WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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 …

Windowology: Selected Research

…search Institute. Vol.1 The History of Windows Vol.2 Linguistics of the Window Vol.3 Transition of Kikugetsutei; Equipment In Between Vol.…

Looking Through: Le Corbusier Windows

Takashi Homma first encountered the work of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Chandigarh in 2013 while producing photographs commissioned…

Transition of Kikugetsutei, Equipment In Between

This booklet contains the findings of the Waseda University Norihito Nakatani Seminarʼs Windowology research titled “Study on Hashirama-Soch…

Thinking About Architecture from Their Windows

…gy research themed on “Window History” (2007–2009). The book looks at architecture from a historical perspective while focusing on the windo…

Towards Windows: Windows into Society and Culture

…er the five themes of “Window History” “Society and Media” “Windows of Architects” “Vehicles” and “Art and Film.” Aphorisms on Windows and …

The Windows of the Migishi Atelier: Inheritance and Change

In October of last year (2021) the Migishi Atelier (Kamisaginomiya Nakano Tokyo) was opened to the public after the architecture collective …

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…

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

I left the village of Yeyin and took a trip around the island. Going o…

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 …

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

While we may often speak of “Taiwanese people” people belonging to a variety of ethnicities and religions live in Taiwan. While …

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

…dern Architecture: A Critical History 4th ed. (London: Thames & Hu…

Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong

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

House of Sato Mataroku/Window for inner warehouses

A mercantile house in Masuda Yokote City Akita Prefecture with a history of around 350 years. It has been designated as an important nationa…

Four Tectonic Features that Reside Within Prouvé’s Window Details

…ctural Institute of Japan F-2 History and Theory of Architecture 2001; 611–612 July 2001. DETAIL no.162 SHOKOKUSHA Publishing 2004.…

Final Issue: Asia, Traveled through a Window

This will be the final installment of my four-year-long serialization documenting my eight-month-long trip. While I had decided where to go …

“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

…e you can become independent. History tells you how to use elements in a certain way. If you want to invent a new solution use them in a dif…

Life in the Holy Land: Jerusalem, Israel

I could see land the color of milk out of the airplane window. My journey had started in China moving ever westward from there and I was now…

An Interview with Richard McGuire, the author of Here: Everything is Transitory

…made any myself. I went to a “History of Comics” lecture by Art Spiegelman and at one point he said: “comics are essentially diagrams”. It w…

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…

Rushing Along the Nile: Egypt and the Nile

After walking around Cairo for a few days I took a flight to Aswan Egypt’s southernmost city. From there I followed the Nile River nor…