Sunken courtyard

In architecture and landscape architecture, a sunken courtyard, sometimes called a sunken plaza, is a courtyard below ground level.

Gallery

Sunken courtyard of Paramount Plaza, New York City
Sunken courtyard in a cave dwelling in Shaanxi, China
Sunken courtyard in Agha Bozorg mosque, Kashan, Iran

References

Al-Mumin, Adil A. (January 2001). "Suitability of sunken courtyards in the desert climate of Kuwait". Energy and Buildings. 33 (2): 103–111. doi:10.1016/S0378-7788(00)00072-4.

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