top light
Synonym :
skylight
roof window
Top light refers to a window installed in the roof to admit natural light from above. Windows installed in the roof may also be called top lights.
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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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CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2024
This fellowship program, launched jointly with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), is open t…
01 Aug 2023
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Windowless Buildings: Their Logic and Pathology
One characteristic element of the modernist architecture that emerged in the early twentieth century…
04 Aug 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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Double Vision
Selecting “wallpaper” or organizing files on a “desktop” are now familiar acts that can either take …
06 Jul 2023
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Issue 8: The Town of Floating Pigeon Lofts
Houses stand there, dotting the farmland. Small huts sit above them in the sky. It’s a bit of …
17 Aug 2023
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Does light stop within window panes? – Yuriko Kurimoto’s Window
Since Kunié Sugiura wrote about windows in New York last time, let’s start this article on the…
11 May 2023
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Terunobu Fujimori│005: The Katōmado of the Shizutani School Auditorium: An Un-Japanese Japanese Window
In this series, architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori, who has traveled extensively to study bui…
05 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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A Conversation with Christine Binswanger, Raúl Mera (Herzog & de Meuron)
Herzog & de Meuron, the Basel-based architectural duo, founded their firm in 1978 after studying…
24 May 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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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 bui…
20 Feb 2023
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Between Hatakeyama and Sugiura
Kokei and Jokei: Sights we see, scenes we feel Whenever transparent glass is installed into building…
02 Mar 2023
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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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The Divine Invasion: Aldo Rossi’s Windows without Glass
When we face the presence of towering walls, massive mountains, or solid architectural volumes, we f…
13 Feb 2023
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Screen Time
Screens are everywhere: stadiums, stations, billboards, buildings, refrigerators, thermostats, on ou…
25 Jan 2023
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Conversation with EMI Architekten
Ron Edelaar, Elli Mosayebi, and Christian Inderbitzin founded EMI Architekten in Zurich in 2005. The…
15 Dec 2022
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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 a…
21 Oct 2022
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Windows in the Tokunoshima, Amami Region: Boma Shimaguchi Dialect
Linguist Yasunari Ueda has been delving into the origins of words from around the world that mean “w…
26 Sep 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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CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2023
This fellowship program, launched jointly with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), is open t…
10 Aug 2022
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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 extensivel…
24 Aug 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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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 Prefec…
08 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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Architecture with “Madosoto” at all times and in all places
Fushimi: Today, as we begin our new series, “Madosoto: Outside Scenery,” we would like to discuss th…
18 Apr 2022
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No.0: Six Topics for Makoto Ueda’s Interpretation of the Window Space
To kick off the series “Vague Focal Space at the Window,” I interviewed Makoto Ueda, the former Edit…
18 Apr 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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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 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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A Conversation with Christ & Gantenbein
Christ & Gantenbein was formed in 1998 by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein after graduati…
31 Mar 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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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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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
The Prouvé House is an intriguing example of a building that was made by piecing together leftover p…
22 Oct 2021
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CCA-WRI Research Fellowship 2022
This fellowship program, launched jointly with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), is open t…
19 Oct 2021
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Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong
After his experience on a journey through villages and folk houses in 11 Asian and Middle Eastern co…
14 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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A Conversation with Peter Märkli
Peter Märkli, one of Switzerland’s leading architects, started his career after meeting his mentor, …
17 May 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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Yusho Takiguchi, Aram from Armenia
The atmosphere in a room viewed through a window. The outdoor scenery as you look through the window…
27 Apr 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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Today/Yesterday #2
This column is the second in a series by artist Yokomizo Shizuka, who lives in London. She weaves to…
09 Mar 2021
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The Smile Sealed Inside a Bubble—Natsume Soseki’s Inside Glass Doors
Natsume Soseki composed Inside Glass Doors at the end of his life. From inside his room, the “I” of …
16 Mar 2021
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From the “Window” Snapshots of the 1970s to Contemporary German Photography
Candida Höfer is one of Germany’s leading contemporary photographers. She studied under master photo…
03 Oct 2018
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A Conversation with Gion A. Caminada
Vrin is a village of fewer than 250 people nestled in a lush valley in the canton of Graubünden in e…
15 Feb 2021
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Shizuka Yokomizo｜Today/Yesterday #1
Today/Yesterday is a series of columns written by London-based artist Shizuka Yokomizo. She weaves …
14 Jan 2021
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Shinko Clock Shop/Window on the Workbench
Clock store on the island of Osaki Shimojima in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, operating since the Meij…
08 Jan 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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A Conversation with Mario Botta
Mario Botta, a master architect born in Ticino in the south of Switzerland, still lives and works in…
17 Nov 2020
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Rei Naito: Mirror Creation
Rei Naito is an artist who creates works that converse with the environments that surround them, pos…
02 Nov 2020
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Horizontal Outward Projecting Window
,In this sort of window, the upper frame serves as the axis of rotation: it moves up or down along a…
27 Oct 2020
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Chapter 3: The viewfinder—transparency and voyeurism from Albrecht Dürer to Ai Weiwei
