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Saturday column: In praise of 'fully-enclosed courtyard' housing

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Feb 14, 2026
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BY any standard, it has to be viewed as something of a social media phenomenon, especially when you consider her X (formerly Twitter) account is about the relatively esoteric subject of architecture.

Says USA-based Alicia Pederson (described as a ‘citizen planner’; she admits to having no formal qualifications): when she launched @UrbanCourtyard (here), …

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