WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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

Fushimi: Today as we begin our new series “Madosoto: Outside Scenery” we would like to discuss the scenery outside the window. First let me …

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…

Towards Windows: Windows into Society and Culture

…e themes of “Window History” “Society and Media” “Windows of Architects” “Vehicles” and “Art and Film.” Aphorisms on Windows and Architectu…

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

In this series architectural historian and architect Terunobu Fujimori who has traveled extensively to study buildings of various times and …

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 …

A Conversation with Christ & Gantenbein

Christ & Gantenbein was formed in 1998 by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein after graduating from ETH Zurich. To date they have be…

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

…n Wajirō Award from the Japan Society of Lifology in 2013 and the Writer’s Award from the Architectural Institute of Japan in 2013 2018 and …

Issue 3: Where the Pavilions Went : Orchid Island (Part 2)

I left the village of Yeyin and took a trip around the island. Going o…

Terunobu Fujimori｜001: The Advent of Magical Light-Transmitting Surfaces, Glass Doors of the Hirano Residence

…m up again. Essayist and ROJO Society member Joji Hayashi has determined when and where Japan’s first garasudo that were designed as thin pa…

CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2022

This fellowship program launched jointly with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is open to accomplished professionals who hold a do…

“WINDOWOLOGY: Estudo de janelas no Japão” at Japan House São Paulo

This exhibition showcases windows as fundamental elements of the Japanese society After being exhibited at Japan House Los Angeles the origi…

A Conversation with Peter Märkli

Peter Märkli one of Switzerland’s leading architects started his career after meeting his mentor the architect Rudolf Olgiati. In 1978 he es…

A Conversation with Gion A. Caminada

Vrin is a village of fewer than 250 people nestled in a lush valley in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It is also the home …

Japan House Los Angeles Presents a Webinar Discussion “New Views: The Influence of Windows on Architecture and Society”

…f Windows on Architecture and Society” On Monday December 7 JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles will present a webinar discussion featuring Windo…

Rei Naito: Mirror Creation

Rei Naito is an artist who creates works that converse with the environments that surround them posing the question “Isn’t simply existing o…

Movie “A City of Columns”

… Nagaya Preservation Research Society began. The Toyosaki Nagaya occupies a corner lot. An alley runs through the center of the lot with th…

A Conversation with Gigon / Guyer

The Chair of Architectural Behaviorology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) led by architect Momoyo Kaijima condu…

Symbolic Realism

…llections: Royal Photographic Society Bath England; Talbot Museum Lacock England; Bensusan Museum of Photography Johannesburg South Africa; …

Thresholds between Coexistence and Architecture

Tom Avermaete is an architectural theorist who teaches at ETH Zurich. Besides working on numerous books and architectural exhibitions focusi…