Central courtyard

Solum is a framework for creating holistic micro-communities. It is a flexible and adaptable planning model that bridges between suburban and urban environments. It focuses on mixed-use courtyard clusters that prioritize the pedestrian to promote walkability, social connectivity, and authentic patterns of living. Black Rabbit Black Rabbit Caption   More

Located in a wooded valley on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Sycamore Glen is a single-family home nestled among mature trees, overlooking Wister Creek. Bordered closely by neighboring houses to the west, the narrow site informed a linear organization and a careful balance of privacy, light, and views. Pix The house is structured around a series of parallel masonry walls that divide space, define rhythm, and extend beyond the envelope to articulate thresholds and terraces. A recessed entry, marked by a cantilevered overhang, leads to a quiet, compressed threshold before opening into a living and dining area that extends outward to a terrace surrounded by evergreen ferns. Pix A stepped glass façade on the eastern side conn... More

Located within the inner-city Brisbane suburb of Paddington Amiri sits on a characteristically steep street. Challenges as well as many opportunities were at once present – expansive city views to the east and south with an imperative for elevation over the context of an established leafy neighbourhood. Brock Beazley Photography Brock Beazley Photography Brock Beazley Photography Brock Beazley Photography Brock Beazley Photography Brock Beazley Photography Working with the best prospects of the steep site we based the design on a central courtyard typology. The familiar site arraignment of front yard – back yard was abandoned, favouring the placement of the building at the edges of the site to defi... More

Amid the sandy dunes of Buraydah in the heart of Saudi Arabia, " Villa SHorfah " Residence rises as an architectural poem, echoing the heritage and stories of the land. The house, with its intricate details and thoughtful design, reflects the soul of the place, treating the outer boundary as part of the urban fabric, gently connecting with the street and transforming from a mere wall into a bridge between the inside and the outside. Khalid Althunayan Khalid Althunayan Khalid Althunayan Khalid Althunayan The courtyard and balcony are the heartbeat of the design, bringing life to every corner. Each room tells its own story through a balcony that opens up to nature, granting the residents moments of reflection and openness... More

The aim of the project is to work from a courtyard, creating a subtle gradation from outdoor to indoor. In this way, the presence of nature is integrated into the living space. Gustav Willeit Gustav Willeit Gustav Willeit Gustav Willeit Gustav Willeit This is open on the ground floor with the main living, dining and cooking areas and is more closed on the first floor, where the bedrooms and bathrooms for the family of four are located. The upper floor, which quickly appears to be floating, is surrounded by a frame that is intended to maintain privacy. Gustav Willeit Gustav Willeit Gustav Willeit Gustav Willeit Gustav Willeit This frame not only forms a privacy screen, but also directs the... More

The project is for a building, on the corner of a block, built on the site of an old two-storey house which had been demolished.  The building is an integral part of the urban fabric inside Lagos town walls and is opposite the Church of St Sebastião. The building was therefore built from the ground up, to be a home for a couple with children, for them to live in a densely built, but quiet, area of the historic town centre. FG+SG fotografia de arquitectura | architectural photography FG+SG fotografia de arquitectura | architectural photography FG+SG fotografia de arquitectura | architectural photography With the aim of having a contemporary house, the scale and design is based on the surroundings and on the previ... More

Fun Haus seeks to push preconceptions of space per person on a small 117m2 urban site in Inner City Sydney. The primary dwelling is constructed behind the existing cottage frontage and a secondary detached dwelling sits along the rear lane. Separation between the dwellings offers flexibility in household permutations, with a total of 6 people being able to reside on the site. The maximised central courtyard was important to provide both dwellings with access to light, ventilation and landscape outlooks. Also serving as an intermediate space, each dwelling can passively interact with one another from across the courtyard. The incorporation of varying paint colours and material textures gives each room unique personalities within the efficien... More

The image of a modern office is thinly partitioned open workstations with limited or no privacy, designed with a one-size-fits-all layout. Even with overlapping DNA, no two individuals are truly alike in a family, similarly, individuals in a work family function in their own separate ways. Nonetheless, in both cases, a designer caters to the sum and the parts, as we did for the sales office of an upcoming residential infrastructure project in Ahmedabad - Few Walls and a Roof.  Vivek Eadara Vivek Eadara Each space, a bit disjoined from the other, is designed to be adaptable and to suit an individual’s requirements. The scattered cubes in the layout give individuals those intimate spaces and the meandering pathways and t... More

The site is located in the midst of the mountain ranges. It has a 180 degree view of the beautiful mountains with a deep valley in front. The site has natural rock bed and we as architects, do not want to disturb the natural landform present. Also, The site already had a 6m deep land cut when we visited for the first time. We used that landform to bring out the structure with view towards the valley. Also the site has more rocks with a slope difference on an average of 2 to 4 m deep throughout the site. Studio IKSHA Studio IKSHA Studio IKSHA Studio IKSHA Studio IKSHA The spaces are focused towards the valley with an open courtyard in the middle which helps in natural lighting and ventilation inside the building. Th... More

The house is located in the countryside south of Verona, on the edge of a small town surrounded by cultivated fields and productive buildings. Lorenzo Linthout Lorenzo Linthout Lorenzo Linthout Lorenzo Linthout The direction of the project follows the proportions of the agricultural plot: the intuition, once the minimum distances from the boundaries have been identified, is to draw the building perimeter and distribute the functions along this edge, creating a large central void. Lorenzo Linthout Lorenzo Linthout Lorenzo Linthout The patio-house typology generates a clear separation between public and private domestic life, which becomes essential within a small community.  Lorenzo Linthout... More

BWM Architekten were tasked with designing the façade and the interior of British boutique hotel chain IHG’s first hotel in Austria and have created a magical garden oasis in Vienna’s Margareten district.Hotel Indigo is located in Vienna’s 5th district (Margareten) yet is within walking distance of the city centre. The lively 5th district is known for its magnificent old buildings and the many associated inner courtyards. Nestled between two such buildings lies the new Hotel Indigo, which belongs to the individually run boutique brand of the international IHG Hotels & Resorts. BWM Architekten / Mato Johannik “Hotel Indigo Vienna is the first of its kind in Austria,” explains Erich Bernard of BW... More