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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…

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 …

Online Event “Hashirama Sōchi: Richness of Space in Japanese Architecture – Talk by Nakatani Norihito” Presented by Japan House London

On Tuesday February 22 Japan House London will present an online event featuring Nakatani Norihito. Date  Tuesday 22 February 2022 Time  12:…

Issue 3: Where the Pavilions Went : Orchid Island (Part 2)

…life I’d seen before in Asian villages. At times this would take…

Issue 2: The Buried Black Roofs : Orchid Island (Part 1)

…illages and folk houses in 11 Asian and Middle Eastern countries (his essays about this trip are serialized on the Window Research Institute…

Japan House London presents Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan

…and received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) for a 6-month residency in New York in 2019.…

Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong

After his experience on a journey through villages and folk houses in …

Final Issue: Asia, Traveled through a Window

…says on windows as I traveled Asia because doing so allowed me to connect locations that are physically separated. The people of these lands…

Aram from Armenia

The atmosphere in a room viewed through a window. The outdoor scenery …

Life in the Holy Land: Jerusalem, Israel

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

Takashi Homma on photographing the window in Le Corbusier’s architecture

…rchitecture across Europe and Asia while advancing his own investigations of the photographic medium. Homma’s interpretations include carefu…

Rushing Along the Nile: Egypt and the Nile

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

Japan House Los Angeles Presents a Webinar Discussion “New Views: The Influence of Windows on Architecture and Society”

…ts. Moderator | Fiona Wilson Asia Bureau Chief MONOCLE Fiona Wilson has been a notable presence and leading figure in design journalism. Sh…

A Conversation with Mario Botta

…ols of architecture in Europe Asia the United States and Latin America. From his early single-family houses in Ticino his work has expanded …

Facing the Arches: Cairo, Egypt (part 2)

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

A Combining City: Cairo

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

Windows in Photography: Conversations with Iwan Baan, Takashi Homma and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto

…round the world across Europe Asia Africa and South America with so many images. Iwan’s photos capture diverse objects ranging from co…

Sensing Mother Earth: Petra, Jordan

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

Religion and Cities: Isfahan, Iran

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

Shifted Windows: Masuleh, Iran

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

Breathing in the Desert: Yazd, Iran

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

Starting by Surrounding: Takht-e Soleymān, Iran

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

The City Is a Bazaar: Tabriz, Iran

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…

Gordon Matta-Clark and Apertures

… Gordon Matta-Clark’s work in Asia. How did this come about? Kenjin Miwa (hereinafter referred to as Miwa): To begin with Gordon Matta-Clar…

“Placing” a Home: East Gilan, Iran, part 2

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…

“Placing” a Home: East Gilan, Iran (Part 1)

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…

Kibber, India : The Hidden Hole (part 2)

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…

Spaces In Between

…hese spaces are more fluid in Asia and especially in Korea. So I guess you could talk about the differences between our philosophies based o…

Part 5: To China International Window City!

…cording to its homepage it is Asia’s largest door window and curtain wall industry exhibition and trade center. It is a massive institution …

Kibber, India : The Hidden Hole (part 1)

…aveled southward to Southeast Asia only to enter India climb mountains and meet Tibetans again. They live in a place that is breathtakingly …

Garlic Window in Vessalico village

… not decay similar to Central Asia which is regarded as the origin of garlic. Roberto’s farm is situated on a mountain slope oriented …

Kinnaur District, North India: The Overhanging Village (Part 3)

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…

In New York: Windows and Looks

… much as them. There are many Asian people as well. Gozu: Yes the fact that they were Asian like me put me at ease and so I’ve taken a lot o…

Kinnaur District, North India: The Overhanging Village (Part 2)

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…

Windows and Memories

…rticipating in exhibitions in Asia including Japan Taiwan and South Korea.…

Architecture in Photography and Windows

Iwan Baan is a photographer whose work has taken him around the world from Asia to Africa. Last year he participated in a panel discussion o…

Thoughts on “The Joys of Making Windows”

…nd the world including Tohoku Asia Europe and Africa. In the final part Professor Hiroto Kobayashi looks back and shares his thoughts on the…

The Overhanging Village : Kinnaur District, India, Part 1

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…

Floors and Floods: Siem Reap, Part 2

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…

A Conversation on Windows and Stories

…rticipating in exhibitions in Asia including Japan Taiwan and South Korea.…

Floors and Floods: Siem Reap, Part 1

…the largest lake in Southeast Asia. Like a “moving” lake during rainy season it can grow up to 9 times deeper and cover 6 times as much land…

The Red Earthenware Bowl: Eastern Tibet, Ser thar, Part 2

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda University’…

The Red Earthenware Bowl: Eastern Tibet, Ser thar, Part 1

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda University’…

Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 3

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 2

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan, Part 1

…nown to me regions of central Asia sprawl out made up of countries like Tajikistan Afghanistan and Pakistan. These were the Pamir Mountains …

A Desert below Sea Level — Turpan, Part 3

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…

A Desert Below Sea Level—Turpan, Part 2

…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…