After all, Folsom Lake and its trails are part of their backyard, so the children were inclined to spend more time outdoors than in front of screens. The couple’s rare, 5,000-square-foot, single-story ...

So they're very open, and have a modern sensibility ... Below the pool house is a sunken bedroom suite that faces onto a private courtyard The outdoor space acts like a sculpture garden, with ...

a Melbourne-based architecture studio that had recently designed a striking courtyard house nearby. When Adi Atic and Michael Artemenko, the founders of FIGR, visited the 0.16-acre lot ...

The indoor-outdoor house, whose facade is concrete, glass and cedar, is set behind gates. A glass bridge, worthy of a modern fairy tale, serves as the passageway to the entry courtyard.

Thanks to the house's U-shaped design, the courtyard is accessible from multiple ... but inside it has a modern design. The checkered marble foyer gives way to a living room complete with a ...

The two internal courtyards are separated by a glazed corridor and covered ... Jonathan has written and edited 15 books, including Concept Car Design, 21st Century House, and The New Modern House. He ...