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The term referring to movable fittings used for partitioning off a house among components with openings such as frames and glass. Or a collective term for doors, Shoji screens, etc.
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The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture Through Windows
…n the windows that have been intimately connected to our daily lives since ancient times, assembled a group of various works dealing with windows, and invaluable drawings by architects. ,, The Window:…
29 Nov 2019
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The Nordic Window Window Behaviorology in Nordic Architecture
05 Apr 2024
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“Window Behaviorology” is exhibited at VILLUM Window Collection, Denmark
Windows and daylight influence our behavior. This is unpacked in VILLUM Window Collection’s new exhibition curated by Japanese architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow), who has devoted many yea…
05 Apr 2024
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Swiss Window Journeys Architectural Field Notes
09 Apr 2024
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“Light is Light and Light”
…gns. Martien de Vletter, the CCA’s Associate Director of Collection who was involved in the organization of the show, lays out for us the materials in the CCA’s Shoei Yoh fonds and reflects on her con…
04 Apr 2024
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Windows: Overlapping and passing through
… sense that you can pass through it if you choose to do so. A window is an ambiguous thing. The Liminal exhibition was held in 2022 at Kakinokisou (The Persimmon Tree House), a wooden apartment build…
25 Mar 2024
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Shoei Yoh: A Journey of Light—Introduction
Architect Shoei Yoh began his creative career as an interior designer in the 1970s. In 2019, he donated materials from his professional archive to Kyushu University, where they are currently being cat…
21 Mar 2024
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Windows of the Villejuif Temporary School｜Jean Prouvé’s Windows #3
After being driven out of the Maxéville Factory in Nancy, Prouvé was prepared to go into retirement at his self-built home. Yet, he would begin developing new window designs again after reuniting with…
28 Mar 2024
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Issue 11: Joined Somewhere, Connected Throughout—Chen Chi-Kwan, Tunghai University Methodist Hall
…ing-Fong Lin from Taiwan won the 1952 competition to plan the school’s campus. While it’s unclear what happened next, I.M. Pei, a judge for this contest, ended up actually taking over the …
04 Mar 2024
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Terunobu Fujimori│007: The Shōji of the Rinshunkaku
In this series, architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori, who has traveled extensively to study buildings of various times and places, will be introducing a selection of notably intriguing windows fo…
01 Feb 2024
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Gerrit Rietveld – A sense of space
…uses, and of these very little is known. Dutch photographer Arjan Bronkhorst (b. 1972), who established his credentials in 2013 with the bestseller Grachtenhuizen/Amsterdam Canal Houses, went in searc…
27 Mar 2023
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The Windows of the Komai House by W. M. Vories & Co.
The soon-to-be 100-year-old Komai House, now called the Taku & Shizue Komai Museum, stands along a canal path in Kitashirakawa, a suburban neighborhood in Kyoto’s Sakyo Ward with open views of Mou…
15 Jan 2024
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A Conversation with François Charbonnet (Made in)
…haviorology (CAB): Windows go beyond architecture to serve as highly technical components of transport infrastructure, as you see in trains or cable cars in Switzerland. A project like Villa Chardonne…
25 Jan 2024
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Windows of the Aichi University of the Artsby Junzo Yoshimura and Akio Okumura:The Concrete Science of Living with Nature
The Aichi University of the Arts was built to the designs of Junzo Yoshimura and Akio Okumura in 1966. Situated in the forested hills of Nagakute, Aichi, the campus was planned with consideration of e…
19 Jan 2024
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Issue 10: The Billowing School—Chen Ren-He, Wave Building, San Sin High School of Commerce and Home Economics (Kaohsiung)
…s are known at all in Japan. Today I’d like to introduce works by a likely even less-known architect in this “first generation,” Chen Ren-He. In Taiwan, his materials have been archi…
10 Jan 2024
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Nakagin Capsule Tower
,The architectural movement of Metabolism arose in the 1960s, when Japan’s cities began to reemerge from the devastation of World War II. It was led by the critic Noboru Kawazoe, architects such as Ki…
22 Dec 2023
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Katsura Catholic Church
,Completed in 1965, the Katsura Catholic Church in Kyoto is known as the only George Nakashima-designed building in Japan. The structure of the main building is composed simply of a thin, rhomboid hyp…
