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From Interiors to Non-Architecture
…cture”. Becoming an Interior Designer Shoei Yoh was born in 1940 in Kumamoto Kyushu. He moved to Tokyo for high school and later enrolled a…
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The Ingot Coffee Shop: Building as a Mass of Glass
Tomo Inoue a building construction expert engaged in efforts to digitally reconstruct Shoei Yoh’s works using 3D scanners explains the novel…
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A Conversation with Silke Langenberg
…iate professor at the Art and Design School of the University of Tsukuba since 2009 she has also taught at Harvard GSD (2003 2016) Rice Univ…
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The Windows of the Cachat Buvette in Evian|Jean Prouvé’s Windows #4
…n4 also remain intact. Window Designs Made from Two Components The Cachat Buvette in Evian has a variety of design features familiar from ot…
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Issue 12: A Small Church for the Indigenous (Taitung)
It’s said that Christians now constitute around 7% of Taiwan’s population a rather high proportion compared to Japan’s sta…
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“Light is Light and Light”
The Archaeology of the Digital exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in 2013 served as a catalyst for reevaluating t…
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Windows: Overlapping and passing through
Why wasn’t it a window? I organized an exhibition called Medium and Dimension: Liminal and wrote a text for the exhibition catalogue entitle…
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Why Norman Foster Scoops Daylight into his Buildings
Norman Foster known for blending art and science in architecture has led the field since the late 20th century. His designs balancing high-t…
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Shoei Yoh: A Journey of Light—Introduction
…2 Then in 2021 the Australian Design Centre presented Revisiting Shoei Yoh an exhibition that surveyed Yoh’s work from the perspectives of b…
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Windows of the Villejuif Temporary School|Jean Prouvé’s Windows #3
…ct for restarting his career. Design work on the buildings was started right away in 1956 and construction was completed around the spring o…
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The Windows of Hiroshi Hara’s Awazu House: Spaces of Light Illuminating the Darkness
…s writers or in dialogues for Design hihyou (Fudosha 1966-70) a magazine for which Awazu worked as editor-in-chief.2 “At this time my…
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Issue 11: Joined Somewhere, Connected Throughout—Chen Chi-Kwan, Tunghai University Methodist Hall
The campus of Taiwan’s first private university Tunghai University stretches across the suburbs of Taichung a city in the center-west …
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Terunobu Fujimori│007: The Shōji of the Rinshunkaku
In this series architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori who has traveled extensively to study buildings of various times and places will be…
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A Conversation with François Charbonnet (Made in)
…iate professor at the Art and Design School of the University of Tsukuba since 2009 she has also taught at Harvard GSD (2003 2016) Rice Univ…
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Windows of the Aichi University of the Artsby Junzo Yoshimura and Akio Okumura:The Concrete Science of Living with Nature
…revised their size estimates. Designing a project from its requirements in this way can significantly impact how it is sited and scaled in r…
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Issue 10: The Billowing School—Chen Ren-He, Wave Building, San Sin High School of Commerce and Home Economics (Kaohsiung)
When talking about the first generation of post-war Taiwanese architects there are famous individuals such as Wang Da-Hong who studied under…
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Nakagin Capsule Tower
The architectural movement of Metabolism arose in the 1960s when Japan’s cities began to reemerge from the devastation of World War II. It w…
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Katsura Catholic Church
Completed in 1965 the Katsura Catholic Church in Kyoto is known as the only George Nakashima-designed building in Japan. The structure of th…
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Tilt windows
Tilt windows have a horizontal rotational axis along the bottom of the frame and are opened by being tilted inwards. As they do not open wid…
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Awning windows
Awning windows have a horizontal rotational axis along the top of the frame and are opened by being pushed outwards. The glass surface acts …
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Folding windows
Folding windows consist of two or more hinge-connected panels that form a single door which can be folded away along the length of the openi…
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Revolving windows
Revolving windows rotate either horizontally or vertically around the central axis of a window frame. The former type typically swings inwar…
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Stacked awning windows
Stacked awning windows are composed of a vertical arrangement of sashes that swing up and outwards all at once with the use of a handle. The…
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Terunobu Fujimori│006: The Shitomi of the Kondo Hall at Ninnaji Temple
In this series architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori who has trave…
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The Prince Karuizawa: The Materiality of Kiyoshi Seike’s Windows
