WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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…

Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Windows in New Mexico

At age 62 after living between New York City and New Mexico for many years artist Georgia O’Keeffe made rural Northern New Mexico her perman…

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

Eye Camera Window: Takashi Homma on Le Corbusier will be presented at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) Montreal. On display is a s…

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

Here is a graphic novel spanning more than 300 pages that allows readers to experience millions of years of time while observing a single co…

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…

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

Three panelists discuss how photography architecture and windows are interrelated. They are Iwan Baan who has been photographing prominent a…

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…

Gordon Matta-Clark and Apertures

The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo is currently featuring the exhibition Gordon Matta-Clark: Mutation in Space. Matta-Clark graduated f…

The Bauhaus and Its Influence in Japan

The Bauhaus founded in 1919 in Weimar Germany laid the foundations for modern design with its innovative curriculum that embraced the abstra…

In New York: Windows and Looks

Since traveling to New York in the 1970s artist Masao Gozu has spent over 40 years unveiling work that takes the window as its theme. His Bo…

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…

How Technology Changes the Future of Windows

Nader Tehrani is an Iranian-American designer who has completed numerous architectural projects worldwide. Having served as the Head of the …

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…

Michele de Lucchi and Windowology

Michele de Lucchi is a leading Italian architect who has been active in his field since the 1980s. The drawings he created for his interview…

A Conversation on Windows and Stories

This is a video of a conversation on windows and stories between architect Hiroshi Hara and contemporary artist Leandro Erlich. Filmed on Ap…

Opening the Window and Greeting the World

“Windows are the most important element in architecture” says Michele De Lucchi one of the most renowned architects / designers in Italy. He…

Hiroshi Nakamura Windows and Affection

The following interview was held with architect Hiroshi Nakamura who has been gaining recognition for the numerous projects that he has desi…

Window and Passive Design

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

House of Itakura as a Core-House

Window Research Institute interviewed with Mr. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto representative of Atelier Bow-Wow about “House of Itakura” as a Core-Hous…

Concept of a Window

Mr. Taro Igarashi interviewed Architect Hiroshi Hara who gave influence and posed problems. The interview was attempted to ascertain the res…

Window and Sharing (Second 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 …

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 …

Experimenting with Windows

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