Every representational image ever made is necessarily a finite framing of the outside world, a viewf…
08 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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The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture through Windows at the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art
The Window Research Institute will be holding an exhibition titled The Window: A Journey of Art and …
02 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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Vertical Outward Projecting Window
,In this sort of window, either the left or right frame serves as the axis of rotation: it moves to …
30 Jul 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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A Conversation with Gigon / Guyer
The Chair of Architectural Behaviorology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH…
17 Jun 2020
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High Altitude Window
,Installed in a high place such as the top of a stairwell, this sort of window facilitates “gravitat…
22 Apr 2020
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Windows in Photography: Conversations with Iwan Baan, Takashi Homma and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto
Three panelists discuss how photography, architecture, and windows are interrelated. They are Iwan B…
09 Apr 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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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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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 3
The following morning when I arrived at Classy’s house at the scheduled time, we met with another ma…
19 Jul 2017
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“Traditional” Balsamic Vinegar in Modena, Northern Italy
Among fruit vinegars made from grapes, a balsamic vinegar is an essential seasoning for Italian cuis…
14 Jan 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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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 2
After driving for about 7 minutes in Classy’s car, the windshield of which had a crack in it, we arr…
28 Jun 2017
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan, Part 1
,I headed further west from Turpan by train to arrive at a city in the western reaches of China call…
31 May 2017
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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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A Desert below Sea Level — Turpan, Part 3
What I learned from these grape-drying huts was that the key to a dwelling in a desert below sea lev…
19 Apr 2017
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Symbolic Realism
The pioneers (2) Talbot ,View of the Boulevards at Paris, 1843 William Henry Fox Talbot was in Franc…
11 Jul 2019
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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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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
,A window that opens and closes by moving two or more parallel panels vertically over two or more gr…
12 Jun 2019
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A Desert Below Sea Level — Turpan, Part 1
,What kind of place is a desert below sea level? ,,Turpan is located in the west of the Xinjiang Uyg…
08 Mar 2017
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Red Wine from the Terraced Fields of the Bormida Valley
The Bormida Valley is located in the southern part of Piedmont, a region in northwestern Italy locat…
28 May 2019
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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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Chapter 1: The studio – exploring the mind of the artist from Caspar David Friedrich to Spencer Finch
…reud’s shuttered, private space; Howard Hodgkin’s top light atelier or Jackson Pollock’s vast upstat…
26 Apr 2019
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Interview with Tom Emerson, 6a architects
Based in London, 6a architects is an acclaimed architectural office best known for its numerous cult…
22 Apr 2019
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Zhangcun: The Needs of the Underground Part 3
I realized something was strange here in the centenarian’s Yaodong. The entrances to Yaodongs are ge…
26 Jan 2017
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Gordon Matta-Clark and Apertures
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is currently featuring the exhibition Gordon Matta-Clark: M…
17 Sep 2018
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The Bauhaus and Its Influence in Japan
The Bauhaus, founded in 1919 in Weimar, Germany, laid the foundations for modern design with its inn…
09 Jul 2021
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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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Dry-cured Ham Culatello in Zibello Village
At the beginning of November, I drove a car north from Parma and aimed for Zibello village. As I pas…
28 Jan 2019
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Adobe Windows
Fenestration Observations is a series of window disquisitions by Matthew Fargo. In it, the translato…
23 Jan 2019
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Zhangcun: The Needs of the Underground Part 2
I’ve come to realize that meeting with elders is the best way to learn about their village. Walking …
05 Jan 2017
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Houses beyond the Places of Scenic Beauty (2)
Repeating myself the phrase “your house” in Chinese, the old man and I walked for about 40 minutes t…
08 Nov 2016
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Zhangcun, “needs of underground” Part 1
,A square hole on dry, ocherous land. ,,People live inside that hole. ,,I stopped in on the village …
09 Dec 2016
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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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Windows: Openings and devices
Laurent Stalder, a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), has rese…
12 Dec 2018
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Houses beyond the Places of Scenic Beauty (1)
,We arrive at the town of Wuzhen in northern Zhejiang after a two-hour bus ride from Shanghai. This …
05 Oct 2016
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Part 6: Proverbs Left to us by Laozi
The aperture in Japanese architecture is the “ma,” or “space between objects.” The aperture in weste…
05 Dec 2018
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Shanghai, Bars of Iron Sprouting from Windows (2)
My steps become lighter now that I’ve decided what I’ll look for. This is the beginning of a trip to…
21 Sep 2016
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Looking at Freespace through the Windows, Part 3
Vatican Pavilion (Holy See Pavilion) Andrew Berman Curators: Francesco Dal Co (Architectural Histori…
20 Nov 2018
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America (2)
French and German Traditions The French who had settled Quebec to trade fur descended south along th…
28 Feb 2017
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Looking at Freespace through the Windows, Part 2
The Arsenale Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura For Mexico-based architect Rozana Montiel, frees…
04 Nov 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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Vino Santo in Trentino
Drive a car east from Milan, go north through Verona and you will see the largest lake in Italy, Lak…
23 Oct 2018
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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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America (1)
When we hear the term “American houses”, we may generally tend to think of timber-frame houses that …
19 Jan 2017
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Part 5: To China International Window City!
