courtyard house
Home surrounding openness
A courtyard house is a dwelling built around an open central space, with rooms arranged along the perimeter and windows facing inward.
The design appears across cultures from ancient Rome to traditional Chinese architecture, offering privacy from the street while providing light and ventilation: The courtyard house kept cool even in summer heat.
- verandaRoofed open-air porch
- atriumRoofed central hall
- walled compoundEnclosed area with barriers
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- colonnadeRow supporting a roof
outdoor living · passive cooling · garden · peristyle · rainwater harvesting · cloister · roof · fountain · arcade · adobe · privacy · portico · ventilation · wall · pergola · inner · breezeway · cool breeze
- Nepalese architecturepagoda, stupa, torana, strut, wood carving
- historic dwellingslonghouse, log cabin, farmhouse, cottage, mud hut
- home conceptschimney, front porch, hearth, cottage, farmhouse
- home stylescolonial, craftsman, ranch, Victorian, Tudor
- houseshome, bungalow, ranch, colonial, farmhouse
- housing typessplit-level, Cape Cod, bungalow, apartment complex, condo complex
vertical vs horizontal organization
courtyard housetower house
Fortified vertical dwelling
high-rise apartment · shotgun house · tower block · apartment tower · railroad apartment