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Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at Japan House Los Angeles

… New Architectural Views from Japan at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles since October 24 2020. JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles launched a virtual/online expe…

Architecture with “Madosoto” at all times and in all places

… are used mainly for building Japanese tea houses and Sukiya-style architecture in the northwest of Kyoto City Kita Ward. As you may know Na…

No.0: Six Topics for Makoto Ueda’s Interpretation of the Window Space

…ommon now that every house in Japan has a children’s room. However in Japan such a room was a rarity in those days about 100 years ago. For …

Window Research Institute: New Website Launched

… offers new content featuring Japanese Modern Architecture built between the pre-war times and the 1970s and which is still lived in today. …

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

…ow even if the “Madosoto” (in Japanese “mado” means “window” and “soto” means “outside”) is not a grand natural landscape a magnificent gard…

Junzo Yoshimura, Sonoda House: Sliding Glass Door Leading to the Garden and Waist-high Window Making a Space Somewhat Core to the Design

…fa built against a window In Japan it seems that designing the sofa to be built on the back of the window was common after FUJII Koji and o…

Yosuitei, Thirteen-Window Tearoom

YosuiteiJapanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuitei is a thatched hut-s…

Transition of Kikugetsutei, Equipment In Between

…of hashirama sochi—windows of Japanese architecture—with texts figures and film. The first subject examined is the Kikugetsutei a work of da…

WindowScape3: Window Workology

…ing windows” throughout Japan in traditional handicraft settings from pottery to salt to food processing. WindowScape3: Window Workol…

Conversations on Windows and Architecture

The Japan Pavilion produced for the 15th International Architecture Exhibition of the 2016 Venice Biennale was awarded a special mention. Ti…

Thinking About Architecture from Their Windows

…cture modern architecture and Japanese architecture. The discussion also considers a broad range of subjects beyond the realm of architectur…

WindowScape 2: Window and Streetscape Genealogy

…he book has been published in Japanese and Chinese. WindowScape 2: Window and Streetscape Genealogy Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Lab. Tokyo Institut…

WindowScape: Window Behaviorology

…he book has been published in Japanese Chinese (2011) English (2012) and Korean (2015). WindowScape: Window Behaviorology Yoshiharu Tsukam…

The Windows of the Migishi Atelier: Inheritance and Change

…cious surviving work of early Japanese modernism. As its most distinctive feature is the large glass window extending across its front face …

Terunobu Fujimori｜ 002: The Diverse Openings of the Yosuitei’s Thirteen-Window Tearoom

…ric buildings from all across Japan one at a time. The subject of the second installment is the Yosuitei a reconstructed teahouse (chashitsu…

The Yosuitei13　Bokusekimado

…e alcove. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…

The Yosuitei11　Shitajimado, 12　Renjimado and Kendonbusuma

…teahouse. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…

The Yosuitei06/07　Shitajimado and Renjimado, 08　Nijiriguchi, 09/10　Shitajimado and Renjimado

…n opened. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…

The Yosuitei03　Furosakimado

…half way. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…

The Yosuitei01/02　Shikishimado

…r screen. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…

The Yosuitei04/05　Shitajimado and Renjimado

…d beside. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…

A Conversation with Christ & Gantenbein

… after her initial studies at Japanʼs Womenʼs University and completed her post-graduate program at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 200…

Online Event “Hashirama Sōchi: Richness of Space in Japanese Architecture – Talk by Nakatani Norihito” Presented by Japan House London

On Tuesday February 22 Japan House London will present an online event featuring Nakatani Norihito. Date  Tuesday 22 February 2022 Time  12:…

Online Event “Windowology: Talk by Igarashi Tarō” Presented by Japan House London

On Thursday January 27 Japan House London will present an online event featuring Windowology Exhibition Director Igarashi Tarō. Date  Thursd…