The aperture in Japanese architecture is the “ma,” or “space between objects.” The aperture in weste…
22 Aug 2018
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Part 2: Jo-an
It seems reasonable to assume that chanoyu, or the Japanese “Way of Tea” established by …
10 Aug 2018
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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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You Make a Better Window Than a Door
Fenestration Observations is a series of window disquisitions by Matthew Fargo. In it, the translato…
18 Jul 2018
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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 …
19 Jun 2018
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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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The Window Works at the Existential and Philosophical Level
Windows will never cease to work, change, and evolve. In the final session of this interview series,…
02 Nov 2016
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Architectural Ethnography, Part B
To commemorate the opening of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia …
07 Jun 2018
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Part 1: Tai-an at Myoki-an Temple
Chashitsu or the Japanese tea room was a unique architecture that was built without any expressive…
17 May 2018
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The Window is the Difference between the Life and Death of a Space
There are many things you can understand about a company’s image by looking at the way it makes use …
11 Oct 2016
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Architectural Ethnography, Part A
To commemorate the occasion of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia…
01 Jun 2018
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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…
26 Apr 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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MOMAT Collection “Windows and Photography”
The Windows and Photography exhibition was held as a part of MOMAT Collection from May 24 to August …
06 Sep 2016
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Windows and Memories
The artist Leandro Erlich became quite a topic of conversation at this past “Windowology 10th Annive…
12 Apr 2018
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The Maniac Behind The Glasshouse
Kew Gardens is a botanical research institution situated in southwest London, and is home to the wor…
29 Jun 2016
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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 …
13 Jun 2016
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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 weste…
10 Apr 2018
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Tove Jansson’s Window
Photographer Takashi Homma introduces some compelling windows spliced between his own photos and tex…
06 Sep 2016
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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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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 o…
08 Mar 2016
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Exhibition “Present State(ment)”
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibit…
27 May 2016
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Boundary Window
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibit…
27 May 2016
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la fenêtre à la française
Six years have passed since I arrived in Paris. Although my daily life has been changing and evolvin…
17 Sep 2015
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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 “dis…
17 Sep 2015
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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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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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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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Thinking about Windows through Photography
Contemporary photographer Takashi Homma held a conversation on the theme of “Thinking about Windows …
17 Dec 2014
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Part 2: Apertures for View
Apertures have many purposes of uses. They are used as light sources, as ventilation, and as portals…
18 Oct 2017
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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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Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window Now Open
Enjoy the full breadth of window culture at YKK AP’s Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The Wo…
28 Sep 2017
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The Origin of the Idea
One of artist Shizuka Yokomizo’s emblematic works is her Stranger series, in which she has used phot…
26 Sep 2016
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YKK AP Windowology 10th Anniversary Symposium: Windows Represent Civilization and Culture
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 @ Spiral Hall (Minato-ku, Tokyo) A 9-hour academic symposium centered on wi…
28 Sep 2017
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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 wor…
22 Aug 2019
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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…
20 Sep 2017
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Societies and Fluctuations in Numbers of Windows—Some thoughts on the Question of “windows” During Times of Change
Societies with an Increase in Windows as the Modern The era of modernity was also the era of the win…
25 Jul 2019
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YKK AP presents Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window
Thursday, September 28 – Monday, October 9, 2017 (public holiday) @ Spiral Garden, Minato-ku, Tokyo …
10 Jul 2017
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Opening the Window and Greeting the World
“Windows are the most important element in architecture” says Michele De Lucchi, one of the most ren…
03 Aug 2016
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Terunobu Fujimori “Holes”
Terunobu Fujimori has been producing highly original architecture that makes use of nature, such as …
15 Jun 2021
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Steel House
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibit…
27 May 2016
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Supported a Symposium “THE SAGA OF CONTINUOUS ARCHITECTURE”
,YKK AP Window Research Institute supported a symposium, Yokohama International Port Terminal Compet…
30 May 2015
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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 weste…
08 Mar 2018
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Hiroshi Nakamura Windows and Affection
The following interview was held with architect Hiroshi Nakamura, who has been gaining recognition f…
19 Aug 2013
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Vol. 1: Windows in Japanese
Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “window” from around the world to e…
24 Apr 2018
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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 weste…
14 Feb 2018
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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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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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Part 1: The Window in Classical Architecture [The Hole]
The aperture in Japanese architecture is the “ma,” or “space between objects.” The aperture in weste…
09 Jan 2018
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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