The trend toward outdoor living, which uses comfy seating, bright rugs and weatherproof art to extend the al fresco season at home, is bringing new attention to a centuries-old architectural feature: ...

The trend of indoor/outdoor living is spilling onto the fronts and sides of homes across the Las Vegas Valley. Elaborate entryways and courtyards are being incorporated into homes to meet the ...

Many homeowners in Las Vegas find hosting guests is a necessity when living in one of the most frequently visited cities in the world. At Tuscan Cliffs, a luxury semi-custom home collection in ...

Nicely suited to Portland's space-constrained urban lots, the entry courtyard is a perennial favorite among city dwellers eager to carve out an intimate outdoor space buffered from street noise and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ed Castro Landscape, Inc. via AP This undated photo provided by Ed Castro Landscape, Inc. shows the courtyard outside a home in Atlanta, Ga. By Melissa ...

The trend toward outdoor living, which uses comfy seating, bright rugs and weatherproof art to extend the al fresco season at home, is bringing new attention to a centuries-old architectural feature: ...

A lawn or front yard in the early American neighborhood meant you had money to burn. In the nineteenth century only the wealthy could sacrifice area for the grounds around a house. But by the next ...

There is a growing demand for atriums and internal courtyards in home design, says Michael Leckie, principal architect at Leckie Studio Architecture + Design. “I think the big advantage of the ...

Concrete block walls with window-like apertures surround a courtyard at the front of this Melbourne house by local practice MRTN Architects, which also features an angular wooden roof (+slideshow).

This week's "posh place" is a newly constructed Peoria mansion with a spark of Old World charm. A front courtyard greets visitors to the one-acre estate — but the pleasure is for invited guests only.