An indoor courtyard is ideal if you don’t have good weather conditions or space outside, or maybe if you want to add a part of nature right inside the house. Such a courtyard is especially fantastic for a minimalist interior as it’s usually deprived of plants or natural-looking pieces and materials, so greenery creates a...
House With a Big Yard and a Four-Car Garage On a Relatively Small Lot
The Lakes Residence is designed by Architekton for a family of four. It is the 3,500 square feet home that occupied a relatively small lot of about 65′ x 125′. Inspire of that there is a quite big exterior yard with a pool and the adjacent lake near by. The house has two levels with...
Mid-Century House That Still Has Modern Design and Features a Stunning Internal Courtyard
This mid-century house is originally designed in 1964 by Theodore Berman. Of course nowadays it has been renovated a little bit and in the result it still has modern look as inside as outside. Two elements that distinguish this house from many others are a stunning internal courtyard and an amazing Tiki bar. The courtyard...
Modern House With a Spectacular Double-Height Kitchen and Dining Area
This modern house has amazing central London location and designed by British architect Richard Paxton and his wife. The house was recently described by the architecture critic Kenneth Powell as “one of the great London houses of the late 20th century”. This house is tucked away at the rear of the site, and is invisible...
House with Two Courtyards and Modern Interior
When it comes to open plans and great indoor and outdoor connection, houses built around central courtyard are quite common. This house for a couple and two their daughters in Guadalajara, Mexico is one of those houses, which also has other adjacent courtyard and beautiful terrace. There are three levels in it. A basement level...
House with Exotic Garden, Pool and Fish Pond
This beautiful two story house is situated in Silverlake and has great views of the Angelus Crest mountains and the signature of Hollywood sign. The site is very huge – 18300 square feet. The main feature of the house is its garden. It’s full of exotic plants, fruit trees, eucalyptus trees and mature pine trees....
Low Maintenance Home with Dark Exterior – Somers Courtyard House
Somers Courtyard House is designed by Rowan Opat Architects, as a dark object which perfectly fits the shadows of surrounding bush land, one hour from Melbourne. Even though the house exterior is made of dark timber the interior and the courtyard in contrast have lighter color. Ceilings of the house are made of cedar board...
Home with Cool Courtyard – Casa en Huentelauquen by Izquerdo Lehmann
This vacation home is built in rural farm in the town of Huentelauquén. It’s facing the sea at the edge of a windswept plateau, located 40 meters above the beach. The living and dining room is open on both sides along its entire length, with a pair of running windows. It captures as beautiful ocean...
The Courtyard House – Working and Raising Kids At One Place
The Courtyard House is the home for two architects who called themselves Studio Junction. It’s situated within the shell of an old warehouse without front and backyards. It’s inspired by an ancient form of architecture and a new form of North American urban thinking. The house is organized around a central courtyard that provides abundant...