In an expansive courtyard at Tree House, a warm contemporary home in La Jolla, California, a telescoping canopy provides shelter from the sun and rain, and an outdoor kitchen is outfitted with a ...

Text description provided by the architects. Courtyard House is a heritage-listed interwar bungalow. From the street, there is no visible presence of an addition beyond. But the Hawthorn home has ...

Influential architectural solutions sometimes emerge from specific zoning or code constraints. In New York, the 1916 setback requirements bred an entire language of massing (think of Hugh Ferriss’s ...

A contemporary interpretation of the housh – the courtyard at the heart of traditional Emirati architecture – has been selected as the winning Urban Commissions project for this year’s Dubai Design ...

A newly renovated 19th-century row house with a private courtyard and wine cellar recently hit the market in Over-the-Rhine ...

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The area around Rzeszow, a nearly seven-century-old city in Poland, is known for its pottery. A new building reflects that, according to ArchDaily. Two firms, Bakpak Architects and EovaStudio, won a ...

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Here's what you need to turn an enclosed outdoor space into a courtyard haven. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She ...