Article source: Wittman Estes Architecture+Lands

What happens to the suburban single-family home as cities become dense and privacy becomes limited? It must look inward. Through a series of thresholds from opaque to transparent, Yo-Ju Courtyard House, which means “secluded living” in Mandarin Chinese, embraces the future of suburban density by establishing a private experience despite being adjacent to a busy arterial street in the Clyde Hill neighborhood of Bellevue.

Image Courtesy © Andrew Pogue

• Architects: Wittman Estes Architecture+Lands
• Project: Yo-Ju Courtyard House
• Location: Clyde Hill, Washington
• Photography: Andrew Pogue, HenryBuilt
• Design Team: Matt Wittman AIA LEED AP, Jody Estes, Ashton Wesely
• Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
• Builder: DME Construction Inc.

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