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 Homes Featuring Courtyards
Mochizuki Architectural Atelier
Mochizuki Architectural Atelier

Homes Featuring Courtyards｜Introduction to Architecture Firms｜The Enclosed Sky Garden

Author: Qurasuki Editorial Department
A courtyard enclosed by the building functions excellently to admit natural light and breeze into the interior while maintaining privacy from the exterior. Thoughtful design measures characterize houses with courtyards: layout strategies that allow the courtyard to be experienced from every room; provisions such as deep eaves and glazed canopies to ensure comfort even on rainy days; and seasonal staging through planting and water features. The form and role of a courtyard vary according to site constraints and the surrounding context, and the designer’s imagination has a profound impact on the quality of the space. Here we introduce architectural firms that have realized richly layered homes centered on courtyards.

Homes Featuring Courtyards

Coo Planning

201, M'S Kyomachibori Building, 1-7-17 Kyomachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Tenkosha First-Class Architects Office

302, Showa Building Minami, 314 Ogikubo, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Takeshi Hirobe Architects

1-13-2 Suwa, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshihiro Ito Architect & Associates

7-8 Honmachi, Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture

Mochizuki Architectural Atelier

2-23-1-1248 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / 614 Katakura-cho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo

Mitsuhiro Kojima Architects

426-1-101 Higashisin-machi, Ota City, Gunma Prefecture

Tatsumi Negishi Architectural Studio

532-5 Nakazawa, Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

AtelierMA

2B Yanakada Building, 3-13-2 Tabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo

YIA Ishiue Yoshihiro Architectural Design Office

1572 Amagawataki-cho, Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

KICHI ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

4-6-3 Kenkyu Gakuen, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

In-Ex Design Co., Ltd.

4-59 Takanoizumicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

Far East Design Lab.

Cercle Akasaka 1F, 4-2-25 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

e do design architects

3-7-7 Minatocho, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Archiplace

502 Palm House Hatsudai, 1-20-2 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

*studioLOOP Architects

3-8-4 Asahino, Itakura-machi, Ora-gun, Gunma Prefecture

Kota Goto Architectural Studio

1-17-1 Unuma-Haba-chō, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Kumi Inoue Architects

2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

1304 Park Front Nakano Arai Yakushi, 5-5-10 Arai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan