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The Divine Invasion: Aldo Rossi’s Windows without Glass
When we face the presence of towering walls massive mountains or solid…
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Screen Time
Screens are everywhere: stadiums stations billboards buildings refrigerators thermostats on our wrists and in our hands. As a physical inter…
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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…
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Arne JacobsenHarby Elementary School
The atrium hall with paintings on the wall in Harvey Elementary School on the island of Funen. Three windows which straddle the border betwe…
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Arne JacobsenSoholm I
The Soholm Row Houses are built at Bellevue Beach and Jacobsen himself purchased one of the Soholm I units for use making the interior a pla…
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Window Behaviorology on Nordic Architecture
This book presents findings from the Tokyo Institute of Technology Yos…
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Conversation with EMI Architekten
…An associate professor at the Art and Design School of the University of Tsukuba since 2009 she has also taught at Harvard GSD (2003 2016) R…
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Issue 6: Beckoning Qilous
Just about everyone in Taiwan eats similar food from the countless semi-outdoor dining halls there. The students all line up for newly opene…
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Vol.1 Naoya Hatakeyama Mirrors or Windows?
…raphy at the Museum of Modern Art New York had organized an exhibition of notable photographic works in the United States spanning the last …
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Windows in the Tokunoshima, Amami Region: Boma Shimaguchi Dialect
Linguist Yasunari Ueda has been delving into the origins of words from around the world that mean “window” to understand how the concepts be…
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[Extended till Summer 2023]Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at the VILLUM Window Collection, Denmark
Please refer to the event archive from below link: After being exhibited at the three Japan Houses in Los Angeles São Paulo and London we ar…
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CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2023
This fellowship program launched jointly with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is open to accomplished professionals who hold a do…
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Terunobu Fujimori | 003: The Vertical Sliding Windows of the Public Speaking Hall (Mita Enzetsukan)
In this series architectural historian and architect Terunobu Fujimori who has traveled extensively to study buildings of various times and …
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Issue 5: The Matsu Islands: Small Windows on the Frontier (Part 2)
The first morning of the new year arrived as I stayed in my room on th…
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Former Kyoto Prefectural Tea House/Viewing window for Uji tea
A tea ceremony hall in Uji City Kyoto Prefecture. The building was established for the Kyoto Prefecture Tea Industry Chamber which is curren…
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Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Windows in New Mexico
…er homes the Museum of Modern Art or the home of a collector. There are accounts of her hanging art at both Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu to “test…
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Sapporo Agricultural College Farm No. 2/Window for Corn Storage
A grain store built in 1876 on the campus of Hokkaido University in Sapporo City Hokkaido. Under the large-scale agricultural management pla…
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Osaki lacquerware shop/Lacquer and Clerestory
The earthen space in the Osaki lacquerware shop. The quality of lacquerware is verified by steaming the finished lacquerware in a pot placed…
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Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at Japan House Los Angeles
The Window Research Institute has held an online exhibition titled Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angele…
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Issue 4: The Matsu Islands: Small Windows on the Frontier (Part 1)
The Matsu islands are located in northwest Taiwan about as close to mainland China as you can get. It’s one of the farthest locations …
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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 …
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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…
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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 …
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Junzo Yoshimura, Sonoda House: Sliding Glass Door Leading to the Garden and Waist-high Window Making a Space Somewhat Core to the Design
… 2005 (held at The University Art Museum Tokyo University of the Arts) YOSHIMURA was featured in NHK’s art program. His various works were i…
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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…
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Windowology: Selected Research
…s at The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture through Windows the exhibition hosted jointly by the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo …
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Looking Through: Le Corbusier Windows
Takashi Homma first encountered the work of Le Corbusier and Pierre Je…
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The Windows of the Migishi Atelier: Inheritance and Change
…biz/ Ichinomiya City Memorial Art Museum of Setsuko Migishi: http://s-migishi.com/ Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art Hokkaido: https://artmuseum.…
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Window Research Institute: New Website Launched
The Window Research Institute has renovated its website on March 31st 2022. With this renovation we overhauled the design and layout of the …
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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 …
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The Yosuitei13 Bokusekimado
13 Bokusekimado A bokusekimado (lit. “brushwork window”) also known as a hanaakarimado (lit. “flower lighting window”) or an oribemado (lit…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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A Conversation with Christ & Gantenbein
…An associate professor at the Art and Design School of the University of Tsukuba since 2009 she has also taught at Harvard GSD (2003 2016) R…
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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:…
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Hayashi Grape Labo/Greenhouse Window
A greenhouse for growing Muscat in Tsutaka Kita Ward Okayama Prefecture. For the cultivation of Muscat a temperature of approximately 20 °C …
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Online Event “Windowology: Talk by Igarashi Tarō” Presented by Japan House London
…rʼs Award as part of the 64th Art Prize of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.…
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Kadomi Family Residence/Watchtower Window
This shipping agency in Monzen-machi Kuroshima-machi Wajima City Ishikawa Prefecture got burned down in a large fire in 1871 and was rebuilt…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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 …
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Japan House London presents Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan
…rʼs Award as part of the 64th Art Prize of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. About artist Tsuda MichikoTsuda has persistently examined the vo…
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Kosho Shogakudo/Window for Books
The shopfront of this secondhand bookstore in Nakagyo Ward Kyoto features built-in bookcases facing the street by the entrance overflowing w…