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Houses beyond the Places of Scenic Beauty (1)
…aded to Wuzhen the “Venice of Asia”. With its 1300 year history the area of Wuzhen is divided into the cardinal directions by rivers that ru…
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Part 6: Proverbs Left to us by Laozi
The aperture in Japanese architecture is the “ma” or “space between ob…
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Shanghai, Bars of Iron Sprouting from Windows (2)
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…
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Lim Residence
The window’s of Jimmy Lim’s private house in Kuala Lumpur. The windows revolved on a vertical axis and have no glass instead acting as louve…
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Kibber, India : The Hidden Hole (part 2)
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…
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Shanghai, Bars of Iron Sprouting from Windows (1)
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…
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Mido Cafe
The windows of a restaurant in Kowloon. The windows protrude out from the corner of the building. Inside tables and chairs are lined up alon…
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Spaces In Between
…hese spaces are more fluid in Asia and especially in Korea. So I guess you could talk about the differences between our philosophies based o…
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Mu’s Mansion Hotel
The windows of a hotel in Li Jiang. Three sets of double-casement windows are lined in a row the upper part of which are latticed. The swast…
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Part 5: To China International Window City!
…cording to its homepage it is Asia’s largest door window and curtain wall industry exhibition and trade center. It is a massive institution …
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Kibber, India : The Hidden Hole (part 1)
…aveled southward to Southeast Asia only to enter India climb mountains and meet Tibetans again. They live in a place that is breathtakingly …
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Bevis Bawa’s Garden 1
The window in the loggia part of a bungalow designed in Bentota by Geoffrey Bawa in which an iron grate has been installed. There is no glas…
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Garlic Window in Vessalico village
… not decay similar to Central Asia which is regarded as the origin of garlic. Roberto’s farm is situated on a mountain slope oriented …
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Kinnaur District, North India: The Overhanging Village (Part 3)
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…
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In New York: Windows and Looks
… much as them. There are many Asian people as well. Gozu: Yes the fact that they were Asian like me put me at ease and so I’ve taken a lot o…
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The Window is the Difference between the Life and Death of a Space
…ally different in Japanese or Asian tradition but I’m a Westerner and I operate in the Western world) is that in many ways we can argue that…
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Windows as Connectors between the Inside and Outside
…s and façades with a uniquely Asian appeal in Asia. I think I was also interested in making big windows. You mentioned scattered windows but…
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Kinnaur District, North India: The Overhanging Village (Part 2)
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…
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Windows and Memories
…rticipating in exhibitions in Asia including Japan Taiwan and South Korea.…
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Mill Owner’s Association Building
Windows making up the wall of the eastern meeting room in the Mill Owner’s Association Building designed by Le Corbusier in Ahmedabad. The s…
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Part 4: Postmodern Windows that Symbolize Liberation
The aperture in Japanese architecture is the “ma” or “space between objects.” The aperture in western architecture is the “hole.” What is it…
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Architecture in Photography and Windows
Iwan Baan is a photographer whose work has taken him around the world from Asia to Africa. Last year he participated in a panel discussion o…
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Thoughts on “The Joys of Making Windows”
…nd the world including Tohoku Asia Europe and Africa. In the final part Professor Hiroto Kobayashi looks back and shares his thoughts on the…
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The Overhanging Village : Kinnaur District, India, Part 1
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…
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Old Penang Guest House
The windows of a hotel in Georgetown on the island of Penang Malaysia. This type of medium-rise residential building with a shop on the firs…
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Hoi Truong Thong Nhat
A window of the Reunification Palace (built on the site of the former Norodom Palace) in Ho Chi Minh City. Three continuous floors of rotati…
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Movie “Transition of Kikugetsutei”
Windowology: Study on Hashirama-Sochi; Equipment In Between ─Transition of Kikugetsutei─ movie “Transition of Kikugetsutei” Kiku…
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Floors and Floods: Siem Reap, Part 2
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda Universityʼ…
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Office in Kuala Lumpur
The windows of an office building designed by Kevin Low on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. Lounge spaces such as a smoking area sit in the sp…
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fear and pleasure, and as theater
…a vast continent spreading to Asia and Africa consciousness of defending cities from all nomadic people who seek a better land might have al…
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Paradise Road
The windows on the second floor of Paradise Road in Colombo. A set of outward-swinging windows sits within the Colonial-style gabled bay win…
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A Conversation on Windows and Stories
…rticipating in exhibitions in Asia including Japan Taiwan and South Korea.…
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Floors and Floods: Siem Reap, Part 1
…the largest lake in Southeast Asia. Like a “moving” lake during rainy season it can grow up to 9 times deeper and cover 6 times as much land…
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The Red Earthenware Bowl: Eastern Tibet, Ser thar, Part 2
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda University’…
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Geoffrey Bawa’s Lunuganga 2
The windows in a guesthouse designed in Lunuganga by Geoffrey Bawa in which a series of fixed windows are arranged. Outside one can see a de…
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IIM cafeteria
A window in the cafeteria of the Indian Institute of Management designed in Ahmedabad by Louis Kahn. The large brick arch creates a buffer l…
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Bevis Bawa’s Garden 3
The bay window of a bungalow designed in Bentota by Geoffrey Bawa in which three sets of combined casement windows and projected transom win…
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The Red Earthenware Bowl: Eastern Tibet, Ser thar, Part 1
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda University’…
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Sri Budhasa
The window of a building built next to the pool of a hotel in Bentota. A built-in bench protrudes from the building’s façade. The eaves stre…
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Cafe in Suzhou
Windows on the second floor of a café in Suzhou. The waist-high double-lattice windows repeat along the façade allowing for tables to be set…
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Coco Café
A window in a café in Hoi An. The free-form window sits in the wall of a building made out of coconut leaves. Dishes are lined up in front o…
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A Desert Below Sea Level—Turpan, Part 2
…olk houses in 11 countries in Asia and the Middle East visiting countries from China to Israel. In Yilan CountyTaiwan he worked as an intern…
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Geoffrey Bawa’s Lunuganga
A window in the guesthouse of Lunuganga designed by Geoffrey Bawa. This bay window raised on concrete pilotis combines a series of small fix…
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Lou Kao Mansion
A window in Mandarin’s House in Macau. The continuous double casement windows are fitted with red blue and white stained glass; above them i…
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Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
The windows of a hotel and museum in Georgetown on Penang Island. Originally the house of a Chinese merchant the blue wall is based on ideas…
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Zhenchenglou
Windows of the Hakka walled villages a traditional Chinese circular residential form. The entrance is fitted with a waist-high door above wh…
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Colonial Style House
The windows on the second floor of a Colonial Style house in Bentota. The gabled bay window includes glass windows that pivot on a central v…
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Lantern Shop in Hoi An
The windows of a lantern shop in Hoi An. The wooden louvered double casement windows are fitted not with glass but with built-in folding cou…