round window
Synonym :
bull's eye window
The round window is a form of opening used in every region and era. Long ago, round windows featured in the plastered walls of Zen architecture in Japan, but by early modern times they were mainly used in residential architecture, tea rooms, or sukiya-style buildings. In Japanese architecture, the round window is derived from ensō, the Zen circle of enlightenment brushed with a single stroke. In Western architecture, the round window is often installed in the west end of a church nave. In Britain and France, they are also called bull’s-eye-windows. The round opening installed at the top of a dome is called an oculus.
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Issue 7: The Slate Village Down the Mountains: Pingtung
There are now around 580,000 native Taiwanese (the term used in Chinese. In Japan, it seems the term…
09 Mar 2023
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Issue 6: Beckoning Qilous
Just about everyone in Taiwan eats similar food from the countless semi-outdoor dining halls there. …
27 Oct 2022
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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 the frontier, and I decided to s…
20 Jul 2022
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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…
24 Jun 2022
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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.…
25 May 2022
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Takamasa Yosizaka: A Window Looking Out on the Slope of a Mountain, For One to View the Scenery Below
Directing light into a room and letting in air are the major roles for window to play in making a li…
31 Mar 2022
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Fifty stories around Window and Architecture
This book provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the results of past “Windowology”…
29 Sep 2017
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The Windows of the Migishi Atelier: Inheritance and Change
In October of last year (2021), the Migishi Atelier (Kamisaginomiya, Nakano, Tokyo) was opened to th…
01 Apr 2022
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Issue 3: Where the Pavilions Went : Orchid Island (Part 2)
I left the village of Yeyin and took a trip around the island. Going on the road made me conscious o…
12 Jan 2022
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Issue 2: The Buried Black Roofs : Orchid Island (Part 1)
,While we may often speak of “Taiwanese people,” people belonging to a variety of ethnic…
11 Nov 2021
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Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong
…en the new year comes, making the red highlights around windows particularly noticeable during this …
14 Sep 2021
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Final Issue: Asia, Traveled through a Window
,This will be the final installment of my four-year-long serialization documenting my eight-month-lo…
07 Jul 2021
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Life in the Holy Land: Jerusalem, Israel
,I could see land the color of milk out of the airplane window. My journey had started in China, mov…
22 Mar 2021
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Rushing Along the Nile: Egypt and the Nile
,After walking around Cairo for a few days, I took a flight to Aswan, Egypt’s southernmost cit…
10 Dec 2020
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An Alien Landscape from the Window
Clear air, born from the trees, the land. White steam that murmurs from a kitchen. Plants that sprou…
19 Nov 2020
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Life Seeps Through Frosted Glass
Clear air, born from the trees, the land. White steam that murmurs from a kitchen. Plants that sprou…
02 Oct 2020
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Facing the Arches: Cairo, Egypt (part 2)
,Before Al-Qahirah, the city that would become Cairo, was created in the 10th century, the city of F…
15 Sep 2020
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Nature Behind a Curtain Wall
Clear air, born from the trees, the land. White steam that murmurs from a kitchen. Plants that sprou…
02 Sep 2020
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A Combining City: Cairo
,I got on a plane in Jordan and flew to Cairo, Egypt. It was my first time on the African continent.…
15 Jul 2020
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Sensing Mother Earth: Petra, Jordan
,During my trip, I saw many ruins in many countries. While these sites stood distant from our modern…
02 Apr 2020
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Religion and Cities: Isfahan, Iran
,I experienced no small amount of culture shock in Iran, as it was the first Islamic country I visit…
19 Feb 2020
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Shifted Windows: Masuleh, Iran
,There is a small village in the valleys of Iran known as Masuleh that has stood there for over a th…
03 Dec 2019
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Breathing in the Desert: Yazd, Iran
,The bus that headed from northern to southern Iran passed once more through alien landscapes create…
01 Oct 2019
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Boa Nova Restaurant
The windows of a lounge designed by Alvaro Siza in Porto, facing a rocky outcropping that looks out …
21 Aug 2017
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Casa Barragan
The window looking onto the inner garden of Louis Barragan’s house is divided into a large fixed win…
07 Aug 2017
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Casa Priet Lopez
A window looking onto the garden of a house built by Louis Barragan in the wealthy residential neigh…
24 Jul 2017
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Starting by Surrounding: Takht-e Soleymān, Iran
,I took a cheap shared taxi from Zanjan in northwest Iran, headed next to the ancient ruins of Takht…
03 Jul 2019
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Coffee & Cake
The window of a café in Myeongdong, Seoul. It is composed of folding windows with metal frames on th…
03 Jul 2017
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Goddards
The windows in the saloon of a house designed by Edwin Lutyens in the London suburb of Surrey. A gre…
21 Jun 2017
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The City Is a Bazaar: Tabriz, Iran
,Outside my bus window, a new sight to me stretched as far as the eye could see. Smooth mountains th…
