Being outdoors all year without being outside: do courtyards make sense? by Nicolás Boullosa on March 4, 2026 From the Alhambra to California backyards, an ancient architectural typology shows how patios, plants, and water create microclimates, social space, …
How access to water, pools & streams can improve homes/towns by Nicolás Boullosa on April 21, 2022 Christopher Alexander states in #64 of his “pattern languages” for architecture and urbanism that “We need constant access to water, …