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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…

Architecture with “Madosoto” at all times and in all places

Fushimi: Today as we begin our new series “Madosoto: Outside Scenery” we would like to discuss the scenery outside the window. First let me …

Window Research Institute: New Website Launched

The Window Research Institute has renovated its website on March 31st 2022. With this renovation we overhauled the design and layout of the …

Terunobu Fujimori｜ 002: The Diverse Openings of the Yosuitei’s Thirteen-Window Tearoom

In this series architectural historian and architect Terunobu Fujimori who has traveled extensively to study buildings of various times and …

A Conversation with Christ & Gantenbein

Christ & Gantenbein was formed in 1998 by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein after graduating from ETH Zurich. To date they have be…

Terunobu Fujimori｜001: The Advent of Magical Light-Transmitting Surfaces, Glass Doors of the Hirano Residence

In this series architectural historian and architect Terunobu Fujimori who has traveled extensively to study buildings of various times and …

Windows of the Prouvé House｜Jean Prouvé’s Windows #2

The Prouvé House is an intriguing example of a building that was made …

Former Sugihara Residence/Repeated Window for Sericulture

Folk museum in Hakusan Ishikawa Prefecture. This building was constructed by relocating the 1864 private residence of a wealthy farmer in Sh…

“WINDOWOLOGY: Estudo de janelas no Japão” at Japan House São Paulo

This exhibition showcases windows as fundamental elements of the Japanese society After being exhibited at Japan House Los Angeles the origi…

A Conversation with Peter Märkli

Peter Märkli one of Switzerland’s leading architects started his career after meeting his mentor the architect Rudolf Olgiati. In 1978 he es…

Shizuka Yokomizo｜Today/Yesterday #1

Today/Yesterday is a series of columns written by London-based artist Shizuka Yokomizo.  She weaves together photographs and text to show us…

Facing the Arches: Cairo, Egypt (part 2)

Before Al-Qahirah the city that would become Cairo was created in the 10th century the city of Fustat stood slightly to the south. In this r…

Movie “A City of Columns”

movie “A City of Columns” Hashirama sōchi (intercolumnar device) is a term used concerning cultural assets that refers to any architectural …

Sensing Mother Earth: Petra, Jordan

During my trip I saw many ruins in many countries. While these sites stood distant from our modern lives the people who created them must no…

Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan Exhibition at Japan House London

Japan House London is temporarily closed to hinder the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Any changes to the above status will be communicate…

Part 1: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto “Window Behaviorology”

“Human behaviors are the best design resources.” Architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow/Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology) has…

Vino Santo in Trentino

Drive a car east from Milan go north through Verona and you will see the largest lake in Italy Lake Garda. Continue running north along the …

Part 2: Jo-an

It seems reasonable to assume that chanoyu or the Japanese “Way of Tea” established by Sen no Rikyu was spread and led by sengok…

Part 1: Tai-an at Myoki-an Temple

…d as natural materials or so. Columns made of unpeeled logs are regarded as structural elements supporting the building due to its structura…

Fujiya/Window of the Souvenir Shop

This is a machiya (townhouse) that was built around 1830 in Narai Nagano. The upper part of the opening facing the street is fitted with shi…

Tenjin Sanshi Kojo/Window of the Paper Factory

This is a 90-year-old paper factory in Uchiko Ehime that specializes in making Ozu washi (handmade Japanese paper). The paper is made using …

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

Many valley-side settlements located 2-3000 meters above sea level can be found in the district of Kinnaur. Busses run daily even here in th…

Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window Now Open

Enjoy the full breadth of window culture at YKK AP’s Windowology 10th …

Design Action, Self-involvement: The World Seen from Making a Window

Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC implements activities aiming for regeneration and reinforcement of a community with a foc…

America (3)

Development of Various Styles As settlers throughout America gained affluence they developed a wide variety of housing styles including the …

America (2)

French and German Traditions The French who had settled Quebec to trade fur descended south along the Mississippi River and founded New Orle…

Maison La Roche

The windows of Le Corbusier’s Maison la Roche. Inside the gallery a long curved strip window is installed above the curving ramp and as one …

Movie “The Birth Canal”

movie “The Birth Canal” “Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refers to the entire architectural componen…

Architectural Intention behind Technology

Reiser + Umemoto is the architect duo behind the design of the O-14 office tower in Dubai. What ultimately supported the realization of the …

Windows as Connectors between the Inside and Outside

Architect Ryue Nishizawa has designed a wide variety of projects including houses a church a station square and art museums. He has also fou…

Sunny Loggia House

Chie Konno(t e c o)”Sunny Loggia House” The 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016 “En: art of n…

Tracing the urban brickscape

As surprising as it may seem I feel that the true quality of a city such as London lies in its “disorderliness”. Within the city countless e…

Paradise Road Gallery Café

The windows of the Paradise Road Gallery Café in Colombo. Awnings and sudare hang between the round columns. On the other side concrete benc…

Experimenting with Windows

The following is an interview with architect Sou Fujimoto who has designed many internationally recognized projects and continues to propose…

Vol. 2: Windows in German

Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “wind…

Window and Passive Design

Prof. Kodama was spotlighted who has published a multiple number of projects centered on “passiveness” attracting public notice. He eloquent…

Window and Sharing (First Half)

Interviewed are now widely noted architects Yuri Naruse and Jun Inokuma who are well known for their project on the theme of “sharing.” The …