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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…
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Between Hatakeyama and Sugiura
Kokei and Jokei: Sights we see scenes we feel Whenever transparent glass is installed into buildings or trains or cars a boundary is establi…
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Issue 7: The Slate Village Down the Mountains: Pingtung
There are now around 580000 native Taiwanese (the term used in Chinese. In Japan it seems the term “indigenous” is often used) r…
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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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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
Ron Edelaar Elli Mosayebi and Christian Inderbitzin founded EMI Architekten in Zurich in 2005. The office has developed a particular focus o…
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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?
I gaze through the window. The scenery outside shines brightly while in a state of movement and I am drawn with fascination to all that unfo…
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[Extended till Summer 2023]Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at the VILLUM Window Collection, Denmark
… several mutual trips between Window Research Institute (WRI) and VWCO and the beginning of an inspiring collaboration. “The entire experien…
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CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2023
…ichi Kunugiza Program Officer Window Research Institute 1-1 Kanda 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)
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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Online seminar“Above/Below/Between: Light on a Damaged Planet”
On Wednesday August 24 Canadian Center for Architecture and Window Research Institute will present a seminar featuring 3 fellows from CCA-WR…
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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…
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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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Yosuitei, Thirteen-Window Tearoom
…designer Yoh Komiyama and the Window Research Institute with videography by Tomohiro Okazaki. Window Products Inside Windows Products Insid…
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Windowology archive vol.3 2014-2016
The third book in the series that archived “Windowology” research that Window Research Institute has developed together with researchers and…
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Windowology archive vol.2 2011-2013
The second book in the series that archived “Windowology” research that Window Research Institute has developed together with researchers an…
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Windowology: Selected Research
…e “Windowology” research that Window Research Institute has developed together with researchers and laboratories. Window Research Institute …
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Fifty stories around Window and Architecture
…nducted numerous studies with Window Research Institute. Fifty stories around Window and Architecture Edited by Ikaga Toshiharu Taro Igaras…
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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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Yoshitika Utida: Window and Architecture Seminars
Yoshitika Utida and Window Research Institute held a series of lectures in which he considered architecture through windows with young archi…
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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
…designer Yoh Komiyama and the Window Research Institute with videography by Tomohiro Okazaki. Window Products Inside Windows Products Insid…
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The Yosuitei11 Shitajimado, 12 Renjimado and Kendonbusuma
…designer Yoh Komiyama and the Window Research Institute with videography by Tomohiro Okazaki. Window Products Inside Windows Products Insid…
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The Yosuitei06/07 Shitajimado and Renjimado, 08 Nijiriguchi, 09/10 Shitajimado and Renjimado
…designer Yoh Komiyama and the Window Research Institute with videography by Tomohiro Okazaki. Window Products Inside Windows Products Insid…
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The Yosuitei03 Furosakimado
…designer Yoh Komiyama and the Window Research Institute with videography by Tomohiro Okazaki. Window Products Inside Windows Products Insid…
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The Yosuitei01/02 Shikishimado
…designer Yoh Komiyama and the Window Research Institute with videography by Tomohiro Okazaki. Window Products Inside Windows Products Insid…
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The Yosuitei04/05 Shitajimado and Renjimado
…designer Yoh Komiyama and the Window Research Institute with videography by Tomohiro Okazaki. Window Products Inside Windows Products Insid…
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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
Christ & Gantenbein was formed in 1998 by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein after graduating from ETH Zurich. To date they have be…
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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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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)
…is trip are serialized on the Window Research Institute website as “Tr…
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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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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)
…is trip are serialized on the Window Research Institute website as “Travelling Asia through a Window“). In 2017 he began working under Huang…
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Japan House London presents Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan
The Window Research Institute is pleased to announce the exhibition Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan from 1 December 2021 unt…