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Of Homes and Windows in the 20th Century: In Conversation with Ken Tadashi Oshima, the Curator of Living Modernity: Experiments in Housing, 1920s–1970s

…s now on view at the National Art Center Tokyo revisits this pivotal half-century examining the social technical and aesthetic roles that mo…
Single casement window

A window with a sash hinged to one side of the frame opening outward or inward by pivoting around the hinges. See also casement window.
Dormer window

A window that extends vertically from a sloping roof typically set within a small roofed structure. It enhances natural light and ventilatio…
Clerestory (or clearstory) window

A row of windows placed high on the walls of churches cathedrals or other large buildings allowing natural light to enter from an elevated a…
Arch window

A window with an arched (curved) upper frame or opening. There are various shapes such as the semi-circular arched window and the pointed la…
Power window

An electrically operated window controlled by a switch or remote often used for heavy or hard-to-reach windows. Some modern models support s…
Smart window

A window with smart glass that adjusts transparency by controlling voltage in a liquid crystal layer. It can provide openness or privacy as …
Palladian window

A three-part window with a large central arch flanked by two smaller rectangular openings. Named after 16th-century architect Andrea Palladi…
Palladian motif

A three-part window with a large central arch flanked by two smaller rectangular openings. Named after 16th-century architect Andrea Palladi…
Serliana

A three-part window featuring a large central arch flanked by two smaller rectangular openings. Named after the 16th-century Italian archite…
Serlian motif

A three-part window featuring a large central arch flanked by two smaller rectangular openings. Named after the 16th-century Italian archite…
Venetian window

A three-part window featuring a large central arched opening flanked by two smaller rectangular openings. It was first described in detail b…
Tripartite window

A window with a large central opening flanked by two narrower side windows commonly found in Venetian Gothic and Palladian styles. It partic…
Squint

A small obliquely angled opening cut into the wall or pier of a medieval European church. Commonly found in Christian ecclesiastical archite…
Hagioscope

A small obliquely angled opening cut into the wall or pier of a medieval European church. Commonly found in Christian ecclesiastical archite…
Splayed window

An opening with an angled internal dimension allows more light to enter. It is commonly observed in European historic architecture particula…
Wyatt window

A three-part window with an entablature above it. The name originates from the 18th-century architect James Wyatt who frequently used this d…
Louis Kahn and the Power of Shadow

…y of shadows” a “Sanctuary of Art.” Thus walking through the sequence of openings at the portico of the Salk Institute brings to mind the da…
Swiss Window Journeys: A Conversation between Andrea Deplazes, Laurent Stalder, and Momoyo Kaijima

…gy in 2000. A lecturer at the Art and Design School of the University of Tsukuba from 2000 to 2009 an associate professor from 2009 to 2022 …
CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2024

Applications for the 2024 cycle are now closed. Thank you to all who applied. The Window Research Institute in collaboration with the Canadi…
A Conversation with Leth & Gori

How do you create a house that can be maintenance-free for 50 years and last for at least 150 years? The Brick House designed by the Denmark…
Issue 14: A Window for Standing Still—Fieldoffice Architects, Paomagudao Park

This issue I’d like to introduce a park that I designed myself. Jiaoxi Yilan’s Paomagudao Park completed in 2021 was formerly th…
01│Antoni Gaudí: A “Sensible Architect”

…inessman) and Roser Segimon i Artells (Pere’s wife and the landowner) the building stands on the former site of a church and is said to have…
Architecture in Motion

Architect YU Momoeda who is a long-time admirer of Shoei Yoh participated in the Find and Tell residency program of the Canadian Centre for …
Shoei Yoh’s “Light Architecture”

…resented at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. Speaking at a lecture organized as part of the show Shoei Yoh reflected on one of his major works …
Shoei Yoh: Architecture of Light, the Real, and Monism

Architectural historian Yoshitake Doi who began teaching in Kyushu in the 1990s and witnessed firsthand as Fukuoka-based Shoei Yoh completed…
Issue 13: Democracy Under Canopies (Fieldoffice Architects)

Democracy and freedom have now spread throughout Taiwan a place where …
Terunobu Fujimori│008: The Ribbon Window of the Karuizawa Summer House—The Modernists’ Dream, Realized in Japan

In this series architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori who has traveled extensively to study buildings of various times and places will be…
“Shoei Yoh: A Journey of Light” Symposium to be held at the AIJ Hall on September 7, 2024

The Window Research Institute (WRI) is delighted to present the “Shoei Yoh: A Journey of Light” Symposium. Shoei Yoh (1940–) beg…
“Shoei Yoh: A Journey of Light” Symposium Report

…entury Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa and the Mori Art Museum (Tokyo) respectively. Based on these observations he suggested that the J…
Talk Event Report: Swiss Window Journeys Speakers: Momoyo Kaijima, Chie Konno, Fumiko Takahama, Mio Tsuneyama

…An associate professor at the Art and Design School of the University of Tsukuba from 2009 to 2022 she has also taught at Harvard GSD (2003 …
From Interiors to Non-Architecture

Architect and architectural history researcher Masaaki Iwamoto who has been leading the development of the Shoei Yoh Archive sheds light on …
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…
The Diversity of Windows in Kiyonori Kikutake’s Serizawa Literary Center (Serizawa Kojiro Memorial Museum)

Numazu Shizuoka—the birthplace of Kojiro Serizawa the author known for works such as Ningen no Unmei [The Fate of a Human]. Nestled in a pin…
A Culmination of Sutemi Horiguchi’s Aperture Designs: The Tokoname City Municipal Ceramics Research Institute (Tokoname Tounomori Research Institute)

… such as The Museum of Modern Art Kanagawa (1951) Hiroshima Peace Memo…
The Windows of Tomoya Masuda’s Naruto Cultural Center: A Faintly Bright Louvered Space

The Naruto Cultural Center is a posthumous work by architect Tomoya Masuda. It is one of several buildings that the former Kyoto University …
The Windows of the Diffendorfer Memorial Hall and University Chapel at the International Christian University (ICU): Preserving, Passing On, And…

The International Christian University’s campus plan was originally designed by W. M. Vories & Co. and later developed by Antonin Raymon…
A Conversation with Silke Langenberg

…An associate professor at the Art and Design School of the University of Tsukuba since 2009 she has also taught at Harvard GSD (2003 2016) R…
The Windows of the Cachat Buvette in Evian｜Jean Prouvé’s Windows #4

After resuming his creative activities with his new firm Jean Prouvé Constructions Prouvé presented an alternative version of the béquille i…
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…
The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture Through Windows

This book is the official catalog of the exhibition titled The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture Through Windows jointly held by Win…
The Nordic Window Window Behaviorology in Nordic Architecture

In this fourth book in the WindowScape book series Yoshiharu Tsukamoto's laboratory carefully researched window design in Sweden Finland and…
“Window Behaviorology” is exhibited at VILLUM Window Collection, Denmark

Windows and daylight influence our behavior. This is unpacked in VILLUM Window Collection’s new exhibition curated by Japanese architect Yos…
“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…
A window with a memory

I’ve enjoyed drawing pictures ever since I was little and used to make paintings using my own hands and brushes to apply oil to canvas and p…
Windows: Overlapping and passing through

…vered the windows of the Mori Art Museum with a pure red film and arranged a series of black-painted structural objects into architectural f…
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…
Shoei Yoh: A Journey of Light—Introduction

Architect Shoei Yoh began his creative career as an interior designer in the 1970s. In 2019 he donated materials from his professional archi…

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