rooms (12 feet by 10 feet), a cooking verandah (8 feet by 10) and a common courtyard.
First, the main thesis on the value of courtyard housing as a viable type in the housing problem has been argued very successfully.
In addition, the buildings offered no protective open-air courtyards, exposing children who wanted to play in the grass to automatic gunfire.
There was no separation between the functions housed in the roofed space and in the enclosed courtyard.
But strong traditional, and even feudal aspects of their lives remained, as did their isolation in scattered courtyard farms.
It incorporated small offices around a courtyard to support homeworkers, providing facilities and the opportunity for sharing and networking.
