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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
…da Izumi-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan 101-0024 info@wri.or.jp…
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Terunobu Fujimori | 003: The Vertical Sliding Windows of the Public Speaking Hall (Mita Enzetsukan)
…ric buildings from all across Japan one at a time. In article number three he discusses the vertical sliding windows (agesagemado) of the Pu…
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Issue 5: The Matsu Islands: Small Windows on the Frontier (Part 2)
…ne and temple construction in Japan also used such ebikouryou beams as…
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Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at Japan House Los Angeles
… New Architectural Views from Japan at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles since October 24 2020. JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles launched a virtual/online expe…
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Architecture with “Madosoto” at all times and in all places
… are used mainly for building Japanese tea houses and Sukiya-style architecture in the northwest of Kyoto City Kita Ward. As you may know Na…
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No.0: Six Topics for Makoto Ueda’s Interpretation of the Window Space
…ommon now that every house in Japan has a children’s room. However in Japan such a room was a rarity in those days about 100 years ago. For …
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Takamasa Yosizaka: A Window Looking Out on the Slope of a Mountain, For One to View the Scenery Below
…ow even if the “Madosoto” (in Japanese “mado” means “window” and “soto” means “outside”) is not a grand natural landscape a magnificent gard…
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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
…fa built against a window In Japan it seems that designing the sofa to be built on the back of the window was common after FUJII Koji and o…
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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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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
…cious surviving work of early Japanese modernism. As its most distinctive feature is the large glass window extending across its front face …
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Window Research Institute: New Website Launched
… offers new content featuring Japanese Modern Architecture built between the pre-war times and the 1970s and which is still lived in today. …
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Terunobu Fujimori| 002: The Diverse Openings of the Yosuitei’s Thirteen-Window Tearoom
…ric buildings from all across Japan one at a time. The subject of the second installment is the Yosuitei a reconstructed teahouse (chashitsu…
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The Yosuitei13 Bokusekimado
…e alcove. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…
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The Yosuitei11 Shitajimado, 12 Renjimado and Kendonbusuma
…teahouse. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…
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The Yosuitei06/07 Shitajimado and Renjimado, 08 Nijiriguchi, 09/10 Shitajimado and Renjimado
…n opened. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…
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The Yosuitei03 Furosakimado
…half way. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…
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The Yosuitei01/02 Shikishimado
…r screen. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…
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The Yosuitei04/05 Shitajimado and Renjimado
…d beside. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuit…
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A Conversation with Christ & Gantenbein
… after her initial studies at Japanʼs Womenʼs University and completed her post-graduate program at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 200…
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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
On Thursday January 27 Japan House London will present an online event featuring Windowology Exhibition Director Igarashi Tarō. Date Thursd…
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Kadomi Family Residence/Watchtower Window
…he following year. The Sea of Japan is visible from the watchtower in one corner of the main building. From there one could check the unload…
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Terunobu Fujimori|001: The Advent of Magical Light-Transmitting Surfaces, Glass Doors of the Hirano Residence
…ric buildings from all across Japan one at a time. First on the list are the glass doors (garasudo) of the Hirano Residence designed by Kats…
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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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Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at Japan House London
After being exhibited at Japan House São Paulo the exhibition Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan arrives at Japan House London …
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Issue 2: The Buried Black Roofs : Orchid Island (Part 1)
… on the island who received a Japanese education spoke Tao and Japanese middle-aged adults spoke Tao and Chinese and children spoke only Chi…
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Japan House London presents Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan
… New Architectural Views from Japan from 1 December 2021 until 24 April 2022 at Japan House London. Booking from here. ───────── ・Windowolog…
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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…
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Windows of the Prouvé House|Jean Prouvé’s Windows #2
…h we live.”1 Reiko Hayama a Japanese architect who worked for Prouvé…
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CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2022
…da Izumi-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan 101-0024 info@wri.or.jp…
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Hatcho Miso Kakukyu/Window of Miso Storehouse
This Hatcho Miso storehouse (okura) in Okazaki City Aichi Prefecture was built in 1907 and is now a museum. The second floor was a site of s…
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Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong
…ot too different from life in Japan so long as you aren’t high-s…
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House of Sato Mataroku/Window for inner warehouses
A mercantile house in Masuda Yokote City Akita Prefecture with a history of around 350 years. It has been designated as an important nationa…
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Fujiwara Bee Farm/Window for Bees
A bee farm founded in 1901 in Morioka City Iwate Prefecture. Originally beehives were left exposed to the weather outside but in severely co…
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“WINDOWOLOGY: Estudo de janelas no Japão” at Japan House São Paulo
After being exhibited at Japan House Los Angeles The Window Research Institute held the original exhibition “WINDOWOLOGY: Estudo de janelas …
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Four Tectonic Features that Reside Within Prouvé’s Window Details
…ng Architectural Institute of Japan F-2 History and Theory of Architecture 2001; 611–612 July 2001. DETAIL no.162 SHOKOKUSHA Publishing 2004…
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Former Sugihara Residence/Repeated Window for Sericulture
Folk museum in Hakusan Ishikawa Prefecture. This building was constructed by relocating the 1864 private residence of a wealthy farmer in Sh…
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Final Issue: Asia, Traveled through a Window
…eas. This also reminded me of Japanese architecture. Thinking about it now the way the people of Turpan would stay in their brick homes duri…
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“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…
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Restored Salt Pan Kamaya/Thatched Roof with Ventilation Window
This is the restored saltworks in the Ako City Marine Science Museum at the Hyogo Prefecture. Ako which is blessed with the calm climate of …
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Supported an Exhibition “Co-ownership of Action: Trajectories of Elements” at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia
…http://www.labiennale.org The Japan Pavilion Theme: Co-ownership of Action: Trajectories of Elements Organizer/Commissioner: The Japan Found…
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A Conversation with Peter Märkli
… after her initial studies at Japan’s Women’s University and completed her post-graduate program at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 200…
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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…
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Yusho Takiguchi, Aram from Armenia
…one of those budget hotels in Japan the hotel was more than enough and…
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Mineral Workshop/Polycarbonate Roofing for the Salt Production
Salt workshop in Murakami City Niigata Prefecture. Seawater is suctioned via pump from the nearby Japan Sea to the flat tank outside the bui…