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Of Homes and Windows in the 20th Century: In Conversation with Ken Tadashi Oshima, the Curator of Living Modernity: Experiments in Housing, 1920s–1970s

In the twentieth century as waves of modernization swept across the globe the home became a site of architectural experimentation—an arena i…

Swiss Window Journeys: A Conversation between Andrea Deplazes, Laurent Stalder, and Momoyo Kaijima

On 12 April 2024 to celebrate the publication of Swiss Window Journeys: Architectural Field Notes the Chair of Architectural Behaviorology o…

CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2024

Applications for the 2024 cycle are now closed. Thank you to all who applied. The Window Research Institute in collaboration with the Canadi…

A Conversation with Leth & Gori

How do you create a house that can be maintenance-free for 50 years and last for at least 150 years? The Brick House designed by the Denmark…

01│Antoni Gaudí: A “Sensible Architect”

Introduction The window is an extremely popular motif among architects. It would be natural to think that the possibilities for window desig…

Talk Event Report: Swiss Window Journeys Speakers: Momoyo Kaijima, Chie Konno, Fumiko Takahama, Mio Tsuneyama

On June 22 2024 (Saturday) the Swiss Window Journeys – Swiss Windows and Architecture talk event was held in the Architectural Hall of the A…

The Diversity of Windows in Kiyonori Kikutake’s Serizawa Literary Center (Serizawa Kojiro Memorial Museum)

Numazu Shizuoka—the birthplace of Kojiro Serizawa the author known for works such as Ningen no Unmei [The Fate of a Human]. Nestled in a pin…

The Windows of Tomoya Masuda’s Naruto Cultural Center: A Faintly Bright Louvered Space

The Naruto Cultural Center is a posthumous work by architect Tomoya Masuda. It is one of several buildings that the former Kyoto University …

A Conversation with Silke Langenberg

Silke Langenberg Full Professor for Construction Heritage and Preservation in the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich has been conducti…

A Home that Draws in Breezes from All Directions: The Fumiko Hayashi House

Fumiko Hayashi (1903–1951) a prominent Showa era writer established a new residence in Shimoochiai (present-day Nakai) Tokyo in 1941 amid a …

Windows of the Aichi University of the Artsby Junzo Yoshimura and Akio Okumura:The Concrete Science of Living with Nature

The Aichi University of the Arts was built to the designs of Junzo Yoshimura and Akio Okumura in 1966. Situated in the forested hills of Nag…

The Prince Karuizawa: The Materiality of Kiyoshi Seike’s Windows

The New Karuizawa Prince Hotel (now The Prince Karuizawa) built in 198…

Windowless Buildings: Their Logic and Pathology

One characteristic element of the modernist architecture that emerged in the early twentieth century is the large window. That is windows mu…

A Conversation with Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter

On the occasion of the “Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan” currently being held in Copenhagen we conducted a serie…

WindowScape3: Window Workology

This book presents findings from the Tokyo Institute of Technology Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratoryʼs Windowology research themed on "Window W…

Kay FiskerStorefront at Stefansgård

The apartment building in Copenhagen. Due to restrictions placed on the use of steel during World War II a steel lintel could not be used. K…

Terunobu Fujimori | 004: The French Windows of the Glover House: Arrivals from India

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

Arne JacobsenBoll House

This Jacobsen’s early residential work is in the suburbs of Copenhagen. This is a bay window with a semi-regular hexagonal plane protr…

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…

CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2023

The Window Research Institute in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) offers the CCA-WRI Research Fellowship—a prog…

Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Windows in New Mexico

At age 62 after living between New York City and New Mexico for many years artist Georgia O’Keeffe made rural Northern New Mexico her perman…

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…

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

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

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…

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…

The Storage Shed/Window of the Traditional Herring Fishing in Hokkaido

A flat wooden fishing boat shed in the Historical Village of Hokkaido. The storage shed is a facility used to temporarily store the obtained…

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 …

A Conversation with Mario Botta

Mario Botta a master architect born in Ticino in the south of Switzerland still lives and works in the area practicing architectural design.…

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…

Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan Exhibition at Japan House London

Japan House London is temporarily closed to hinder the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Any changes to the above status will be communicate…

“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…

Red Wine from the Terraced Fields of the Bormida Valley

The Bormida Valley is located in the southern part of Piedmont a region in northwestern Italy located about two hours by car from Genova. Be…

Yabeya Konomi Honke/Window of the Green Tea Merchant

Konomi Honke is a long-established retailer that has sold Yame green tea in Yame Fukuoka Prefecture for around 300 years. The current buildi…

Dry-cured Ham Culatello in Zibello Village

At the beginning of November I drove a car north from Parma and aimed for Zibello village. As I passed through the central Old City I saw fi…

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…

Part 2: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto “Window Behaviorology”

Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Architect Atelier Bow-Wow) has conducted “Window Behaviorology” an extensive field work on windows around t…

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…

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 …

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…

Architectural Ethnography, Part B

To commemorate the opening of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia (May 26th-November 25th 2018) the Window…

The Window Works at the Existential and Philosophical Level

Windows will never cease to work change and evolve. In the final session of this interview series Yusuke Obuchi speaks with world-renowned a…

The Window is the Difference between the Life and Death of a Space

There are many things you can understand about a company’s image by looking at the way it makes use of windows and glazing. Hernan Diaz Alon…

Architectural Ethnography, Part A

To commemorate the occasion of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia (May 26th-November 25th 2018) the Windo…

Architectural Intention behind Technology

Reiser + Umemoto is the architect duo behind the design of the O-14 office tower in Dubai. What ultimately supported the realization of the …

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 …

Tenjin Sanshi Kojo/Window of the Paper Factory

This is a 90-year-old paper factory in Uchiko Ehime that specializes in making Ozu washi (handmade Japanese paper). The paper is made using …

The Maniac Behind The Glasshouse

Kew Gardens is a botanical research institution situated in southwest London and is home to the world’s largest collection of living p…