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 ...

How do you design an urban residence on a compact plot that integrates plenty of natural light and access to the outdoors, while maintaining as much privacy as possible? Flip the conventional layout ...

The public spaces are all contained in the single-floor eastern volume, while the 2-story western volume houses the private portions of the program. The large cantilever places program to the extents ...

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 ...

The 4,880 sq ft home was designed for a scientist and his wife who had previously lived in a home designed by WA Designs and wanted one of their very own. After finding a lot with views of the sloping ...

When COX architect Joe Agius was designing his own home, he wanted to ensure that the ambience reflected his travels in Europe, North Africa and China. A defining feature that stood out to him was the ...

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

With two stunning courtyards, one inside and one out, the grand 18th century Palacio de Villapanes, built in 1729 by Admiral ...

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