Modern courtyard

A captivating courtyard design provides a modern home with a special sense of serenity, and allows nature to become a major part of a home’s makeup. Enclosed garden spaces act as personalised…

Charmaine Chan highlights five recently completed courtyard houses for her book Courtyard living: Contemporary houses of the Asia-Pacific.

AE Arquitectos has recently completed Casa OM1, a modern house in Guadalajara, Mexico, that's been designed so that it can interact with nature.

The Links Courtyard house designed by Inarc Architects is a holiday home that overlooks a links golf course

Sometimes you have to reach into the past to move forward, as architect Bruce Peeling did when he reimagined how to modernize a California ranch house for the 21st century by reflecting on the style’s early roots.

House with Courtyards | LIJO RENY architectsThis project seemed like an Architect’s dream at first but upon closer understanding, of the site and the brief, revealed its complex nature. The seemingly large plot of 2.45 acres, populated with a variety of trees - small and large, was to be shared between the client and his brother, who had an existing house on site, without any compound wall in between.

Clapham, London - Tom Howard Gardens

Discover modern courtyard houses that maximize every inch of space while seamlessly blending indoor and outdoor living in their U-shape floor plans.

Casa Cachalotes, by Oscar Gonzalez Moix