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 ...

Here's what you need to turn an enclosed outdoor space into a courtyard haven. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She ...

Text description provided by the architects. Located in the ShiQiao garden in Yangzhou, a city to the northwest of Shanghai, there is a floating Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse designed by Chinese architect ...

For more than 20 years, gardeners attending events at the Center for Urban Horticulture have enjoyed the McVay Courtyard at the heart of the popular venue’s cluster of buildings. The courtyard offers ...

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Students at Clifty Creek Elementary School are creating a new look to their school courtyard. Sixty-three fifth-grade students have developed a design that will be implemented with help from the ...

The 12 row houses lining the new community called Origami look pleated and folded, but of course, they're not made of paper. But here is the real surprise: Each home sits on its own foundation and ...

As a child, architect Ma Yansong found freedom on the roof. Growing up in a traditional courtyard house in Beijing, he’d often sneak up onto its sloped roof to look out at the world beyond. It’s this ...

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