12 Jan 2024
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Tilt windows
,Tilt windows have a horizontal rotational axis along the bottom of the frame and are opened by being tilted inwards. As they do not open wide, they are particularly effective from a security standpoi…
05 Feb 2024
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Awning windows
,Awning windows have a horizontal rotational axis along the top of the frame and are opened by being pushed outwards. The glass surface acts as an awning, keeping rain from being blown inside. Some ar…
12 Dec 2023
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Folding windows
,Folding windows consist of two or more hinge-connected panels that form a single door, which can be folded away along the length of the opening. They are characterized by their ability to create wide…
27 Feb 2024
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Stacked awning windows
,Stacked awning windows are composed of a vertical arrangement of sashes that swing up and outwards all at once with the use of a handle. They allow one to control the amount of airflow by adjusting t…
08 Mar 2024
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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 buildings of various times and places, will be introducing a selection of notably intriguing windows fo…
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 to accomplished professionals who hold a doctoral degree or have substantial work experience and a co…
01 Aug 2023
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The Prince Karuizawa: The Materiality of Kiyoshi Seike’s Windows
…modation wing, the hotel is thoughtfully designed to harmoniously engage its rich natural surroundings through a variety of openings, such as picture windows that frame a view of the majestic Mount As…
12 Oct 2023
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Issue 9: The Windy County Office—Yilan County Hall (Atelier Zo)
While this column has primarily introduced the windows of unnamed buildings in Taiwan, there are a number of works of modern and contemporary architecture that I would like to discuss. One such struct…
31 Oct 2023
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A Tea House for Schönbrunn has been exhibited at the Japanese Garden in Schönbrunn
“Learning from the Japanese Tea House”, a project granted by the Window Research Institute for the fiscal year 2022, has been open to the public at the Japanese Garden in Schönbrunn. ,, A …
14 Jul 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 is the large window. That is, windows much larger as compared to those of traditional European maso…
04 Aug 2023
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A Conversation with Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter
…hansen at their shared office space in Copenhagen to learn more about their work. ,You have developed a number of unique projects that are deeply related to their environmental context. For example, …
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 place on our digital devices or in our living rooms. Through the screen’s interface, we gain access …
06 Jul 2023
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Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen’s Showcase windows of the Pohjola Insurance Building
…re recessed approximately 50 centimeters, helping to emphasize the façade ornamentation. ,,,,,,Showcase windows of the Pohjola Insurance Building Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren, Eliel Saarinen Helsi…
25 Aug 2023
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Windowology archive vol.1 2007-2010
The first book in the series that archived “Windowology” research that Window Research Institute has developed together with researchers and laboratories from 2007. This book contains research results…
29 Jul 2015
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Issue 8: The Town of Floating Pigeon Lofts
…sheet iron known as tiepiwu are frequently added atop the roofs of houses in Taiwan (many of which are apparently built without permission). Added bay windows are also commonly seen, where you may fin…
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 topic of the American windows that were once in Nagoya. Yamato Seimei Building (originally the Nago…
11 May 2023
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Transition of Kikugetsutei, Equipment In Between
This booklet contains the findings of the Waseda University Norihito Nakatani Seminarʼs Windowology research titled “Study on Hashirama-Sochi; Equipment In Between.” This study illustrates a history o…
29 Sep 2016
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WindowScape3: Window Workology
This book presents findings from the Tokyo Institute of Technology Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratoryʼs Windowology research themed on “Window Workology” (2014–2015). This third volume in the …
22 Feb 2017
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Conversations on Windows and Architecture
… compiled in this catalogue, which was handed out to visitors to the Japan Pavilion during the Biennale. ,, Conversations on Windows and Architecture Window Research Institute Interviewee: miCo.,Fumin…
06 Sep 2016
