Courtyard House
Houses organised around an open courtyard, covering how enclosed outdoor space shapes light, privacy, climate response and daily life.
Earth Made: Rammed Earth Housing in Accra Organised Around an Old African Courtyard
A shortlisted proposal stacks four apartment types around a planted courtyard, letting earthen walls and long openings do the cooling work.
Ona i Ona Wraps a Multi-Generational Summer House Around a Hexagonal Courtyard in Paralimni, Cyprus
In Paralimni, Cyprus, The Avlí Houses rework the island's courtyard house type into a stucco summer retreat where family life gathers at a round pool.
Iterare Arquitectos Nests a New White House Inside an Old Brick Shell on a Torrefiel Corner in Valencia
In Valencia's working-class Torrefiel, Casa Nido keeps a humble brick facade and its stucco cornice, then grows a courtyard house inside and above it.
Pereira Miguel Arquitectos Scatters a Concrete Courtyard House Along a Pine Forest Edge in Grândola
In Grândola, Portugal, the Muda L11 House splits into board-formed concrete pavilions linked by timber boardwalks between pine woods and a stream.
Office MI—JI Carves a Nine-Square Courtyard House out of a Bayside Melbourne Block
A bayside Melbourne house in block and brick, tied together by one pale blue steel band and split into four quadrants around planted courtyards.
Bastidas Architecture Turns a Former Printing Press in Artà into a Courtyard Family Home
In Artà, Spain, a 700 m² former printing press becomes a family home organised around an arcaded courtyard, a narrow pool and a single palm tree.
Ark Architecture Studio Distills Kerala's Vernacular into a Narrow Courtyard House in Thiruvananthapuram
In Thiruvananthapuram, a 1,640 sq ft house turns light, airflow, hierarchy and transition into brick screens, tiled pitches and a central courtyard.
Márcio Flávio Motta Threads Timber Bridges Through a Steel-Framed Courtyard House in Juiz de Fora
At 900 meters in Juiz de Fora's upper city, a 400 m² steel-frame house wraps a palm courtyard in timber screens, bridges and a tilted woven canopy.
RCAB Studio Borrows a Public Park as the Courtyard for a Steel and Timber House in West Jakarta
On a 407 m² corner lot in West Jakarta, exposed steel, timber and a rooftop of bougainvillea turn a neighboring park into this house's real courtyard.
Sergio Sebastián Franco Rebuilds the Monegros Courtyard House Behind a Timber Gate in Leciñena
In Leciñena, Aragon, MM House hides board-marked concrete rooms behind a herringbone timber gate and turns every one toward a walled garden-orchard.
Fi Rrihlath: Scaling the Moroccan Riad into a Senior Living Community Built Around Movement
A People's Choice entry for Co-Life in Rabat that turns the courtyard house into concentric terraces, spiral ramps and shared ground for later life.
Riad's: A Shortlisted Co-Life Entry That Scales the Moroccan Courtyard House into a Town for Elders
Riad's swaps the single institutional block for a network of courtyards, alleys, gardens, letting older residents choose how much of town life they join.
