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 …

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…

Takamasa Yosizaka: A Window Looking Out on the Slope of a Mountain, For One to View the Scenery Below

Directing light into a room and letting in air are the major roles for window to play in making a living environment comfortable. Yet there …

Junzo Yoshimura, Sonoda House: Sliding Glass Door Leading to the Garden and Waist-high Window Making a Space Somewhat Core to the Design

A room with a vague focal space During an exhibition of the work of YOSHIMURA Junzo (1908–1997) in 2005 (held at The University Art Museum T…

The Windows of the Migishi Atelier: Inheritance and Change

In October of last year (2021) the Migishi Atelier (Kamisaginomiya Nakano Tokyo) was opened to the public after the architecture collective …

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 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…

Shikidō/Frosted Glass Window for Study

This place is the birthplace of Shiki Masaoka where he lived until the age of 17 years reproduced in Matsuyama Ehime Prefecture. Shiki studi…

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 …

Kaisen Donya Shipping Agency, Takita Family Residence/Window and the closet

This is the former residence of the Takita family former shipping agents in Tokoname City Aichi Prefecture. The depth of the thick section o…

Issue 2: The Buried Black Roofs : Orchid Island (Part 1)

While we may often speak of “Taiwanese people” people belonging to a variety of ethnicities and religions live in Taiwan. While …

Windows of the Prouvé House｜Jean Prouvé’s Windows #2

The Prouvé House is an intriguing example of a building that was made …

Four Tectonic Features that Reside Within Prouvé’s Window Details

Jean Prouvé was originally a metalworker by trade but he became a leading modernist architect himself through collaborating with progressive…

Final Issue: Asia, Traveled through a Window

This will be the final installment of my four-year-long serialization documenting my eight-month-long trip. While I had decided where to go …

“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…

Logging Railway Engine Shed/Window of the Former Forestry

This is a wooden one-story logging railway engine shed in the Historical Village of Hokkaido. The trains enter and leave from the double-ope…

Aram from Armenia

The atmosphere in a room viewed through a window. The outdoor scenery …

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…

The Smile Sealed Inside a Bubble—Natsume Soseki’s Inside Glass Doors

Natsume Soseki composed Inside Glass Doors at the end of his life. From inside his room the “I” of these essays watches the days go by medit…

Today/Yesterday #2

This column is the second in a series by artist Yokomizo Shizuka who lives in London. She weaves together photographs and text to show us wh…

Former Shimauta Post Office/Wooden Counter and the Window

This is a wooden two-story post office in the Historical Village of Hokkaido built in 1902. It was restored in 1960. The modern-day post off…

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 …

Nanpo Tometaro Shoten/Windows of the Smokehouse

Noriaki Nanpo’s Smokery in Yoichi Hokkaido Prefecture. The facility mainly smokes shrimp Indian salmon scallops and herring. There are gener…

Ehime Sanshu/Window of the Sericulture House

Three-story wooden sericulture house in Yawatahama Ehime Prefecture built in 1884. The building is still being used today. The interior feat…