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Gerrit Rietveld – A sense of space
Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) is perhaps Holland’s best-known architect. His Schröder House in Utrecht from 1924 has achieved iconic status. I…
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The Windows of the Komai House by W. M. Vories & Co.
The soon-to-be 100-year-old Komai House now called the Taku & Shizue Komai Museum stands along a canal path in Kitashirakawa a suburban …
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Windowless Buildings: Their Logic and Pathology
One characteristic element of the modernist architecture that emerged in the early twentieth century is the large window. That is windows mu…
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Double Vision
Selecting “wallpaper” or organizing files on a “desktop” are now familiar acts that can either take place on our digital devices or in our l…
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Donald Judd and Windows: Contemplating Openings Through the Artist’s Interior Designs and Architectural Renovations
0. Introduction——Why Judd Now? Donald Judd (1928–94) an icon of American Minimalism has many admirers in the architecture world. Presumably …
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Screen Time
Screens are everywhere: stadiums stations billboards buildings refrigerators thermostats on our wrists and in our hands. As a physical inter…
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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…
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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 …
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Yusho Takiguchi, Aram from Armenia
The atmosphere in a room viewed through a window. The outdoor scenery …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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Terunobu Fujimori “Holes”
Terunobu Fujimori has been producing highly original architecture that makes use of nature such as wood soil and plants as exemplified in hi…
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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…
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Window and Passive Design
Prof. Kodama was spotlighted who has published a multiple number of projects centered on “passiveness” attracting public notice. He eloquent…
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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…
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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…
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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 …