Spanish practice Arquitecturia has completed a home in the Catalan town of Caldes de Malavella, which is comprised of six small buildings organised around a courtyard at its centre. More about Arquitecturia designs Catalan house as cluster of pavilions around garden
Local architecture practice FMT Estudio has completed two concrete houses on either end of a narrow plot in Mérida, Mexico, connected by a central courtyard. More about FMT Estudio connects two Mexican dwellings with swimming pool courtyard
North Arrow Studio has completed a compact, corrugated metal accessory dwelling unit in East Austin's Chestnut neighbourhood featuring a custom, circular pivot window that is reminiscent of the round opening in a birdhouse. More about North Arrow Studio creates metal ADU in Austin to resemble a birdhouse
Multidisciplinary studio Design ni Dukaan has completed a house in Gujarat, India, with a board-formed concrete exterior walls that wrap the home and define courtyard spaces. More about Design Ni Dukaan wraps "citadel-like" house in curved concrete wall
Classrooms and social spaces are arranged around a tree-filled courtyard at this school, created by Polish practice Jeju Studio for a refugee community in Tanzania. More about "Playful and accessible spaces" wrap courtyard at Wayair School by Jeju Studio
An angular wall of exposed concrete informed by origami wraps this courtyard home in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed by local studio Atelier Gratia to be a "sanctuary" from the surrounding city. More about Atelier Gratia designs angular concrete courtyard house in Taiwan
US studio Desai Chia Architecture has completed the Roxbury House, a weekend retreat for gallery owners that features courtyards for exhibiting artwork and a guesthouse designed for an artist in residence. More about Desai Chia uses charred-wood cladding for multi-structure Connecticut home
Chinese studio FOG Architecture has turned a courtyard house in Beijing into a flagship store for fragrance brand ToSummer with exposed wooden roof trusses and columns. More about FOG Architecture transforms Beijing courtyard house into fragrance store
Shanghai studio Atelier d'More has turned a concrete brick building outside Beijing, China, into a boutique hotel with a courtyard filled with sculptural concrete dividers. More about Atelier d'More designs curved concrete Sleeping Lab hotel
London architecture and design practice Yellow Cloud Studio has completed Courtyard House, the renovation of a Victorian terrace in Stoke Newington, creating bright living spaces that overlook an internal courtyard. More about Yellow Cloud Studio extends London home with internal courtyard
Indian studio Matharoo Associates has created Cut Bend Fold Play, a concrete home in Chennai with internal courtyards and layered spaces that bring a feeling of spaciousness to its compact urban site. More about Matharoo Associates folds concrete home in India around courtyards
A colourful pavilion sits in the Joy Garden at Sheffield Children's Hospital, which British artist Morag Myerscough has created to offer patients and staff respite from a medical environment. More about Morag Myerscough creates "secret garden" for Sheffield Children's Hospital
A series of bridges, walkways and exterior staircases connect the various parts of this community centre in one of the most densely populated neighbourhoods in Mexico City by Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura. More about Rozana Montiel designs Mexico City community centre as "recreational cultural oasis"
New Orleans architecture studio Eskew Dumez Ripple has unveiled plans for a welcome centre at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge that will feature a sloped roof, glass walls and a sunken central courtyard. More about Eskew Dumez Ripple designs courtyard pavilion for Burden Center in Baton Rouge
An austere exterior conceals a series of living spaces around a central courtyard at this home in the Spanish town of Citruénigo, designed by local studio Lecumberri & Cidoncha and architect Ińigo Beguiristain. More about Paved courtyard hidden by "muted facade" of LR House in Spain
Davies Toews Architecture has overhauled a factory building in Ridgewood, Queens to serve as a mixed-use commercial and arts space. More about Davies Toews Architecture refurbishes industrial Queens building
Architect Marc Perrotta has renovated a traditional home in Mérida, Mexico by removing a "clumsy" addition to the home and substituting it for a concrete structure with glass and brick walls. More about Marc Perrotta updates traditional Mérida home with courtyard extension
A sequence of eight courtyards and gardens are incorporated into the linear floor plan of this house in Melbourne, Australia, which Studio Bright designed to make the most of a long and narrow plot. More about Studio Bright arranges 8 Yard House around a series of outdoor spaces
Local architecture studio Zeller & Moye used an abandoned lot in Mexico City to create a multifamily property called La Ribera with eight townhouses organised around a lush courtyard. More about Zeller & Moye creates earthquake-resistant La Ribera housing block in Mexico City
Evelop Arquitectura drew inspiration from the work of Mexican architect Luis Barragán for this wood-and-stone house in San Miguel de Allende, which is interspersed with lush garden courtyards. More about Evelop Arquitectura creates "garden with a house" in San Miguel de Allende