Revival Of The Courtyard Complex

"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