sliding window
A sliding window is composed of two or more sashes or doors sliding horizontally on grooves or rails. Sliding windows may combine several types of fittings such as glass doors, screen doors, or louvres.
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Terunobu Fujimori│006: The Shitomi of the Kondo Hall at Ninnaji Temple
In this series, architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori, who has traveled extensively to study bui…
12 Sep 2023
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A Conversation with Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter
On the occasion of the “Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan” currently being…
12 Jul 2023
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The Experimental Design of the House in Sapporo
Known as an experimental work of modern architecture tailored for Hokkaido’s climate, the House in S…
12 Apr 2023
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Gerrit Rietveld – A sense of space
Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) is perhaps Holland’s best-known architect. His Schröder House in Utrecht…
27 Mar 2023
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Issue 7: The Slate Village Down the Mountains: Pingtung
…t of a set, such as a casement window or a double sliding window. This feeling of something being of…
09 Mar 2023
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Conversation with EMI Architekten
…e is that it’s not abstract, in the same way as a sliding window, for example. Rather than having a …
15 Dec 2022
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[Extended till Summer 2023]Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at the VILLUM Window Collection, Denmark
After being exhibited at the three Japan Houses in Los Angeles, São Paulo, and London, we are excite…
29 Aug 2022
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Terunobu Fujimori | 003: The Vertical Sliding Windows of the Public Speaking Hall (Mita Enzetsukan)
…n article number three, he discusses the vertical sliding windows (agesagemado) of the Public Speaki…
24 Aug 2022
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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
A room with a vague focal space During an exhibition of the work of YOSHIMURA Junzo (1908–1997) in 2…
30 Mar 2022
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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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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 extensivel…
24 Mar 2022
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The Yosuitei06/07 Shitajimado and Renjimado, 08 Nijiriguchi, 09/10 Shitajimado and Renjimado
,06/07 Shitajimado and Renjimado Another instance where Enshu used his favorite combination of an u…
04 Dec 2021
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The Yosuitei03 Furosakimado
,03 Furosakimado A furosakimado (lit. “window beyond the brazier”) is a type of window made in the w…
02 Dec 2021
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The Yosuitei01/02 Shikishimado
,01/02 Shikishimado A shikishimado (lit. “calligraphy board window”) is a type of window composed of…
01 Dec 2021
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The Yosuitei04/05 Shitajimado and Renjimado
,04/05 Shitajimado and Renjimado Enshu liked to stack shitajimado (exposed lath window) on top of re…
03 Dec 2021
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Shikidō/Frosted Glass Window for Study
…student. The two sides of the room featured small sliding windows with frosted glass. A low desk wit…
04 Mar 2022
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Hayashi Grape Labo/Greenhouse Window
…ows have been modified such that nine consecutive sliding windows can be opened and closed simultane…
04 Feb 2022
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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 extensivel…
09 Dec 2021
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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 Pr…
03 Dec 2021
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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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Japan House London presents Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan
The Window Research Institute is pleased to announce the exhibition Windowology: New Architectural V…
01 Oct 2021
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Windows of the Prouvé House｜Jean Prouvé’s Windows #2
…. ,, Window #4: Vertical Sliding Windows Vertical sliding windows are used in the study, children’s …
22 Oct 2021
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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 …
07 Sep 2021
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Four Tectonic Features that Reside Within Prouvé’s Window Details
Jean Prouvé was originally a metalworker by trade, but he became a leading modernist architect himse…
04 Aug 2021
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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 pr…
09 Jul 2021
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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 tr…
07 May 2021
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Nanpo Tometaro Shoten/Windows of the Smokehouse
Noriaki Nanpo’s Smokery in Yoichi, Hokkaido Prefecture. The facility mainly smokes shrimp, Indian sa…
03 Feb 2021
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Ehime Sanshu/Window of the Sericulture House
Three-story wooden sericulture house in Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture, built in 1884. The building is…
20 Jan 2021
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Muto Dyeing/Window of the Drying Tower
A dyeing factory in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The plant has a tower-shaped drying area re…
02 Dec 2020
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Suzuki Morihisa Studio/Window of the Ironware Studio
…g of the ironware after setting are done facing a sliding window set high up on the southeast wall s…
20 Oct 2020
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Uzen Silk Scouring/Window for Steam Discharge
…lant, the wooden building has a monitor roof, the sliding windows of which can be opened and closed …
08 Sep 2020
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Movie “A City of Columns”
,movie “A City of Columns” ,Hashirama sōchi (intercolumnar device) is a term used concerning cultura…
03 Aug 2020