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WINDOWSCAPE: A Windowology Exhibition
This is the exhibition catalogue for WINDOWSCAPE: A Windowology Exhibition—The Research Behind the Milano Salone Exhibit (Tokyo Midtown Design Hub, 2014), which was the homecoming show of an exhibit Y…
28 Sep 2015
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Thinking About Architecture from Their Windows
This book presents findings from the Tohoku University Taro Igarashi Laboratoryʼs Windowology research themed on “Window History” (2007–2009). The book looks at architecture from a historical perspect…
10 Jun 2014
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WindowScape 2: Window and Streetscape Genealogy
This book presents findings from the Tokyo Institute of Technology Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratoryʼs Windowology research on “Window and Streetscape Genealogy” (2011–2013). Building on research compile…
28 Feb 2014
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Towards Windows: Windows into Society and Culture
This book is a compendium of 60 disquisitions that consider windows from various angles. The book was produced based on Windowology research conducted by the Tohoku University Taro Igarashi Laboratory…
28 Nov 2013
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WindowScape: Window Behaviorology
This book presents findings from the Tokyo Institute of Technology Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratoryʼs Windowology research themed on “Window Behaviorology” (2007–2009). It reads as a catalogue of beauti…
01 Oct 2010
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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 buildings of various times and places, will be introducing a selection of notably intriguing windows fo…
05 Jul 2023
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The Experimental Design of the KATONO House in Sapporo
Known as an experimental work of modern architecture tailored for Hokkaido’s climate, the KATONO House (Personal Residence) in Sapporo designed by renowned Hokkaido architect Tetsu Katono (1924–2009) …
12 Apr 2023
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Donald Judd and Windows: Contemplating Openings Through the Artist’s Interior Designs and Architectural Renovations
0. Introduction——Why Judd Now? Donald Judd (1928–94), an icon of American Minimalism, has many admirers in the architecture world. Presumably, this is because his artwork is loaded with allusions to a…
07 Feb 2024
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A Conversation with Christine Binswanger, Raúl Mera (Herzog & de Meuron)
…t forms of windows in Switzerland we looked at historical examples of sanatoriums in the Alpine region. Places like the Schatzalp Hotel in Davos, which also featured in Thomas Mann’s Der Zauberberg (T…
24 May 2023
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Kay FiskerStorefront at Stefansgård
The apartment building in Copenhagen. Due to restrictions placed on the use of steel during World War II, a steel lintel could not be used. Kay Fisker instead used layers of traditional brick arches t…
17 May 2023
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Kunié Sugiura – My Window
A window is a structure that lets light into a room and provides a view of the outside world, but when windows appear in photographs, they are often there to serve as a background or explanation for t…
02 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 buildings of various times and places, will be introducing a selection of notably intriguing windows fo…
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 buildings or trains or cars, a boundary is established, resulting in the creation of an inside and an outsid…
02 Mar 2023
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Issue 7: The Slate Village Down the Mountains: Pingtung
…ng at my office, and there are even native legislators. There’s nothing unusual about them if you live in Taiwan. It seems that if you were to linguistically classify the native Taiwanese, they…
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 feel both fear and affection. The nature of a solid wall seems to suggest something divine or sublime…
13 Feb 2023
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Screen Time
Screens are everywhere: stadiums, stations, billboards, buildings, refrigerators, thermostats, on our wrists, and in our hands. As a physical interface and virtual portal, screens are also the digital…
25 Jan 2023
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Arne JacobsenBoll House
This Jacobsen’s early residential work is in the suburbs of Copenhagen. This is a bay window with a semi-regular hexagonal plane protruding from a traditional yellow brick wall, and a radiator i…
10 Feb 2023
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Arne JacobsenHarby Elementary School
The atrium hall with paintings on the wall in Harvey Elementary School on the island of Funen. Three windows which straddle the border between the roof and the wall take the northern skylight into the…
13 Jan 2023
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Arne JacobsenSoholm I
The Soholm Row Houses are built at Bellevue Beach, and Jacobsen himself purchased one of the Soholm I units for use, making the interior a place of work. The meeting room on the first floor has storag…