08 May 2019
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Goddards
The windows in the dining room of a house designed by Edwin Lutyens in the London suburb of Surrey. …
05 Jun 2017
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Halaszbastya
The window of a café in Budapest, Hungary. The Neo-Romanesque window is comprised of a double layer …
22 May 2017
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Hanok in Jeonju
The window of a house in Jeonju Hanok Village, installed beneath the house’s large, overhanging eave…
08 May 2017
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Hill House
The living room bay window of the Hill House, designed in Glasgow by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. A so…
17 Apr 2017
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“Placing” a Home: East Gilan, Iran, part 2
In Kachalam, a village in East Gilan, a man agreed to show me around in his car despite it only bein…
07 Feb 2019
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House for an Art Lover
The dining room windows of the House for an Art Lover, designed in Glasgow by Charles Rennie Mackint…
21 Mar 2017
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“Placing” a Home: East Gilan, Iran (Part 1)
,Iran was an unknown land to me before I visited it myself. My vague image of it had been of a desol…
14 Dec 2018
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Library of Aveiro University
A window in the library of Aveiro University, designed by Alvaro Siza. One can look through the larg…
06 Mar 2017
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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 a…
20 Feb 2017
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Kibber, India : The Hidden Hole (part 2)
It was cold in the morning so high above sea level. But when I walked out to the third-floor terrace…
15 Oct 2018
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Maison La Roche
The windows of Le Corbusier’s Maison la Roche. Inside the gallery, a long, curved strip window is in…
08 Feb 2017
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Mido Cafe
The windows of a restaurant in Kowloon. The windows protrude out from the corner of the building. In…
24 Jan 2017
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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 up…
10 Jan 2017
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Nando’s
The window of a restaurant in London. An alcove has been created in the thick wall that forms a part…
19 Dec 2016
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Kibber, India : The Hidden Hole (part 1)
,Climbing even higher past Kinnaur district in North India, I passed the treeline to find an outstre…
25 Jul 2018
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House for an Art Lover
A window of the restaurant in the House for an Art Lover designed in Glasgow by Charles Rennie Macki…
26 Jul 2018
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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 g…
17 Oct 2016
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Kinnaur District, North India: The Overhanging Village (Part 3)
I walked back to the home in the small village in order to pick up the pants that had been sewn for …
15 Jun 2018
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Kinnaur District, North India: The Overhanging Village (Part 2)
Many valley-side settlements located 2-3,000 meters above sea level can be found in the district of …
19 Apr 2018
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Hintermayer
The window of a bookshop in Vienna. Books and small goods are set into the thickness of the wall, tu…
13 Apr 2018
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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 desi…
04 Apr 2018
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The Overhanging Village : Kinnaur District, India, Part 1
,In the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh is a region inhabited by people known as the Kinna…
14 Mar 2018
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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 res…
04 Jul 2016
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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…
06 Mar 2018
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Pousadas Santa Maria do Bruno
A window in the corridor of an old monastery renovated as a hotel, in Bouro, Braga. It was designed …
31 May 2016
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Via Altabella Toyshop
The window of a shop designed in Bologna by Carlo Scarpa. The window, which combines two circular sh…
27 Feb 2018
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Floors and Floods: Siem Reap, Part 2
As I dug my bicycle’s tires into the sand, they first moved me unsteadily forward until at las…
08 Feb 2018
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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 spa…
06 Feb 2018
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Osteria Baracco
The window of a restaurant in Porto Venere. The arched window is made of folding doors, the inside o…
23 Jan 2018
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Paradise Road
The windows on the second floor of Paradise Road in Colombo. A set of outward-swinging windows sits …
23 May 2016
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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…
13 May 2016
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Boca Mina San Ramon
A window in a restaurant next to La Valenciana silver mine on the outskirts of Guanajuato. A cylinde…
07 May 2016
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Floors and Floods: Siem Reap, Part 1
,Siem Reap is one of the cities in Cambodia, along with Angkor Wat, that is hopping with tourists wh…
11 Jan 2018
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Speedo’s Cafe
A cafe’s window facing a sloping road near Bondi Beach in Sydney, fitted with a combination of slidi…
14 Apr 2016
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Fresca
The window of a restaurant in Mykonos, Greece. A set of table and chairs are arranged within the low…
19 Dec 2017
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Corleone
The window of a restaurant in Prague, where two small tables are arranged within the thickness of th…
22 Feb 2016
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The Red Earthenware Bowl: Eastern Tibet, Ser thar, Part 2
