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The Divine Invasion: Aldo Rossi’s Windows without Glass

When we face the presence of towering walls massive mountains or solid…

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…

Shikidō/Frosted Glass Window for Study

This place is the birthplace of Shiki Masaoka where he lived until the age of 17 years reproduced in Matsuyama Ehime Prefecture. Shiki studi…

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

…ne wall. Window #2: Rotating Glass Window This window which measures …

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…

The Smile Sealed Inside a Bubble—Natsume Soseki’s Inside Glass Doors

Natsume Soseki composed Inside Glass Doors at the end of his life. From inside his room the “I” of these essays watches the days go by medit…

A Conversation with Mario Botta

Mario Botta a master architect born in Ticino in the south of Switzerland still lives and works in the area practicing architectural design.…

Former Hirose Photo Studio/Roof Glass with Curtains

This is a wooden two-story restored photo studio in the Historical Village of Hokkaido. The roof on the north side is glass known as a singl…

Rei Naito: Mirror Creation

Rei Naito is an artist who creates works that converse with the environments that surround them posing the question “Isn’t simply existing o…

Life Seeps Through Frosted Glass

Clear air born from the trees the land. White steam that murmurs from a kitchen. Plants that sprout from the earth and flowers floating in a…

A Conversation with Gigon / Guyer

The Chair of Architectural Behaviorology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) led by architect Momoyo Kaijima condu…

Chiharu Shiota The Sense of Daily Life and Smells Soaked into Windows Gives Power to My Work

Chiharu Shiota is an ever-active Berlin-based artist. In works such as her large-scale installations that tie spaces together with massive a…

The Bauhaus and Its Influence in Japan

…l between it and Bruno Taut’s Glass Pavilion. This shot was by no means Yamawaki’s unique discovery however; you can find many photographs f…

The Window is the Difference between the Life and Death of a Space

…g about that. Is this design? Glass is used to symbolize transparency order regularity whatever right?  What if we make glass to be dirty im…

The Maniac Behind The Glasshouse

…ithin its own interior space. Glasshouses became an exotic “paradise” and the human eye was always turned towards the inside. This funny rel…

What Do You Think of Glass?

… examination or redefinition. Glass is fascinating because it has a certain amount of strength but it makes everything go away. It’s transpa…