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The Architecture of the Window
…easy or how difficult it would be to open them as sliding windows, and found that they needed to be …
07 May 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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Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan Exhibition at Japan House London
Japan House London is temporarily closed to hinder the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Any changes…
03 Feb 2020
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Thresholds between Coexistence and Architecture
Tom Avermaete is an architectural theorist who teaches at ETH Zurich. Besides working on numerous bo…
25 Jun 2019
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Sash Window
…r two or more grooves or rails is called a double sliding window, where both the top and bottom pane…
12 Jun 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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Yabeya Konomi Honke/Window of the Green Tea Merchant
Konomi Honke is a long-established retailer that has sold Yame green tea in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture…
02 Apr 2019
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Hidaka Training and Research Center (JRA)/Window of the Horse Track
… along the track. On the north side, glass double-sliding windows keep the wind from entering during…
19 Feb 2019
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Takekobo/Window of the Bamboo Workshop
A bamboo workshop in Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture, established about 140 years ago. To be able to open i…
05 Feb 2019
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Higoya/Window of the Sea Bream Miso Store
This restaurant in Tomonoura, Hiroshima Prefecture specializes in sea bream miso. Under the building…
21 Dec 2018
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Movie “The Birth Canal”
,movie “The Birth Canal” ,“Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and r…
17 Jan 2017
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Looking at Freespace through the Windows, Part 1
…ide when rotated 180 degrees) is more common than sliding windows. This window is also used in the S…
07 Sep 2018
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America (1)
…glass panes were gradually replaced by vertically sliding windows. ,,,Mansard Roofs and Dormer Windo…
19 Jan 2017
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Movie “THE CORALLUM”
,movie “THE CORALLUM” ,“Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refe…
10 Jul 2018
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Architectural Ethnography, Part B
…g the first semester to learn about how different sliding windows open horizontally, how the panes o…
07 Jun 2018
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Part 1: Tai-an at Myoki-an Temple
… screen) next to the alcove; shitaji-mado (single sliding window) next to nijiri-guchi (crawl-throug…
17 May 2018
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Windows as Connectors between the Inside and Outside
Architect Ryue Nishizawa has designed a wide variety of projects, including houses, a church, a stat…
06 Sep 2016
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Tenjin Sanshi Kojo/Window of the Paper Factory
…de in a stack. The work area is lined with wooden sliding windows that provide the natural light nee…
26 Apr 2018
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Iwanoi Shuzo/Window of the Sake Brewery
…rought in from a continuous line of wooden double sliding windows along the north side while the ste…
24 Aug 2018
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Movie “Transition of Kikugetsutei”
Windowology: Study on Hashirama-Sochi; Equipment In Between ─Transition of Kikugetsutei─ ,,movie …
28 Oct 2015
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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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Window into Another Culture
Veneer House Project, a series of projects implemented by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio Univer…
30 Jan 2018
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Exhibition “Present State(ment)”
…an ordinary flush door with a floor height double sliding window. An entrance with a double sliding …
27 May 2016
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Boundary Window
…nships among various things. ,,Konno: I suppose a sliding window is an attractive style that was inv…
27 May 2016
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Sunny Loggia House
Chie Konno(t e c o)”Sunny Loggia House” The 15th International Architecture Exhibition, …
27 May 2016
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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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la fenêtre à la française
… double sided door. This window is not a sideways sliding window like the Japanese traditional windo…
17 Sep 2015
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Part 3: Apertures for Walking Through
One way to use an aperture is to pass physical things through it. In most cases apertures are instal…
15 Nov 2017
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Steel House
…ss ordinary and deviated way. I think that double sliding windows provide us senses of easy accessib…
27 May 2016
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House at Komazawa Park
…en inside and outside. On the other hand, we used sliding windows or casement windows for the parts …
27 May 2016
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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…
05 Oct 2015
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Window and Passive Design
Prof. Kodama was spotlighted who has published a multiple number of projects centered on “passivenes…
10 Jun 2013
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House of Itakura as a Core-House
Window Research Institute interviewed with Mr. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, representative of Atelier Bow-Wo…
24 May 2013
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Concept of a Window
Mr. Taro Igarashi interviewed Architect Hiroshi Hara who gave influence and posed problems. The inte…
24 May 2013
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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 the…
24 May 2013
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Experimenting with Windows
The following is an interview with architect Sou Fujimoto, who has designed many internationally rec…
14 Jan 2014