WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Takamasa Yosizaka: A Window Looking Out on the Slope of a Mountain, For One to View the Scenery Below

Directing light into a room and letting in air are the major roles for window to play in making a living environment comfortable. Yet there …

Fifty stories around Window and Architecture

This book provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the results of past “Windowology” research by architects researchers 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 …

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…

Japan House London presents Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan

The Window Research Institute is pleased to announce the exhibition Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan from 1 December 2021 unt…

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

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

CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2022

This fellowship program launched jointly with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is open to accomplished professionals who hold a do…

Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong

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

“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…

Restored Salt Pan Kamaya/Thatched Roof with Ventilation Window

This is the restored saltworks in the Ako City Marine Science Museum at the Hyogo Prefecture. Ako which is blessed with the calm climate of …

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…

Aram from Armenia

The atmosphere in a room viewed through a window. The outdoor scenery …

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…

Today/Yesterday #2

This column is the second in a series by artist Yokomizo Shizuka who lives in London. She weaves together photographs and text to show us wh…

A Conversation with Gion A. Caminada

Vrin is a village of fewer than 250 people nestled in a lush valley in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It is also the home …

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…

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.…

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…

Japan House Los Angeles Unveils New Exhibition: “Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan”

Exhibition Marks First for JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles Since Pandemic Closure; Featuring Windows & Their Unique Perspectives on the World Th…

Suzuki Morihisa Studio/Window of the Ironware Studio

Nanbu Ironware studio in Morioka Iwate Prefecture founded in 1625. The current building dates back to 1885 the year after a large fire broke…

The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture through Windows at the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art

The Window Research Institute will be holding an exhibition titled The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture through Windows together wi…

Izumo Mingeishi Studio/Window of Drying Room

Windows of the drying room at a Japanese paper studio. To make Izumo folk-craft paper the pressed paper is affixed to kiln-heated iron plate…

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…