Beijing's courtyard house, whose color gives first place to the grey roof and black bricks, is simple and pragmatic.

北京的四合院朴素、实用，色彩以灰色屋顶和青砖为主。

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Hutong Bubble 32 provides a toilet and a staircase that extends onto a roof terrace for a newly renovated courtyard house.

胡同泡泡32提供了一个厕所和一条通往新装修后四合院阳台的楼梯。

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Suddenly three or four extended families were often packed into a courtyard house that had once been occupied by a single family.

原来只住一户人的房子，现在却突然挤进了三四户人家。

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What a courtyard does in a traditional Chinese house is really it connects all the rooms. Maya Lin is a Chinese-American building designer and artist.

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In some cases, Deco styling was applied to traditional courtyard house structures.

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One of the rockets exploded in the courtyard of a house in Sderot early in the morning, causing damage but no injuries, said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.

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