WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The Windows of the Diffendorfer Memorial Hall and University Chapel at the International Christian University (ICU): Preserving, Passing On, And…

The International Christian University’s campus plan was originally designed by W. M. Vories & Co. and later developed by Antonin Raymon…

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…

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 …

Windowless Buildings: Their Logic and Pathology

…tive Force of HVAC Technology Modern HVAC systems that integrate the functions of heating cooling ventilation and dehumidification were deve…

Donald Judd and Windows: Contemplating Openings Through the Artist’s Interior Designs and Architectural Renovations

…Art Saitama and The Museum of Modern Art Shiga (Saitama: The Museum of Modern Art Saitama 1999) 162. Originally published in Donald Judd and…

Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Windows in New Mexico

…ne of her homes the Museum of Modern Art or the home of a collector. There are accounts of her hanging art at both Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu t…

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

…rieur de l’eau (The Museum of Modern Art Kamakura Kanagawa 2009); the emotion of belief (Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum 2014); émotions…

The Architecture of the Window

In addition to his design practice the architect Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani has also cultivated a unique philosophical approach to the fiel…

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

…s from a book – African Modernism: The Architecture of Independence: Ghana Senegal Côte D’ivoire Kenya Zambia (Park Book) –…

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

…eld at The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto in 2018. Jin Motohashi an assistant curator at the museum and one of the exhibition’s organiz…

In New York: Windows and Looks

…e Azumino Municipal Museum of Modern Art about why he continues to create window-themed works and about his creation methods. The first wor…

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…

Terunobu Fujimori “Holes”

…Western-Style Architecture of Modern Japan*(Chikumashobo). Has designed many history museums art museums houses and tea houses. Recent works…

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

…a certain element or details. Modernism architects followed their principle by doing so. The East Japan Great Earthquake Disaster presented …

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 …