In an expansive courtyard at Tree House, a warm contemporary home in La Jolla, California, a telescoping canopy provides shelter from the sun and rain, and an outdoor kitchen is outfitted with a ...

Text description provided by the architects. Designing private house is all about designing the life of family members. We need to fully understand their life styles. For this project, after several ...

Text description provided by the architects. The clients for this Berkeley Hills home were a prominent scientist and his wife. They had recently moved from the east coast and purchased another home I ...

Here's what you need to turn an enclosed outdoor space into a courtyard haven. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She ...

Pining for a private sanctuary? A place to putter around, put up your feet or peruse a book, all the while enjoying the great outdoors? Or maybe you're craving a bit of land to create a garden, a ...

Illustrations, maps, plans (pages 286-382); tables (pages 284-285); documents (pages 421-431). Appendix: Additional Anomabo structures, pages 383-420. Urban design -- Pate, wattle and daub, and ...

In India, an increasing number of households are opting for renovation instead of demolition. Rather than destroying an inherited home and building a completely new one, there are creative ways of ...