Revival Of The Courtyard Complex

New urbanist-looking courtyard apartment complexes are being revived in Southern California.

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April 30, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

"If courtyard complexes catch on with renters, the building type could challenge accepted notions of apartment design at a time when an increasing number of middle-class professionals choose to live in urban locations and sometimes pay a premium for interesting architecture.Courtyard housing reflects the city-planning goals of "new urbanism," a decade-old doctrine that promotes pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods as an alternative to urban sprawl, said architect Elizabeth Moule, co-principal of Pasadena-based Moule & Polyzoides Architecture and Urbanism."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Apartments Go Outside the Box, Into Courtyards

Tuesday, April 30, 2002 in The Los Angeles Times

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