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sandstone house
The Courtyard Chronicles : Designed around Craft, Courtyards, and Collected Memories, This Home by 4Brick Studio Anchors Memory in Enduring Grace
Project Details
concept
The central void channels the home’s vitals, light, ventilation, circulation, and spatial coherence. The ground floor unfolds around the courtyard, with the main living room, dining area, and open kitchen embracing it, while the formal living and foyer act as thresholds guarding intimate functions. Rising from the ground up, the two-storey puncture becomes a binding force. The upper floor holds two bedrooms, a bonsai terrace garden, and an amphitheatre that peeks inward. Its stepped seating culminating as a wall creates a living green backdrop for those on the ground floor. Echoing the exterior, the courtyard walls are clad in hand-slit quartz sandstone, their subtle shifts in levels adding depth and texture.
zonning
The building breathes not just through its natural ventilation, but also through the calm it emanates from a design both simple and enduring. Its refined interiors become a canvas for stories to unfold. Art, stone, and architecture converge to form a layered presence, unassuming yet deeply rewarding. This is a home where material honesty meets timeless character, where stillness finds its own quiet poetry. Drenched in daylight, encircled by verdure, and scattered with treasures, the Sandstone home endures as an imprint of texture, time, and soulful living.
