This contemporary reinterpretation of a vernacular courtyard house in the Chinese city of Guangzhou features a sequence of living areas and bedrooms arranged around a central pond. Local studio O ...

For an interior design and architecture ingénue and her aunt, turning an 18th century courtyard house into a B&B amid the pandemic was no easy task, but guests love what they have done.

The initial idea was to create a contemporary Chinese courtyard house with a "回" shaped volume, a layout with individual living units and shared family spaces. They are connected by a looped ...

The house draws upon the traditions of “Chinese courtyard and garden design, along with the ideas underlying Chinese landscape painting techniques, to rethink the traditional single-family home ...

Singapore might be best known for its economically sized living spaces, but a house by the New York architects Tsao & McKown is truly embracing the mantra of flaunting it, if you've got it. Situated ...

In her book about contemporary courtyard houses in Asia, South China Morning Post design editor Charmaine Chan explores how one house saved 50 trees; one preserved history; and one allowed three ...

As with much traditional Chinese design, feng shui dictated the layout. "In Beijing, according to feng shui, the house always needs to face south," explains Wang, ... or courtyard house.

The interior layout of the home was redesigned in the style of a Chinese courtyard house to open the interior up to natural light and ventilation with space for bamboo gardens.

With just $10,000 worth of materials and a hex wrench, a construction team can build the Plug-in House in less than 24 hours, PAO's principal, James Shen, told Business Insider in March.

Singapore might be best known for its economically sized living spaces, but a house by the New York architects Tsao & McKown is truly embracing the mantra of flaunting it, if you've got it. Situated ...