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The plan of a courtyard house on soft rose: a paved court with four sunken planted beds, orange trees and a star-shaped fountain at the centre, a columned gallery around it, long rooms on all four sides, a bent entrance passage and a stair, with an elevation of the courtyard facade above in taller formats.
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Courtyard House

No. 49 of 100 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeThe plan of a courtyard house on soft rose: a paved court with four sunken planted beds, orange trees and a star-shaped fountain at the centre, a columned gallery around it, long rooms on all four sides, a bent entrance passage and a stair, with an elevation of the courtyard facade above in taller formats.

What it meansIn Morocco a riad is a house built around an interior garden courtyard. The plan turns away from the street towards the planted court, which gives light, shade and privacy.

Where it worksA gentle, homely plate for a living room, a kitchen or a bedroom.

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