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YKK AP Windowology 10th Anniversary Symposium: Windows Represent Civilization and Culture

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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…

High-rise condos and windows—from functionality to scenery—

The Attractiveness of A View Partial Ocean View Ocean View Ocean Front. If upon hearing these words you know what they are referring to it i…

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…

Windows and the Invisible Light

…t by looking at his 1923 book Designing My Home. I have chosen some of his observations and comments I found to be the most interesting. In …

Design Action, Self-involvement: The World Seen from Making a Window

Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC implements activities aiming for regeneration and reinforcement of a community with a foc…

Blackwell

A window in the Main Hall of a house designed by Baillie Scott in Bowness on Windermere. The bay window is built next to the fireplace compl…

Brand & Advise Office

The windows of a design office in Lisbon’s old district of Chiado. Tall thin windows that span two floors repeat across the façade. A mezzan…

Window Bookcase (2)

This is the second entry on the Window Bookcase Project. We at the Window Research Institute asked o+h the architectural practice of Maki On…

YKK AP presents Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window

…tor: Naomi Shibata Exhibition Design: Tezzo Nishizawa (Architect) Exhi…

Opening the Window and Greeting the World

…vetti he has been Director of Design from 1992 to 2002 and he developed experimental projects for Compaq Computer Corporation Philips Siemen…

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…

Supported the Japan Pavilion, The 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2016

… Shakushiro Wataru Doi) Venue Design:　t e c o (Chie Konno Rie Allison)…

YKK AP Window Research Institute Relaunched the Official Website!

On September 6 2016 the official website of YKK AP Window Research Institute was relaunched. The new site is now compatible with smartphones…

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…

House at Komazawa Park

…Joshibi University of Art and Design Nippon Institute of Technology Meiji University Tokyo University of Science and Nihon University. Isao…

Supported an Exhibition “Architect Frank Gehry ‘I Have an Idea'”

YKK AP Window Research Institute had supported an exhibition “Architect Frank Gehry ‘I Have an Idea'” organized by 21_21 D…

Before Being Maiko Kurogouchi of mame

The sound of air spewing out from the A/C grew louder and then fainter; the second hand of the clock on the wall resounded overdramatically …

Supported a Symposium “THE SAGA OF CONTINUOUS ARCHITECTURE”

… – Kunio Watanabe (Structural Design Group) – Jesse Reiser (Princeton University Reiser+Umemoto RUR Architecture) – Nanako Umemoto (Columbia…

Giving Color to Windows

…ity Junior College of Art and Design. Left her job and established Yoko Ando Design in 2011. She has worked on producing the textiles used i…

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…

Cats, Fashion, and Windows

…enography Display and Fashion Design. Withdrew from the Musashino Art University Graduate School of Art and Design. Worked as an editor for …

Part 3: The Widely Variant Windows of Modern Chinese Architecture

…ointed to the government run “Design Institute” where he began his career as an architect but during this time it seems he was exploring var…

Hiroshi Nakamura Windows and Affection

The following interview was held with architect Hiroshi Nakamura who has been gaining recognition for the numerous projects that he has desi…

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…

Window and Passive Design

Prof. Kodama was spotlighted who has published a multiple number of projects centered on “passiveness” attracting public notice. He eloquent…

House of Itakura as a Core-House

Window Research Institute interviewed with Mr. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto representative of Atelier Bow-Wow about “House of Itakura” as a Core-Hous…

Concept of a Window

…997; Engaged in Architectural Design in association with Aterier Φ in 1970 to 1998; This institute was changed in name as Hiroshi Hara + Ate…

Window and Sharing (Second Half)

… Naruse+Inokuma Architectural Design Office) Born in 1977. Completed Tokyo University Graduate Course. Succeedingly entered Chiba Gaku Archi…

Window and Sharing (First Half)

… Naruse+Inokuma Architectural Design Office) Born in 1977. Completed Tokyo University Graduate Course. Succeedingly entered Chiba Gaku Archi…

Part 1: The Window in Classical Architecture [The Hole]

The aperture in Japanese architecture is the “ma” or “space between ob…

Experimenting with Windows

The following is an interview with architect Sou Fujimoto who has designed many internationally recognized projects and continues to propose…