Local studio Cotaparedes Arquitectos has completed a minimalist home in Mexico, placing the kitchen, living and dining room below grade to allow the space to open onto a tranquil courtyard. More about Cotaparedes creates lofty living space in Guadalajara home
US firm Studio Schicketanz has completed a low-lying, coastal house for a Silicon Valley family with facades that were kept "quiet and simple" in deference to natural terrain. More about Studio Schicketanz embeds weekend home into hillside in California’s Big Sur
3me Arquitectura has taken cues from the pyramidal grain silos found locally to create the entryway for the headquarters of the Association of Agricultural Producers in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. More about 3me Arquitectura designs Irrigation Module based on pyramidal grain silos
Architect Christopher Furminger has completed an extension to a home in Brisbane, Australia, featuring robust walls that frame gardens, courtyards and paths linking the living spaces. More about Brick and concrete walls enclose outdoor spaces at River House extension in Brisbane
Mexican architect Ian Pablo Amores has completed a boutique hotel in San Miguel de Allende with a pink facade and a landscaped garden lounge. More about Ian Pablo Amores creates pink hotel with courtyard garden in San Miguel de Allende
A central courtyard in this remote retreat by Chilean studio SAA brings natural light to the interiors while avoiding the need to cut any additional trees surrounding the structure. More about SAA completes Chilean cabin illuminated by central courtyard
Double-height volumes in this gabled house in Porto accommodate mezzanine levels and light-filled living spaces that look onto a courtyard. More about WeStudio and Made insert mezzanines beneath gabled roof of Porto house
The founders of architecture studio Barkow Leibinger have created a square-shaped dwelling for themselves in Bozeman, Montana, that features ample use of wood, including cedar siding and glue-laminated timber beams. More about Knotty cedar clads 5280 House in Montana by Barkow Leibinger
Chinese studio Vector Architects has completed a concrete office complex in Chengdu, Sichuan province, raised on large pilotis and connected by a network of elevated walkways crossing large courtyards. More about Vector Architects uses elevated walkways and terraces to connect office development in China
Architecture firm ARQBR has completed a family house in Brasília that features a ribbon-shaped plan and a central courtyard with a swimming pool. More about ARQBR weaves open space into Couri House in Brasília
US firm CLB Architects has blended Japanese and mid-century Californian architecture styles for this house in Jackson, Wyoming, which is broken up by a trio of courtyards. More about CLB Architects arranges Japan-influenced Wyoming home around courtyard gardens
Shieh Arquitetos Associados has organised this residence in Brazil around a lush courtyard so that its residents can "step onto grass from the bedrooms". More about Grassy courtyard forms heart of Brazilian house by Shieh Arquitetos
Estudio Felipe Escudero has built an Ecuadorian house around a central courtyard, which features the firm's first furniture collection. More about Felipe Escudero arranges concrete house around central magnolia tree
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate, the new name for our Dezeen Weekly newsletter, features a minimalist white house in Mexico. More about A minimalist white house in Mexico features in today's Dezeen Debate newsletter
This minimalist white house in Mexico was designed by Cotaparedes Arquitectos as "introspective architecture" focused on a pair of courtyards. More about Cotaparedes Arquitectos completes Mexican home built around two courtyards
Mexican studio Práctica Arquitectura has designed La Hacienda Jardín, a holiday home in Tepoztlán built from Texcal volcanic stone and Durango pine around a central courtyard. More about Práctica Arquitectura reinterprets Mexican hacienda in volcanic stone
The buzzing ambience of Chengdu's Kuanzhai Alley has set the tone for this cafe by BLUE Architecture Studio, which is centred on a water-filled courtyard for people-watching. More about Chengdu's % Arabica cafe is designed to feel like "a small neighbourhood"
Interior courtyards filled with indoor trees and greenery create a tranquil, peaceful atmosphere. For our latest lookbook, we've collected ten homes from the Dezeen archive with beautiful courtyards at the heart of the interior. More about Ten homes centred around bright interior courtyards
A glazed courtyard occupies the centre of this Florida residence by Seibert Architects, bringing light to the interiors and organising the circulation around the building. More about Seibert Architects designs Florida home for indoor-outdoor living
Deep overhangs shade pavilions and walkways at a lush nature retreat in Costa Rica by architectural practice Studio Saxe. More about Studio Saxe weaves Caribbean Courtyard Villa into a Costa Rican jungle