10 Mar 2023
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Window Behaviorology on Nordic Architecture
13 Sep 2022
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Conversation with EMI Architekten
…erous projects awarded via competitions. Parallel to their practice, research and teaching have been critical aspects of their endeavours, and Elli Mosayebi has been a Professor for Architecture and D…
15 Dec 2022
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Issue 6: Beckoning Qilous
Just about everyone in Taiwan eats similar food from the countless semi-outdoor dining halls there. The students all line up for newly opened chicken stores, and the old men dully slurp their wonton n…
27 Oct 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 am drawn with fascination to all that unfolds before my eyes. All is there on the other side of the w…
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 “window” to understand how the concepts behind them have evolved over the ages. In this article, he fo…
26 Sep 2022
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[Extended till Summer 2023]Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at the VILLUM Window Collection, Denmark
Please refer to the event archive from below link: ,,After being exhibited at the three Japan Houses in Los Angeles, São Paulo, and London, we are excited to announce that the exhibition Windowology: …
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 to accomplished professionals who hold a doctoral degree or have substantial work experience and a co…
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 extensively to study buildings of various times and places, will be introducing a selection of notably intrigu…
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 survey the quiet guesthouse before my friends woke up. While the stonework building appeared to only …
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 Prefecture Tea Industry Chamber, which is currently used for tea classes as the Uji tea dojo “Takumi no Ya…
08 Jul 2022
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Online seminar“Above/Below/Between: Light on a Damaged Planet”
…l Sets” CCA-WRI committee member Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Co-Founder of Atelier Bow-Wow and Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology) Gökçe Günel (Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University)…
22 Aug 2022
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Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Windows in New Mexico
…. There, she lived between two adobe homes well into her nineties. She improved these houses in a variety of ways and made changes to their windows particularly often. We trace her footsteps by way of…
24 Jun 2022
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Sapporo Agricultural College Farm No. 2/Window for Corn Storage
A grain store built in 1876 on the campus of Hokkaido University in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. Under the large-scale agricultural management plan of Dr. Clark, a warehouse for storing corn, which serves …
10 Jun 2022
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Osaki lacquerware shop/Lacquer and Clerestory
…placed windows enable heat and steam from the pot to escape and provide light. The high-placed windows can be opened and closed from the room on the second floor. The pillars and beams on the walls ar…
13 May 2022
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Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at Japan House Los Angeles
The Window Research Institute has held an online exhibition titled Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles since October 24, 2020. JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles launched a…
24 Oct 2020
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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. It’s one of the farthest locations from Taiwan’s center, its sweet potato-shaped main i…
25 May 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 the scenery outside the window. First, let me explain this series’ main purpose. This website has many…
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 Editor in Chief of Toshi Jutaku (Urban Housing) and GA HOUSES. Here, Mr. Ueda has offered six examples t…
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 living environment comfortable. Yet, there is also a type of window whose main purpose is to expose th…
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
…n this house, the fireplace attracted my interest together with YOSHIMURA’s famous saying, “A good house is the one with something of a vague focal space, or a center of spatial gravity.&#…
30 Mar 2022
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Yosuitei, Thirteen-Window Tearoom
…ion hall with a dais at the residence of Kakujo Goto, a sword engraver and Maeda clan liege based in Kyo (present-day Kyoto). Designed by Enshu Kobori, the multiwindowed teahouse is also referred to a…
24 Mar 2022
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Windowology archive vol.3 2014-2016
The third book in the series that archived “Windowology” research that Window Research Institute has developed together with researchers and laboratories from 2007. This book contains research results…
