The 1920s brick house with a false-front mansard ... to make a modern, open-plan interior. More significantly, the side yard was transformed into a landscaped entry courtyard.

To help screen the home from the nearby park, Wanda planted the courtyard's most dominant element: a row of soaring cypress trees placed along the exterior garden wall. "You can't force your ...

"From the day they moved in, their goal was to remodel the house to fit their lifestyle – modern yet warm ... dark metal and white stucco. For the exterior aesthetic, the team took cues from ...

Presented by the Modern Architecture + Design Society ... studioMET Architects created a safe play area with a front entry courtyard that wraps the facade. Limestone walls and floor-to-ceiling ...

Courtyards work with any style of home, from modern to classical ... The Journal notes that building a courtyard house is more expensive because of the additional exterior wall surface, but ...

If you want to create enclosure for a front entry garden, courtyard or outdoor living space, you could have just two choices. The first is to apply for a variance with the city for a taller fence ...