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This image is taken from the master bedroom - the fourth side to the courtyard. The courtyard separates the bedroom and lounge without losing the view from the bedroom and becomes an extension of both. External venetian blinds on each side of the courtyard give privacy to the bedroom.
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Courtyards improve access to light and natural ventilation. They make the surrounding spaces feel more generous and can be a physical extension of the surrounding rooms. They can act as a place to shelter from the wind and a place to introduce greenery when the floor is above the ground. They can help separate the different functions of the home.
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This courtyard acts as the space between two forms and two functions of the home. Its landscaping behind a picture window is the surprise on entry.
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The courtyard becomes the focus on entry.
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The external kitchen terrace becomes the 4th side to the courtyard.
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This courtyard provide light, cross ventilation and an internal aspect to an apartment bedroom which had no external aspect available to it.
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A mango and Natora tree were such a special part of the virgin site that the house was designed around the two trees. The courtyard separates the guest pavilion from the house. The trees become a focus of the house, just as much as the lagoon.
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This image is taken from the master bedroom in the lower apartment. As in the apartment above a courtyard separates the bedroom and lounge without losing the view from the bedroom. The courtyard can be an extension of the bedroom, the lounge or both.
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As there was no external views from this site in Mosman, a north-facing courtyard courtyard was introduced to afford internal vistas and spatial relief from neighbouring walls.
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This small courtyard creates the break between the old victorian terrace and the new works.
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