A ring of rooms staggered around a courtyard doubles as an indoor dog run at this rental villa on Awaji Island, designed by Japanese studio 1110 Office for Architecture. More about "Humans and dogs live harmoniously" at stepped Necklace Villa in Japan
Local architecture studio AMASA Estudio has repaired a communal pavilion for a housing block in Mexico City as part of an overall effort to improve public spaces in the city. More about AMASA Estudio repairs derelict pavilion for Mexican social housing block
Architecture practice Studio Ruan Xing has created an arched, central hall as part of the renovation of a building on the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's School of Design campus in Shanghai. More about Studio Ruan Xing creates arched timber hall at Shanghai university
Mexican architecture firm Estudio Cristina Grappin has opened a large stone house to coastal breezes between the courtyard and the Pacific Ocean in Punta Mita, Mexico. More about Estudio Cristina Grappin uses local stone for Mexican beach house
A timber veranda frames a courtyard at House for Ela, a home by Switzerland-based architect Ewa Kaszuba on a forested site in a spa town near Warsaw. More about Ewa Kaszuba frames villa in Polish spa town with larch veranda
Living spaces are arranged around a central courtyard at this house in Valencia, Spain, which local studio Viruta Lab has designed to celebrate the legacy of influential feminist artist Ángela García Codoñer. More about Casa Gesso is a "habitable blank canvas" for reflecting on feminist art
Danish studio CF Møller Architects has completed Tampere Psychiatric Clinic in Finland with calming spaces that are intended to aid with patient wellbeing. More about CF Møller Architects uses principles of "healing architecture" for Finnish psychiatric clinic
US studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a courtyard-style house in California that is closed off to the street yet opens up in the rear, allowing for ample natural light and a connection to the outdoors. More about Tall "acoustic wall" buffers noise at Modal Home in Silicon Valley
Staggered volumes organised around a rounded courtyard form the net-zero Westmark Lower School, which was designed by architecture studio NBBJ to "reduce anxiety and stress" for students with learning differences. More about NBBJ completes nature-infused California school for neurodiverse students
The founders of California-based 3R Studio have created a compact, live-work unit for themselves called Evelyn ADU that consists of two gabled volumes connected by a glazed bridge. More about 3R Studio creates Bay Area ADU as a "backyard retreat" for living and working
A series of intersecting blocks and voids form House of Courtyards, which Indian practice Studio VDGA has added to a neighbourhood in Dubai. More about Studio VDGA arranges blocky Dubai home around sequence of courtyards
A series of staggered, multi-level courtyards animate the plan of In-between Gardens, a house in the town of Tiptur, India, designed by architecture studio A Threshold. More about Courtyards create "communal atmosphere" at Indian house by A Threshold
Barrel-vaulted concrete roofs are supported by thick laterite walls at The Stoic Wall Residence in Kerala, India, completed by local studio Lijo Reny Architects. More about Vaulted roofs and laterite walls form "unapologetically modern" home in India
German studio Alexander Poetzsch Architekturen has converted a former chocolate factory in Dresden into a youth club and assisted living centre for children. More about Alexander Poetzsch Architekturen converts German chocolate factory into supported housing for children
Concrete loggias overlook a courtyard at this social housing block in Paris, which French studios Francois Brugel Architectes Associes, H2o Architectes and Antoine Regnault Architecture have converted from offices. More about Parisian office blocks transformed into Ilot Saint-Germain social housing
A gridded facade of fibre cement, glass and large blinds defines this house in western Slovakia, designed by local studio Beef Architekti. More about Beef Architekti creates "outdoor rooms" at House of Grid in Slovakia
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners and local studio Ponce de León Arquitectos have broken ground on its first project in Uruguay, an apartment building wrapped around a multi-storey glass courtyard. More about Foster + Partners first Uruguay project to feature glass-lined courtyard
Architecture studio Buzz has transformed three sunken courtyards created for an underground car park into gallery, event and activity spaces for Beijing MAHA Arts Centre in China. More about Buzz creates subterranean Hermit Space galleries in Beijing park
Architecture practice Be Studio has created the Churruca apartment block in the coastal region of Maresme, which is organised around a four-storey internal courtyard. More about Be Studio punctuates Spanish apartment block with ceramic tiles and green blinds
Rectilinear volumes of timber and concrete form a residence in coastal Washington by MW Works that merges with the wooded landscape and is "designed to be overlooked". More about MW Works designs Longbranch house to blend with forest setting