They often come with unique design features ... from architectural ones like courtyard walls or textured plaster elements to decorative touches like fringed curtains or canopy beds.

Artists are collaborating to produce a "monumental" artwork on the walls of a secret unused courtyard A group of leading graffiti and street artists are creating a "monumental tapestry of artwork ...

Winner: Residential rebirth project 2020. Qishe Courtyard is a former abandoned hutong that has been converted into a house with curving glass walls arranged around internal courtyards in Beijing.