A courtyard house is simply a large house that features a central courtyard surrounded by corridors and service rooms. The main rooms, including be...

Courtyards introduce cross ventilation into a building, using the courtyard design to break the house into smaller, more manageable areas, with mor...

The main rooms of a courtyard house often open onto the courtyard, and the exterior walls may be windowless and/or semi-fortified and/or surrounded...