this open-plan, four-bedroom house for a father and son is an amalgam of courtyards and semi-open verandas. Design Solution: Taking inspiration from the traditional haveli of Ahmedabad, this dwelling ...

The organization of the house is circularly arranged around a central courtyard ... privacy in the open-plan ground floor. Round window frames bring in light from the courtyard into the staircase.

Architecture studio KKAA YTAA has completed a home with a central courtyard named House ... chose to raise one half of the house, which contains an open-plan living space and kitchen, on timber ...

In this house, the courtyard is designed in section rather ... The top floor is “U” shaped in plan around a central narrow void with a family room in the middle and bedrooms on either side.

Occupants enter the house via a pivoting timber door where they are met with a central courtyard that is encased ... creating a space for privacy in the open-plan ground floor.

Were it closer to summer, this townhouse might attract buyers for its central garden. But given Janus’ assualt on Philly, the courtyard ends up looking questionable: Where does all the snow go?