I descended to the center of Larung Gar, where it seemed a lecture or assembly had just ended, as pr…
07 Dec 2017
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Palma
The window of a flower shop in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A wooden rain shutter is stored und…
05 Dec 2017
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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 windo…
01 Feb 2016
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IIM cafeteria
A window in the cafeteria of the Indian Institute of Management, designed in Ahmedabad by Louis Kahn…
22 Nov 2017
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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 c…
06 Nov 2017
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The Red Earthenware Bowl: Eastern Tibet, Ser thar, Part 1
,I boarded a bus in Chengdu, the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan, and headed toward …
01 Nov 2017
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La Medusa Ristorante
The windows of a restaurant in Porto Venere. A pair of outward-opening windows sits between fixed wi…
09 Oct 2015
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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 fr…
24 Oct 2017
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Suleymaniye Camii
The window of a mosque in Istanbul. The space around the window becomes an alcove, into which people…
10 Oct 2017
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Lou Kao Mansion
A window in Mandarin’s House in Macau. The continuous double casement windows are fitted with red, b…
07 Sep 2015
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Loncheria Cocos le Club
The window of a sandwich shop near Lake Chapala, in a town on the outskirts of Guadalajara. The coun…
07 Sep 2015
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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…
16 Jun 2015
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Turkisk House
The window of a house in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina. The window projects out like a terrace, f…
25 Sep 2017
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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 th…
11 Sep 2017
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Zhenchenglou
Windows of the Hakka walled villages, a traditional Chinese circular residential form. The entrance …
26 May 2015
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Spinnery Restaurant
A window in a restaurant in Bowness on Winderemere, which is famous for its lakes. A bench is built-…
26 May 2015
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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…
11 May 2015
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Blackwell
A window in the Main Hall of a house designed by Baillie Scott in Bowness on Windermere. The bay win…
11 May 2015
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Camino Real Polamnco Mexio
The window of a guestroom in a hotel by Ricardo Legorreta. One can walk out into the large garden. ,…
28 Apr 2015
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 3
19 Jul 2017
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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…
28 Apr 2015
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Brand & Advise Office
The windows of a design office in Lisbon’s old district of Chiado. Tall, thin windows that span two …
09 Mar 2015
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 2
28 Jun 2017
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Paradise Road Gallery Café
The windows of the Paradise Road Gallery Café in Colombo. Awnings and sudare hang between the round …
09 Mar 2015
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan, Part 1
31 May 2017
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Villa Le Lac
A continuous series of windows facing the water in the Villa Le Lac, designed by Le Corbusier for hi…
28 Nov 2014
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Willow Tearooms
The windows of the Willow Tearooms designed in Glasgow by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The row of twen…
28 Nov 2014
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A Desert below Sea Level — Turpan, Part 3
19 Apr 2017
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Zigolini’s Café
A café window facing the street in Paddington, Sydney. The entire façade becomes a single opening, o…
28 Nov 2014
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Hostal Vallarta
A window looking out onto an interior courtyard in a hotel in Guadalajara. The arch-shaped opening, …
28 Nov 2014
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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 …
28 Nov 2014
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Mumtaziar Preserved House
The windows of a house in Safranbolu. A built-in bench sits below the row of wooden single-hung wind…
28 Nov 2014
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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 coconu…
28 Nov 2014
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Geoffrey Bawa’s Lunuganga
A window in the guesthouse of Lunuganga designed by Geoffrey Bawa. This bay window, raised on concre…
28 Nov 2014
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A Desert Below Sea Level—Turpan, Part 2
I came across a group of grape-drying huts on a hill just off the settlement. These huts I had seen …
22 Mar 2017
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Bianco
A showcase window in Napoli’s Centro Storico. Government policies regulate shops’ showcase windows a…
28 Nov 2014
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A Desert Below Sea Level — Turpan, Part 1
08 Mar 2017
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Zhangcun: The Needs of the Underground Part 3
26 Jan 2017
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Zhangcun: The Needs of the Underground Part 2
05 Jan 2017
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Zhangcun, “needs of underground” Part 1
09 Dec 2016
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Houses beyond the Places of Scenic Beauty (2)
08 Nov 2016
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Houses beyond the Places of Scenic Beauty (1)
05 Oct 2016
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Shanghai, Bars of Iron Sprouting from Windows (2)
21 Sep 2016
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Shanghai, Bars of Iron Sprouting from Windows (1)
06 Sep 2016