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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

In the twentieth century as waves of modernization swept across the globe the home became a site of architectural experimentation—an arena i…
Guillotine window

A double-hung window. The term guillotine window was famously used by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in his 1914 essay In The Cause of Archite…
Arrow slit window

…ot while remaining protected. Designed for defense these windows provided minimal exposure to attackers while maximizing the field of view f…
Arrow loop

…ot while remaining protected. Designed for defense these windows provided minimal exposure to attackers while maximizing the field of view f…
Marigold window

A large circular window typically found above the main entrance of Gothic churches featuring intricate tracery resembling a rose pattern. Of…
Roof light

A window in a roof designed to bring in natural light while maintaining privacy and wall space. It can be fixed or operable and allows more …
Skylight

A window in a roof roof top or roof balcony designed to bring in natural light while maintaining privacy and wall space. It can be fixed or …
Picture window

A typically fixed window designed to frame a scenic view.
Observation window

A small window on doors or walls designed for safety checks or monitoring.
Fire window

A window designed to prevent fire spread typically using fire-resistant glass and a metal frame to block flames and heat during a fire.
Barred window

A window fitted with exterior bars or grilles primarily intended for security and privacy. In traditional Japanese architecture these grille…
Ventilation opening

An opening designed for airflow commonly found in foundations for underfloor ventilation or in attic spaces. It also refers to natural venti…
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…
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…
Eucharistic window

A window designed to provide a clear view of the Eucharist during religious ceremonies often placed near the altar. It allowed the congregat…
Stained glass

A decorative window made from pieces of colored glass arranged in patterns or images. These glass pieces are designed to allow light to pass…
Rose window

A large circular window typically found above the main entrance of Gothic churches featuring intricate tracery resembling a rose pattern. Of…
Wheel window

A large circular window typically found above the main entrance of Gothic churches featuring intricate tracery resembling a rose pattern. Of…
Horizontal window

A wide window introduced by Le Corbusier in his 1926-1927 “Five Points of Architecture” which later became a hallmark of modern …
Ribbon window

A wide window introduced by Le Corbusier in his 1926-1927 “Five Points of Architecture” which later became a hallmark of modern …
Chicago window

A window with a large fixed window (or fixed pane) in the center flanked by two vertically sliding operable sash windows on either side. Thi…
Curtain wall

A non-structural exterior wall that does not carry the weight of the building. It is typically designed to be removable and primarily serves…
Egress window

A window primarily placed in residential and commercial buildings in North America designed to serve as emergency exits or entry points for …
Mashrabiya

A wooden lattice window commonly found in traditional homes in the Islamic world. It is designed to block out direct sunlight and external v…
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

Does shadow have the power to give form to architecture? The increasing number of transparent buildings and LED installations enforces the i…
Swiss Window Journeys: A Conversation between Andrea Deplazes, Laurent Stalder, and Momoyo Kaijima

…00. A lecturer at the Art and Design School of the University of Tsukuba from 2000 to 2009 an associate professor from 2009 to 2022 she has …
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”

Introduction The window is an extremely popular motif among architects. It would be natural to think that the possibilities for window desig…
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”

Through this series “Shoei Yoh: A Journey of Light” we have compiled analyses of the work of architect Shoei Yoh focused on the theme of lig…
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

…2019 within the Environmental Design Global Hub of the Kyushu University Graduate School of Design following its acquisition of architectura…
“Shoei Yoh: A Journey of Light” Symposium Report

… of the 2024 Japan Structural Design Awards. Inoue then spoke about the events that led to the founding of the Kyushu University Shoei Yoh A…
Talk Event Report: Swiss Window Journeys Speakers: Momoyo Kaijima, Chie Konno, Fumiko Takahama, Mio Tsuneyama

…ng a loss of culture. Window Design and Locality The second half of the event consisted of a discussion between four architects with experi…
From Interiors to Non-Architecture

…cture”. Becoming an Interior Designer Shoei Yoh was born in 1940 in Kumamoto in Kyushu. He moved to Tokyo for high school and later enrolle…
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)

… Horiguchi’s Diverse Aperture Designs Let us look back at the career o…

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