MORQ's rammed-concrete Cloister House hides lush internal courtyard

Architecture studio MORQ has built an almost windowless house surrounding a plant-filled courtyard from rammed concrete in Perth, Australia.
Italy and Australia-based architects MORQ designed Cloister House for a couple who wanted a home that would feel like a sheltered place of refuge.Cloister House sits on a plot next to a busy road on a suburban site – not a location that lends itself to a quiet place of retreat.
"Upon visiting the site we realised there was some reconciliation to