WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

001 Foligno / Brussels / York

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

002Utrecht / London / Assisi

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Between Hatakeyama and Sugiura

Kokei and Jokei: Sights we see scenes we feel Whenever transparent glass is installed into buildings or trains or cars a boundary is establi…

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…

Yosuitei, Thirteen-Window Tearoom

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

The Yosuitei13　Bokusekimado

13　 Bokusekimado A bokusekimado (lit. “brushwork window”) also known as a hanaakarimado (lit. “flower lighting window”) or an oribemado (lit…

The Yosuitei11　Shitajimado, 12　Renjimado and Kendonbusuma

11　 Shitajimado The shitajimado (exposed lath window) positioned near the ceiling beside the decorative alcove (tokonoma) is another unique …

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

06/07　 Shitajimado and Renjimado Another instance where Enshu used his favorite combination of an upper shitajimado (exposed lath window) an…

The Yosuitei03　Furosakimado

03　Furosakimado A furosakimado (lit. “window beyond the brazier”) is a type of window made in the wall behind the brazier used in tea ceremo…

The Yosuitei01/02　Shikishimado

01/02 Shikishimado A shikishimado (lit. “calligraphy board window”) is a type of window composed of a stacked pair of openings that are shif…

The Yosuitei04/05　Shitajimado and Renjimado

04/05　Shitajimado and Renjimado Enshu liked to stack shitajimado (exposed lath window) on top of renjimado (slatted window) and he has done …

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…

Takashi Homma on photographing the window in Le Corbusier’s architecture

Eye Camera Window: Takashi Homma on Le Corbusier will be presented at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) Montreal. On display is a s…

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…

Dreh-Kipp Windows

Windows with two opening and closing functions one of which involves rotating inwards horizontally (“collapsing inwards”) while the other op…

Horizontal Outward Projecting Window

In this sort of window the upper frame serves as the axis of rotation: it moves up or down along a groove or rail attached to the top and bo…

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…

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 …

Vertical Outward Projecting Window

In this sort of window either the left or right frame serves as the axis of rotation: it moves to the left or right along a groove or rail a…

Power Window

Windows that open and close mainly through electric power using a switch or remote control to operate them are called power windows. As they…

High Altitude Window

Installed in a high place such as the top of a stairwell this sort of window facilitates “gravitational ventilation” by making use of how wa…

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…

Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 3

The following morning when I arrived at Classy’s house at the scheduled time we met with another man who seemed to be about the same age as …

Casement Window

Casement windows open by rotating horizontally to the left and right from the center taking either the left or right edge as an axis. Some o…

The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture Through Windows
 at MOMAT, Tokyo

The Window Research Institute and the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (MOMAT) will be holding an exhibition titled The Window: A Journey…

017 Assisi / Rome / Tivoli / Helensburgh

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Sash Window

A window that opens and closes by moving two or more parallel panels vertically over two or more grooves or rails is called a double sliding…

016 Paris / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Double Sliding Window

A window that opens and closes by moving two or more parallel panels horizontally over two or more grooves or rails is called a double slidi…

015 Assisi / Paris / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

014 London / York

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

013 London / Assisi

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

012 London / London / London

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

011 London / Brussels / London

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

010 Paris / Rome / Paris

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

009 Brussels / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

008 Paris / Paris / Paris

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Part 1: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto “Window Behaviorology”

“Human behaviors are the best design resources.” Architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow/Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology) has…

Movie “The Birth Canal”

movie “The Birth Canal” “Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refers to the entire architectural componen…

007 Assisi / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Windowology film “Transition of Kikugetsutei”screening at AFFR, the worldʼs largest architectural film festival in Rotterdam

We are pleased to announce that the short film “Transition of Kikugetsutei” by Waseda University Nakatani Seminar and Kenji Seo …

006 London / Foligno / London

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

005 Paris / Paris / Paris

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

004 Paris / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

003 London / York / Utrecht

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Movie “THE CORALLUM”

movie “THE CORALLUM” “Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refers to the entire architectural components …

Garlic Window in Vessalico village

Lemon raised under the shining sun; cured ham aged in a rich flavor by growing mold; wine made from grapes raised under well-ventilated perg…