WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

“Light is Light and Light”

The Archaeology of the Digital exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in 2013 served as a catalyst for reevaluating t…

The Windows of Hiroshi Hara’s Awazu House: Spaces of Light Illuminating the Darkness

The Awazu House designed by Hiroshi Hara now searches for a path toward continuity. A number of masterpieces have been created here at this …

Nakagin Capsule Tower

The architectural movement of Metabolism arose in the 1960s when Japan’s cities began to reemerge from the devastation of World War II. It w…

Katsura Catholic Church

Completed in 1965 the Katsura Catholic Church in Kyoto is known as the only George Nakashima-designed building in Japan. The structure of th…

Tilt windows

Tilt windows have a horizontal rotational axis along the bottom of the frame and are opened by being tilted inwards. As they do not open wid…

Awning windows

Awning windows have a horizontal rotational axis along the top of the frame and are opened by being pushed outwards. The glass surface acts …

Folding windows

Folding windows consist of two or more hinge-connected panels that form a single door which can be folded away along the length of the openi…

Revolving windows

Revolving windows rotate either horizontally or vertically around the central axis of a window frame. The former type typically swings inwar…

Stacked awning windows

Stacked awning windows are composed of a vertical arrangement of sashes that swing up and outwards all at once with the use of a handle. The…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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.

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 …