In some parts of northern China, large pits are dug into the ground to form sunken courtyard homes. Also called "dikengyuan" in Mandarin, which means "pit courtyards," the homes are a type of cave ...

Mandarin Oriental Qianmen and the Chinese government have refreshed a 600-year-old enclave in Beijing. Read more at ...

Architecture studio Modum Atelier has created the Moment boutique within a historic building that encloses a hidden courtyard ...

[3] Fan, who lives in Jinan in eastern China’s Shandong province ... some internet users sent offers to buy her “dessert courtyard house”, but she turned them down.

China. F.O.G. Architecture has turned a courtyard house in Beijing into a flagship store for fragrance brand ToSummer, complete with exposed wooden roof trusses and columns. The 500-square-metre ...