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Garlic Window in Vessalico village
Lemon raised under the shining sun; cured ham aged in a rich flavor by growing mold; wine made from grapes raised under well-ventilated perg…
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The Window is the Difference between the Life and Death of a Space
…g about that. Is this design? Glass is used to symbolize transparency order regularity whatever right? What if we make glass to be dirty im…
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Architectural Ethnography, Part A
To commemorate the occasion of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia (May 26th-November 25th 2018) the Windo…
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Architectural Intention behind Technology
Reiser + Umemoto is the architect duo behind the design of the O-14 office tower in Dubai. What ultimately supported the realization of the …
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How Technology Changes the Future of Windows
Nader Tehrani is an Iranian-American designer who has completed numerous architectural projects worldwide. Having served as the Head of the …
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Tenjin Sanshi Kojo/Window of the Paper Factory
This is a 90-year-old paper factory in Uchiko Ehime that specializes in making Ozu washi (handmade Japanese paper). The paper is made using …
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MOMAT Collection “Windows and Photography”
The Windows and Photography exhibition was held as a part of MOMAT Collection from May 24 to August 7 2016. Photographer Takashi Homma who h…
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Windows and Memories
The artist Leandro Erlich became quite a topic of conversation at this past “Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition” with the presentation …
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The Maniac Behind The Glasshouse
…ithin its own interior space. Glasshouses became an exotic “paradise” and the human eye was always turned towards the inside. This funny rel…
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The scene of brilliant street
It’s pleasant to take a walk on the city of Paris. The roads which were built in a different reason and in a different era are crossin…
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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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“Why is This Guy Asking Me to Think about the U-value and the Leakage?”
Associate Professor Yusuke Obuchi of the University of Tokyo conducted a series of interviews with architects / architectural critic working…
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Thinking about Windows through Photography
Alec Soth who has taken many photos of “windows” in various parts of the world and Takashi Homma who has speculated on the relationships bet…
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What Do You Think of Glass?
… examination or redefinition. Glass is fascinating because it has a certain amount of strength but it makes everything go away. It’s transpa…
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Into the Depth of the Window
The end of summer time like the morning air which feels more and more crisp as the days go by is one of those things that remind me of the c…
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Exhibition “Present State(ment)”
… there is I thought of glass. Glass is a typical product in Murano islands. Also it is a traditional material combining unique industry hist…
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Boundary Window
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016 one of t…
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Restaurant in Ha Noi
The window of a restaurant in Ha Noi. Three surfaces are made of glass with various parts that open and close. One can enjoy the view of the…
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Sunny Loggia House
Chie Konno(t e c o)”Sunny Loggia House” The 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016 “En: art of n…
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Tracing the urban brickscape
As surprising as it may seem I feel that the true quality of a city such as London lies in its “disorderliness”. Within the city countless e…
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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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Part 3: Apertures for Walking Through
…o go in and out through them. Glass with its translucence plays a big role in these cases by visually erasing the border between inside and …
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Thinking about Windows through Photography
Contemporary photographer Takashi Homma held a conversation on the theme of “Thinking about Windows through Photography” with his long-time …
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Part 2: Apertures for View
…n chairs and faced the cross. Glass was laid between a comfortable human scale indoor space and the cross which was positioned at just the r…
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Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window Now Open
Enjoy the full breadth of window culture at YKK AP’s Windowology 10th …
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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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Part 1: Apertures for Light
Fleeting and weak though it is light in Scandinavia has a mysterious kind of allure to it. Could it not be that the peoples of Scandinavia w…
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Tugendhat House
The window of a house designed by Mies van der Rohe on the outskirts of Brno. Plants are grown in the space created by two layers of glass w…
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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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Windows and the Invisible Light
It seems as if an ever-increasing window society took hold in Japan sometime after the Meiji period. The expansion of glass windows to gener…
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Windows as media — why we find looking through windows intriguing?—
… do windows-as-media produce? Glass windows are transparent and so we tend to believe that we see the same things with or without them. The …
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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…
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Terunobu Fujimori “Holes”
Terunobu Fujimori has been producing highly original architecture that makes use of nature such as wood soil and plants as exemplified in hi…
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Steel House
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016 one of t…
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House at Komazawa Park
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016 one of t…
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Giving Color to Windows
Textile coordinator/designer Yoko Ando has been directing how textiles are used around windows in the work of many architects both young and…
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The Windows of the Teien Art Museum
Sumally is a social networking service that has been created from the concept of making “an ‘encyclopedia’ for everything that exists in the…
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Part 3: The Widely Variant Windows of Modern Chinese Architecture
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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Hiroshi Nakamura Windows and Affection
…. For instance in the Optical Glass House in Hiroshima there is a window on the side of the house facing the busy road that brings in the li…
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Part 2: The Gathered Gates and Windows
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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Concept of a Window
Mr. Taro Igarashi interviewed Architect Hiroshi Hara who gave influence and posed problems. The interview was attempted to ascertain the res…
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Vol. 5: A Contrastive Linguistic Analysis of Words for “Window”—Based on Comparative Analyses of Japanese, German, English, and Italian Idioms
Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “wind…
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Window and Sharing (First Half)
Interviewed are now widely noted architects Yuri Naruse and Jun Inokuma who are well known for their project on the theme of “sharing.” The …
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Part 1: The Window in Classical Architecture [The Hole]
The aperture in Japanese architecture is the “ma” or “space between ob…
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Experimenting with Windows
The following is an interview with architect Sou Fujimoto who has designed many internationally recognized projects and continues to propose…
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Vol. 3: Windows in English
Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “window” from around the world to explore the process through which the con…