Canadian studio RHAD Architects has completed Two Bay House in Nova Scotia, Canada, which consists of blocky volumes with carved-out voids, mass-timber framing and blackened wood cladding. More about RHAD Architects gives Nova Scotia house "quiet, monolithic presence"
The New York office of OMA and local practice YA Studio have arranged a 160-home apartment block in San Francisco, California, around multiple courtyards. More about OMA completes first US affordable housing development in San Francisco
Spanish studio Typsa Arquitectura has completed a library in Luanda, Angola, with a curving concrete roof punctured by openings that encircle existing trees on the site. More about Typsa Arquitectura weaves library in Luanda around existing trees
Local architecture practice Rerucha Studio has arranged a cedar-clad house with detached elements around a central courtyard to function like a park in Seattle, Washington, USA. More about Rerucha Studio organises Seattle house as "small village of connected spaces"
A timber-framed glazed link and courtyard garden connect old and new parts of this home in Northwood, UK, which architecture studio Will Gamble Architects designed to reference traditional Sri Lankan houses. More about Will Gamble Architects adds "explicitly tropical" extension to Grade-II listed English cottage
Our latest lookbook rounds up houses that maximise underutilised spaces with pocket gardens and courtyards, helping to bring daylight and views of nature inside the home. More about Eight pocket gardens and mini courtyards that draw light into the home
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Dymak headquarters in Odense, Denmark, designed by BIG to resemble a Möbius strip. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "intensely geometric" headquarters by BIG
A gridded concrete ceiling and perforated brick walls shelter an open, green courtyard at the heart of Twilight House, a home in Andhra Pradesh, India, designed by local practice Spacefiction Studio. More about Perforated brickwork wraps courtyard home in India by Spacefiction Studio
Architecture studio BIG has completed the headquarters for Danish material supplier Dymak in Odense, Denmark, sheltering its rounded mass-timber structure with a roof evoking a Möbius strip. More about BIG arranges circular Dymak HQ around stepped courtyard
A crescent-shaped courtyard creates a "domestic refuge" at the heart of this minimalist house in Galicia, Spain, designed by local architecture studio Sinaldaba. More about Sinaldaba organises Cecebre House in Spain around crescent-shaped courtyard
Architecture studio House of EM has used a restrained palette of brick, timber, concrete and lime plaster for Skylark, a contemporary F-shaped house in Shropshire, UK. More about House of EM draws on mid-century design principles for brick-clad home
French studio SAM Architecture has created the Yvonne Kerzrého School Complex in Nanterre, France, arranging classrooms around cascading terraces and courtyards that extend learning outdoors. More about SAM Architecture designs stepped school in Nanterre as "village at the child's scale"
Local studio Kister Architects has turned a former 1910 corner shop in Melbourne into a family home with a lush internal courtyard entrance designed to bring greenery to the urban site. More about Century-old Melbourne corner shop transformed into family home
Brick garden walls conceal the Walled Courtyard house, which local architecture studio Inglis Badrashi Loddo has completed on a historic square in Kennington, south London. More about Garden walls conceal compact London house by Inglis Badrashi Loddo
Chinese studio FOG Architecture has designed a flagship store for local fashion brand MSLAN in Quanzhou, China, creating a slow experience by adding a series of gardens. More about FOG Architecture draws on traditional Quanzhou houses for MSLAN store in China
An austere exterior of stacked concrete volumes conceals a double-height courtyard and plant-filled terrace at the heart of this home in Tokyo, designed by local studio Apollo Architects & Associates. More about Apollo Architects & Associates prioritises "security and privacy" for Tokyo home
The works of architects Le Corbusier and Balkrishna Doshi influenced Amaltash, a residence in Gujarat, India, designed by multidisciplinary studio Design ni Dukaan. More about Design ni Dukaan references Corbusier and Doshi for geometric Gujarat house
Architecture studio Pend has completed a pair of light-filled mews homes organised around private courtyards on a compact brownfield site in Edinburgh, Scotland. More about Pend transforms overlooked infill site into mews homes that balance light and privacy
A faceted roof encircles a central courtyard at Écosystème D, an energy hub and engineering workspace in Dunkirk designed by architecture studios Snøhetta and Santer Vanhoof. More about Snøhetta adds "positive energy building" to Dunkirk port
Local studio Bloco Arquitetos has completed a house in Brasília surrounded by brick screens and wide entry portals that open up the central courtyard to the exterior. More about Bloco Arquitetos creates "house without windows" in Brazil