#courtyard-house

#courtyard-house

Inverted House by TIMM Architecture is a single-family located in Okrokana, a hillside district of Tbilisi, . The project responds to the fence-dominated suburban fabric characteristic of the area, where narrow streets, compact plots, and tall perimeter walls limit visual connection, daylight access, and spatial continuity. Rather than positioning the house behind a boundary wall, the design integrates enclosure into the architecture itself, using the building as a continuous perimeter that defines and protects the site.

Residence AV is a courtyard house located in a dense residential neighborhood in Bruges, Belgium. Designed by YAMA architects, the project responds to a paradoxical brief: a strong desire for connection to the surrounding context combined with an equally strong need for privacy. The client, living alone, was attracted to the social presence and perceived safety of the neighborhood, yet sought a dwelling that could withdraw from direct views and support a more introspective way of living.

Set within a large agricultural garden in a coastal village near Lezhë, Albania, Red House by Pacarizi Studio explores how a single-family dwelling can respond to changing social structures, climatic conditions, and local building cultures. Designed by Gezim Pacarizi, the 350-square-meter home is organized around an open, partially covered courtyard with a pool at its center. The project approaches domestic architecture as a sequence of perceptual experiences shaped by light, movement, and framing, an idea articulated by the architects themselves. 'What you see through a window can be a landscape, a tree, or architecture itself,' they note.

The house balances outside and inside, living in the garden of a coastal village.

The House of a Writer is born from a central courtyard that articulates and gives meaning to all the spaces around it. The project embraces the traditional concept of the house with a courtyard, where a bookshelf -the protagonist in the double-height of the central space- becomes the axis that connects the various activities of the home centered around writing.

A courtyard house in Lome's Adakpame district built with compressed earth blocks.

Kaku-Kaku Kanadel, designed by Takeshi Hosaka, is a house in , , conceived for a family of three who are also practicing artists. The balances individual creative spaces with shared areas, creating a domestic environment that accommodates both private work and family life. The house is composed of four interconnected volumes, each defined by distinct roof forms. Together, they create a small village-like configuration, linked by gardens, terraces, and passageways.