Houses in Kuwait interlock around sunken stone courtyard

A courtyard lined in pale Omani stone and with a fountain and trees sits at the centre of a pair of houses in Kuwait City by Studio Toggle.
Designed for two brothers and their separate families, House in Mishref was conceived as two interlocking houses stacked atop one another.A communal courtyard space connects the two homes.
The courtyard is sunken to the level of the basement and extends as a lightwell up the building's four storeys.A fountain and citrus trees occupy the centre of the courtya