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 ...

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 ...

Qishe Courtyard in Beijing, China, uses a glass veranda to connect different areas of the house – and its inhabitants to the outdoors. Image © Ning Wang As summer ...

Why would a modernist house in a Melbourne suburb need an inverted ha-ha? (And what is a ha-ha, anyway?) 13 Photos View Slide Show › By Tim McKeough As the real estate market in Melbourne, Australia, ...