If well designed an indoor courtyard can help stabilise indoor temperatures and reduce the cost of power bills because of the amount of natural light it brings indoors. It’s all about light ...

Any small courtyard with limited space has to be an aesthetic blend of form and function. It is in many ways a harder task designing a small, intimate space than a sprawling garden, as there is much ...

A terraced home in a cul-de-sac of late Victorian houses in Glenageary, the owners of this home wanted to reimagine it as a ...

LED lighting has allowed architects to transform the courtyard into a functional room at night so it doesn't just sit there like, "dead space," says Baywood Park, Calif., landscape architect ...

The centrally located rain courtyard is a double-height space open to the sky that serves as a light well and connects to the living areas on all floors. In addition to a variety of seasonal ...