Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtyards offer a relaxing, tranquil outdoor escape by being completely or partially enclosed with fences, walls, or plants, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Text description provided by the architects. Designing private house is all about designing the life of family members. We need to fully understand their life styles. For this project, after several ...

These days, Australian homes are taking up an increasingly large proportion of their block. New homes are being built that way and existing homes are being extended. The outdoor space is becoming ...

After starting with an 8-week long urban design studio called Sharing Cities, the local government allocated a dilapidated courtyard for us to regenerate, as a test case for the student’s ideas. The ...

An indoor courtyard with an earth floor and central tree is concealed behind the concrete walls of this bulky house in Hiroshima by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office (+ slideshow). Located beside ...