The New Karuizawa Prince Hotel (now The Prince Karuizawa) built in 198…
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Issue 9: The Windy County Office—Yilan County Hall (Atelier Zo)
While this column has primarily introduced the windows of unnamed buildings in Taiwan there are a number of works of modern and contemporary…
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A Conversation with Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter
… Arts Schools of Architecture Design and Conservation (KADK). Sebastian Skovsted studied at the KADK and Delft University of Technology (TU …
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Alvar Aalto Living room of Mäntylä
This is the living room of a house designed for a senior engineer at the Tampella factory in Inkeroinen an area that thrived on the wood ind…
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Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen’s Showcase windows of the Pohjola Insurance Building
This insurance company building located on a corner lot along Aleksanterinkatu in central Helsinki was designed by the national romanticist …
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Issue 8: The Town of Floating Pigeon Lofts
Houses stand there dotting the farmland. Small huts sit above them in the sky. It’s a bit of a strange sight but one that you’ll…
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Does light stop within window panes? – Yuriko Kurimoto’s Window
…i Junior College of Art & Design (the predecessor of today’s Nagoya Zokei University) but at the time when she was studying painti…
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Terunobu Fujimori│005: The Katōmado of the Shizutani School Auditorium: An Un-Japanese Japanese Window
In this series architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori who has trave…
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The Experimental Design of the KATONO House in Sapporo
Known as an experimental work of modern architecture tailored for Hokkaido’s climate the KATONO House (Personal Residence) in Sapporo design…
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A Conversation with Christine Binswanger, Raúl Mera (Herzog & de Meuron)
… at ZHAW Zurich and acting as Design Support in the department for civil engineers at ETH Zurich. In 2017 Raúl Mera joined Herzog & de M…
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Terunobu Fujimori | 004: The French Windows of the Glover House: Arrivals from India
In this series architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori who has traveled extensively to study buildings of various times and places will be…
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Between Hatakeyama and Sugiura
Kokei and Jokei: Sights we see scenes we feel Whenever transparent glass is installed into buildings or trains or cars a boundary is establi…
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Issue 7: The Slate Village Down the Mountains: Pingtung
There are now around 580000 native Taiwanese (the term used in Chinese. In Japan it seems the term “indigenous” is often used) r…
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The Divine Invasion: Aldo Rossi’s Windows without Glass
…; Sakaushi Taku Architectural Design Capability Shokokusya Publishing …
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Conversation with EMI Architekten
…rofessor for Architecture and Design at ETH Zurich since 2018. To learn about their projects and approach to designing windows the Chair of …
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Issue 6: Beckoning Qilous
Just about everyone in Taiwan eats similar food from the countless semi-outdoor dining halls there. The students all line up for newly opene…
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Terunobu Fujimori | 003: The Vertical Sliding Windows of the Public Speaking Hall (Mita Enzetsukan)
In this series architectural historian and architect Terunobu Fujimori who has traveled extensively to study buildings of various times and …
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Issue 5: The Matsu Islands: Small Windows on the Frontier (Part 2)
The first morning of the new year arrived as I stayed in my room on th…
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Issue 4: The Matsu Islands: Small Windows on the Frontier (Part 1)
The Matsu islands are located in northwest Taiwan about as close to mainland China as you can get. It’s one of the farthest locations …
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No.0: Six Topics for Makoto Ueda’s Interpretation of the Window Space
To kick off the series “Vague Focal Space at the Window” I interviewed Makoto Ueda the former Editor in Chief of Toshi Jutaku (Urban Housing…
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Takamasa Yosizaka: A Window Looking Out on the Slope of a Mountain, For One to View the Scenery Below
Directing light into a room and letting in air are the major roles for window to play in making a living environment comfortable. Yet there …
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Junzo Yoshimura, Sonoda House: Sliding Glass Door Leading to the Garden and Waist-high Window Making a Space Somewhat Core to the Design
A room with a vague focal space During an exhibition of the work of YOSHIMURA Junzo (1908–1997) in 2005 (held at The University Art Museum T…
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Yosuitei, Thirteen-Window Tearoom
…d in Kyo (present-day Kyoto). Designed by Enshu Kobori the multiwindowed teahouse is also referred to as the Jusansoseki (lit. “Thirteen-Win…
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The Windows of the Migishi Atelier: Inheritance and Change
In October of last year (2021) the Migishi Atelier (Kamisaginomiya Nakano Tokyo) was opened to the public after the architecture collective …