A courtyard house converted into a fragrance store by FOG Architecture has won Dezeen Awards China 2023 Interiors project of the year, as seen in this movie produced by Dezeen. More about Dezeen Awards China Interiors project of the year "preserves built history"
Red tiles envelop the roof and walls of this family home, which Vietnamese studio The Bloom Architects has arranged around a central courtyard in the city of Bao Loc. More about The Bloom Architects tops Tile House with inverted roof in Vietnam
Austrian studio PSLA Architekten has created a contemporary townhouse in Vienna's historic seventh district as a "hybrid genesis between house and garden". More about PSLA Architekten tops urban townhouse with cascading roof terraces
Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a concrete community centre defined by a series of arches in Jálpa de Mendez, Mexico. More about CCA runs arched colonnade through community centre in Mexico
London studio Coffey Architects has completed The Tannery, a mixed-use project in Bermondsey that combines housing, artist's studios and a gallery around a central courtyard. More about Coffey Architects references industrial history for London housing and arts spaces
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed the Sanya Wellness Retreat hotel on the Chinese island of Hainan, with public spaces arranged around a central water courtyard. More about Neri&Hu wraps South China Sea wellness retreat around "water courtyard"
Local studio Práctica Arquitectura has elevated a concrete infill house with a red finish outside of Monterrey, Mexico. More about Práctica Arquitectura splits red infill home in Mexico with central courtyard
Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has designed two concrete structures separated by a courtyard for a house on a narrow plot in Lisbon. More about Bak Gordon inserts green-tiled concrete house on sloping street in Lisbon
A planted communal courtyard designed to promote "neighbourliness" and grey brick define this infill housing block by Sergison Bates Architects in Clapham, London. More about Sergison Bates Architects creates courtyard housing block in south London
Blocky volumes clad in roughly textured materials surround a series of courtyards at this home, which Northumberland studio Elliott Architects has created in a village in Yorkshire. More about Elliott Architects arranges textural Hushh House around courtyards
Mexico City-based architect Ludwig Godefroy has cut circular openings into the slanted ceilings of a series of dwellings in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, to create semi-exposed pools and gardens. More about Ludwig Godefroy creates "habitable gardens" using massive skylights in Mexico
Texas studios Smitharc Architecture + Interiors and Erin Sander Design have completed a family home with limestone cladding, a Zen garden and a gallery-like space for the clients' Ferraris. More about Greenway Parks Residence in Dallas features "auto lounge" for Ferraris
US studio Olson Kundig Architects has utilised a variety of wooden storm shutters and deep roof overhangs for a Hawaiian holiday home called Hale Napo'o. More about Operable screens wrap beachfront house in Hawaii by Olson Kundig
Decorative brick-clad buildings fold around courtyards at the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka, a boarding school in Bangladesh designed by British practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with architecture studio Shatotto Architecture for Green Living. More about Aga Khan Academy Dhaka wraps around "friendly outdoor learning areas"
Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann's firm Studio Other Spaces has created a sculptural work called Common Sky to enclose an open-air courtyard at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. More about Studio Other Spaces encloses Buffalo museum courtyard in "canopy of glass and mirrors"
Wood and zinc-clad forms hug a spacious courtyard in a California home designed by US studio Walker Warner Architects to serve as a "private oasis". More about Courtyard lies at heart of Santa Monica Modern house by Walker Warner Architects
US architecture studio Mary English and Xavier Vendrell Architects have lined up three courtyards on a linear suburban plot for a white stucco house in San Antonio, Texas. More about Mary English and Xavier Vendrell arrange three courtyards for San Antonio house
Local studio BHY Arquitectos has completed an all-white infill house with painted brick on a narrow lot in Buenos Aires, Argentina that features multiple courtyards and patios. More about BHY Arquitectos arranges multiple courtyards in white Argentinian house
A series of interior courtyards and a walkway enclosed with wooden blinds define a narrow house in Mallorca designed by Spanish practice Company Studio. More about Company Studio designs Mallorcan house for indoor-outdoor living
Local studio Atelier Guy Architects has completed an all-timber office and factory for engineering firm SmartMill in Lévis, Quebec. More about Atelier Guy uses mass-timber structure for Canadian wood company facility