One solution was to introduce a courtyard and skylight. While most courtyards are square, Mr Lim gave his design a circular ... the stringer beam to form the stair treads. These metal treads ...

“The courtyard was an integral part of the original house design. It complements the neoclassical style, emphasising the importance of natural light. The courtyard is completely open to ...

By contrast, single-stair buildings across Europe tend to have shallower floor plates, “floor-through” light on at least two sides of each unit, and a shared central courtyard ... same typology ...

Across the 4,751-square-mile region of Los Angeles County, the seaside city of Santa Monica has become the unrivaled testing ground for innovations in energy-conscious civic design in the service ...

With a courtyard design and 9,500 square feet of living space, inside and out, the property has been listed, furnished, at $39.995 million by True, a longtime agent with the Corcoran Group.

The towers that sit on three sides of the courtyard create an almost urban scale, he said. One of the challenges in creating the design was to address some issues and code deficiencies that have ...