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
The first case study in our Social Housing Revival series looks at a housing block in Vienna by local practices Berger + Parkkinen and Querkraft Architekten, which is organised around a central "common heart" that harks back to the city's golden age of municipal construction. More about Seestadt Aspern Housing brought Red Vienna into the 21st century
In this lookbook, we've collected eight homes from Vietnam to the USA that are kept ventilated and illuminated by central courtyards. More about Eight homes kept cool and bright by central courtyards
White volumes, balconies and planters are stacked around a central courtyard at House for Young Families in Da Nang, Vietnam, which has been designed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. More about H-H Studio designs home in Vietnam as "a place to live, work, study, grow crops and entertain"
Italian studio Peter Pichler Architecture has designed the angular headquarters for manufacturing company Bonfiglioli in Bologna, with a slanted roof covered in pleated mesh. More about Peter Pichler Architecture encloses geometric office block with pleated facades
Australian studio Winwood McKenzie has extended a former worker's cottage in Northcote, Melbourne to create a house arranged around two courtyard gardens. More about Winwood McKenzie hides "urban oasis" behind Melbourne cottage's heritage facade
UK architecture studio DaeWha Kang Design has designed a pavilion and courtyard for The OWO hotel at the site of the former Old War Office in Whitehall, London. More about "Unashamedly contemporary" pavilion designed for Old War Office site in London
Brazilian architect Marcelo Couto and landscape designer Rodrigo Oliveira have created a cantilevering house with multiple courtyards and an interior staircase with a slide attached in Fazenda da Grama, São Paulo. More about Cantilevered Serra Residence in Brazil includes stair-side slides
Architecture firm Studio Bower has created a wood-clad extension for a 1940s cottage that preserves the house's charm and has interiors like a "generous treehouse". More about Studio Bower creates gabled annexe for Washington DC residence
Local design studio McLeod Bovell has completed a seaside home with a dramatic cantilever and multiple lightwells in West Vancouver, British Columbia. More about McLeod Bovell uses cantilevers in "fortress-like" West Vancouver house
Italian studio Robocoop has created a temporary facade to blend into its historic surroundings and hide ongoing construction on a palace courtyard restoration in Rome. More about Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with "illusionary infill facade"
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