Courtyards-private open spaces surrounded by walls or buildings-have been in use in residential architecture for almost as long as man has lived in constructed dwellings.
Courtyard
An open area enclosed by walls or rooms, not accessible to the general public. Usually there is a wrought iron, brick, or stone fence around the areas not confined by buildings.
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Court/courtyard: An area open to the sky and mostly or entirely surrounded by buildings or walls; a high interior usually having a glass roof and surrounded by several stories of galleries or the like.
courtyard, court - an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"
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atrium [ˈeɪtrɪəm] (atria or atriums (pl)) N → atrio m ...
Courtyard castle
type of castle consisting of a stone curtain wall that surrounds a courtyard, with buildings built inside the courtyard, normally against the curtain wall
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Courtyard castle: A castle where the domestic buildings were integrated into the curtain walls and arranged around a central courtyard. See keepless castle, quadrangular castle, quadrilateral castle.
Ward: courtyard or bailey
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Sunken courtyard opening on to underground rooms used to escape the heat of the day. Serdabs are of pre-Islamic Iranian origin but were rapidly incorporated into Islamic architecture. One of the earliest examples is in the palace of Khirbet al-Mafjar.
Castle courtyard and surrounding buildings.
balcony
A platform projecting from a wall, enclosed by a railing or balustrade, supported on brackets or cantilevered out.
Second Courtyard and Holy Cross Chapel at Prague Castle, Czech Republic
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(a) an open courtyard leading to, or within, a house or other building, usually surrounded on three or more sides by a colonnade; (b) in a modern building, a rectangular space off which other rooms open.
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Exterior view of Courtyard
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Exterior view from south
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BAILEY: The outer courtyard of a castle; also, the wall surrounding the courtyard
BARBICAN: An outwork from which the gateway or entrance to a castle was defended.
BASTION: A solid masonry projection.
Atrium: An open courtyard at the entrance of a church, usually surrounded by covered aisles. The atrium of the Early Christian church was originally a place for the catechumens to wait during the celebration of the Eucharist.
The courtyard-like area of ground enclosed by a stone wall or wooden palisade, where the domestic buildings of the castle were. Includes exercise area, parade ground, emergency corral. In a concentric castle, the area between two encircling walls.
patioPatio is a Spanish word for an arcaded or colonaded courtyard. It is now applied to any small paved area in a garden.
In Christian churches, a courtyard flanked by porticos. attic The part of the entablature above the cornice, serving to hide the roof. Back to Top
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Bailey - now used to mean the courtyard of any castle, but properly used refers to the space between a motte and its outer walls.
Barbican - the outer defensive works which protects the main entrance of a castle or town gates etc.
Palazzi were several storeys high; rooms were grouped around a cortile, or courtyard.
The palace had a large courtyard.
The first floor had rooms that were greatly large, and each one had its own purpose. Columns were placed to hold the second floor.
In the Roman period this was the inner courtyard of a house, left open to the sky, and generally built by the affluent urbam classes. In Christian churches, a courtyard flanked by porticos.
" Eden in the Orange Grove: Bungalows and Courtyard Houses in Los Angeles. " L andscape vol. 25 (1981): 29-36.
Edwards, Brian. Courtyard Housing: Past, Present and Future. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis, 2005.
They are generally built around a large courtyard or vaulted chamber, and are lined with rooms and halls where both men and animals would stay. A caravansaray contained stables, secure storerooms, sleeping quarters, etc.
cloister (Lat. claustrum) - an inner courtyard or central square closed by the four sides of a monastery sometimes situated on the south side of a cathedral. The walkway, or ambulatory, is usually protected by a roof supported by columns.
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There he produced such works as the Tempietto (1502), a miniaturized classical tholos (round) temple set in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio; a series of private palaces including the so-called House of Raphael (destroyed in the 17th century); ...
Bailey - The ward or courtyard inside the castle walls, includes exercise area, parade ground, emergency corral
Baluster - A small column.
Balustrade - A railing, as along a path or stairway.
Quadrangle - A rectangular courtyard enclosed by buildings on all sides and sometimes within a large building complex. The arrangement is often found in colleges and schools.
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Cloister
An enclosed, square courtyard in a monastery with covered walk-ways open to the centre through an arcade on each side.
Column
A vertical support, usually round or polygonal.
QUADRANGLE
Inner courtyard in a large building.
QUATREFOIL
Ornamental tracery in the form of a flower with four symmetrical petals, or any ornament with four foils or lobes.
Cloister. Internal courtyard of a monastery or convent with a portico of slender columns supporting a roof and resting on a low wall.
Cloister
A religious institutions, a courtyard with covered walks.
Colonnade
A row of columns, usually equidistant, supporting a beam or entablature.
atrium In classical architecture, an interior courtyard that is open to the air.
aumbry A recess to hold reliquaries or sacred vessels, often found in castle chapels.
lightwell (12) -- a small courtyard or shaft inside a building, uncovered to let in light and air (Pedley, 354) ...
When Charlemagne visited Ravenna he took back from there an equestrian statue of Theodoric and placed in the courtyard of his Palace at Aix-la-Chapelle.
An earth-mound with wood or stone keep, surrounded by ditched and palisade enclosure (or courtyard).
Obviously, the emperors palace would be very large, extravagant, and complex home. This was very true when it came to the Aztec's royal palace. The palace was a two-story house with a very large courtyard.
An enclosed quadrangle in a monastery or by a church, surrounded by covered passages; by extension, any space so enclosed. Cloister garth: the area enclosed by a cloister.CloseThe precinct of a cathedral. Also (Scots) a courtyard or passage ...
and 455 Madison Avenue, which occupy the center wing; 457 Madison Avenue, which occupies two-thirds of the north wing along 51st Street; and 24-26 East 51st Street at the eastern end of the north wing. The three wings enclose an elegant courtyard ...
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