The aim of this research is to develop an architectural style commensurate with the requirements residential buildings in hot and dry climate Najran. courtyard concept one most important passive design strategies tune desert climate. also meets sociocultural region. success strategy can be verified by selecting a typical unit (villa) assessing its indoor environmental conditions energy performa...

Constructing houses in the form of garden-house became popular among Statesmen and the privileged class in Naseri period. Iranian traditional houses which used to be formed around a central courtyard, now were organized around a garden. So the transition from houses with courtyard to garden-houses created a new order of relationships between spaces, resulted in redefining spaces and their forms...

This study examined socio-economic correlates of courtyard utilisation in the indigenous residential areas Nigeria. Three cities: Zaria, Ibadan and Owerri, representing three dominant ethnic groups (Hausa, Yoruba Igbo) Nigeria were selected by stratification. Nine Local Government Areas (Zaria 1; 5; Owerri 3) comprising core cities randomly selected. Random sampling technique was also employed ...