courtyard home
Central-atrium residence style
A courtyard home is a house designed around an open-air central courtyard, with rooms facing inward rather than toward the street.
The design provides privacy, natural light, and outdoor living space within the home's footprint.
Common in Mediterranean, Spanish colonial, and contemporary architecture: The courtyard home kept cool even in summer.
Also called a patio home in some markets, though that term sometimes refers to smaller attached dwellings.
- patioPaved outdoor living space
- atriumRoofed central hall
- gardenCultivated plant area
- open skyUnobstructed atmosphere above
- villaStately country residence
outdoor living · fountain · tiles · terra cotta · archway · wrought iron · terrace · enclosed · oasis · Mediterranean · old world · Spanish · Spanish colonial · adobe · veranda · colonnade · breezeway · pergola
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- Indian homescourtyard house, mud hut, mud house, hut, thatched hut
courtyard homeranch house
One-story sprawling house
rambler · plantation house · raised ranch · California ranch · farmhouse
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