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Issue 11: Joined Somewhere, Connected Throughout—Chen Chi-Kwan, Tunghai University Methodist Hall
The campus of Taiwan’s first private university Tunghai University stretches across the suburbs of Taichung a city in the center-west …
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Issue 10: The Billowing School—Chen Ren-He, Wave Building, San Sin High School of Commerce and Home Economics (Kaohsiung)
When talking about the first generation of post-war Taiwanese architects there are famous individuals such as Wang Da-Hong who studied under…
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The Prince Karuizawa: The Materiality of Kiyoshi Seike’s Windows
The New Karuizawa Prince Hotel (now The Prince Karuizawa) built in 198…
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Issue 9: The Windy County Office—Yilan County Hall (Atelier Zo)
While this column has primarily introduced the windows of unnamed buildings in Taiwan there are a number of works of modern and contemporary…
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Issue 8: The Town of Floating Pigeon Lofts
…rld such as in Europe and the Middle East and it seems to have achieved a high enough level of status that even the British royal family par…
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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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Issue 7: The Slate Village Down the Mountains: Pingtung
There are now around 580000 native Taiwanese (the term used in Chinese. In Japan it seems the term “indigenous” is often used) r…
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Conversation with EMI Architekten
Ron Edelaar Elli Mosayebi and Christian Inderbitzin founded EMI Architekten in Zurich in 2005. The office has developed a particular focus o…
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Issue 6: Beckoning Qilous
…briz Iran. The bazaars of the Middle East and Taiwan’s qilous. While they have completely different atmospheres they both have the sam…
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Issue 5: The Matsu Islands: Small Windows on the Frontier (Part 2)
The first morning of the new year arrived as I stayed in my room on th…
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Issue 4: The Matsu Islands: Small Windows on the Frontier (Part 1)
The Matsu islands are located in northwest Taiwan about as close to mainland China as you can get. It’s one of the farthest locations …
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No.0: Six Topics for Makoto Ueda’s Interpretation of the Window Space
To kick off the series “Vague Focal Space at the Window” I interviewed Makoto Ueda the former Editor in Chief of Toshi Jutaku (Urban Housing…
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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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Issue 3: Where the Pavilions Went : Orchid Island (Part 2)
…d folk houses in 11 Asian and Middle Eastern countries (his essays abo…
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Issue 2: The Buried Black Roofs : Orchid Island (Part 1)
…d folk houses in 11 Asian and Middle Eastern countries (his essays about this trip are serialized on the Window Research Institute website a…
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Windows of the Prouvé House|Jean Prouvé’s Windows #2
The Prouvé House is an intriguing example of a building that was made …
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Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong
After his experience on a journey through villages and folk houses in …
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Final Issue: Asia, Traveled through a Window
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Life in the Holy Land: Jerusalem, Israel
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Rushing Along the Nile: Egypt and the Nile
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Facing the Arches: Cairo, Egypt (part 2)
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Movie “A City of Columns”
movie “A City of Columns” Hashirama sōchi (intercolumnar device) is a term used concerning cultural assets that refers to any architectural …
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A Combining City: Cairo
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Sensing Mother Earth: Petra, Jordan
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Religion and Cities: Isfahan, Iran
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 3
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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“Traditional” Balsamic Vinegar in Modena, Northern Italy
Among fruit vinegars made from grapes a balsamic vinegar is an essential seasoning for Italian cuisine. In the city of Modena in northern It…
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Shifted Windows: Masuleh, Iran
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 2
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan, Part 1
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Breathing in the Desert: Yazd, Iran
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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A Desert below Sea Level — Turpan, Part 3
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Starting by Surrounding: Takht-e Soleymān, Iran
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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A Desert Below Sea Level — Turpan, Part 1
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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The City Is a Bazaar: Tabriz, Iran
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼs Nakatani No…
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Zhangcun: The Needs of the Underground Part 3
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Gordon Matta-Clark and Apertures
…rban planning projects in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2014 he designed the exhibition in the Japan Pavilion at the 14th Venice Bien…
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“Placing” a Home: East Gilan, Iran, part 2
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼs Nakatani No…
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Zhangcun: The Needs of the Underground Part 2
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Houses beyond the Places of Scenic Beauty (2)
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Zhangcun, “needs of underground” Part 1
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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“Placing” a Home: East Gilan, Iran (Part 1)
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼs Nakatani No…
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Windows: Openings and devices
Laurent Stalder a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) has researched various threshold devices in archit…
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Houses beyond the Places of Scenic Beauty (1)
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Shanghai, Bars of Iron Sprouting from Windows (2)
… 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern at Fieldoffi…
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Part 2: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto “Window Behaviorology”
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Architect Atelier Bow-Wow) has conducted “Window Behaviorology” an extensive field work on windows around t…
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Movie “The Birth Canal”
movie “The Birth Canal” “Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refers to the entire architectural componen…
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Vino Santo in Trentino
Drive a car east from Milan go north through Verona and you will see the largest lake in Italy Lake Garda. Continue running north along the …