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A patch of sky, a pocket of earth, and the rooms that orbit them — Courtyard Homes is a tour of twenty dwellings that turn an open-air void into the soul of the plan. Author Joann Plockova gathers residences from five continents: a lava-rimmed triangle in off-grid Hawai‘i, twin concrete oculi in Monterrey, a jungle slice in São Paulo, a light-catching well in Melbourne. Architects ranging from Craig Steely and mwworks to Matharoo and Ted’A show how a courtyard can cool a desert house, anchor a hillside retreat, or simply pull lemon-tree scent into a breakfast nook.
More than 150 photographs pair with floor plans and site notes, tracing how each project shapes privacy, micro-climate, and ritual around an outdoor room. Whether you’re plotting a remodel or just craving a window into calmer ways of living, these pages open to sky.
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