29 Mar 2018
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Windowology archive vol.2 2011-2013
The second book in the series that archived “Windowology” research that Window Research Institute has developed together with researchers and laboratories from 2007. This book contains research result…
29 Sep 2017
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Windowology: Selected Research
This series of booklets contains an abridged version of a selection of the “Windowology” research that Window Research Institute has developed together with researchers and laboratories. Window Resear…
29 Dec 2019
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Fifty stories around Window and Architecture
This book provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the results of past “Windowology” research by architects, researchers, and YKK AP. Editors are as follows: Toshiharu Ikaga, who spec…
29 Sep 2017
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Looking Through: Le Corbusier Windows
29 Nov 2019
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Yoshitika Utida: Window and Architecture Seminars
Yoshitika Utida and Window Research Institute held a series of lectures in which he considered architecture through windows with young architects and researchers in 2015. The book Yoshitika Utida: Win…
29 Oct 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 the public after the architecture collective GROUP completed a partial renovation of its interior wall…
01 Apr 2022
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Window Research Institute: New Website Launched
The Window Research Institute has renovated its website on March 31st, 2022. With this renovation, we overhauled the design and layout of the website and improved searchability to make it easier for u…
14 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 extensively to study buildings of various times and places, will be introducing a selection of notably intrigu…
24 Mar 2022
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The Yosuitei13 Bokusekimado
… and it is named based on its location. It serves to bring light inside to improve visibility of the calligraphy work and flowers displayed in the alcove. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chash…
06 Dec 2021
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The Yosuitei11 Shitajimado, 12 Renjimado and Kendonbusuma
,11 Shitajimado The shitajimado (exposed lath window) positioned near the ceiling beside the decorative alcove (tokonoma) is another unique feature of this teahouse, and it is thought to have provide…
05 Dec 2021
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The Yosuitei06/07 Shitajimado and Renjimado, 08 Nijiriguchi, 09/10 Shitajimado and Renjimado
… (lit. “narrow door”). These door panels are said to have originally been made by cutting wood board shutters (amado), and the simplicity of their designs speaks to their origins. They are constructed…
04 Dec 2021
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The Yosuitei03 Furosakimado
…) measuring about 55 centimeters in height and 42 to 45 centimeters in width, and it is equipped with a sill set about 23 centimeters from the surface of the floor, a frame with rounded inner corners,…
02 Dec 2021
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The Yosuitei01/02 Shikishimado
…ouble sliding paper screens (shōji), while the bottom opening is a shitajimado (exposed lath window) with a single sliding paper screen. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique b…
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 renjimado (slatted window), and he has done so in three places at the Yosuitei. This shitajimado has a…
03 Dec 2021
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Shikidō/Frosted Glass Window for Study
…g windows with frosted glass. A low desk with inkstones and brushes was placed in front of these windows, where he used the natural light for his studies. A wooden lattice is placed outside the window…
04 Mar 2022
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A Conversation with Christ & Gantenbein
Christ & Gantenbein was formed in 1998 by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein after graduating from ETH Zurich. To date, they have been involved in a wide range of projects, including the reno…
31 Mar 2022
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Online Event “Hashirama Sōchi: Richness of Space in Japanese Architecture – Talk by Nakatani Norihito” Presented by Japan House London
On Tuesday, February 22, Japan House London will present an online event featuring Nakatani Norihito. ,,Date Tuesday 22 February 2022 Time 12:00–13:00 GMT/ 21:00–22:00 JST Location Online Bookings E…
18 Feb 2022
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Hayashi Grape Labo/Greenhouse Window
… Tokyo Institute of Technologyʼs Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
04 Feb 2022
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Online Event “Windowology: Talk by Igarashi Tarō” Presented by Japan House London
On Thursday, January 27, Japan House London will present an online event featuring Windowology Exhibition Director Igarashi Tarō. ,,Date Thursday 27 January 2022 Time 12:00–13:00 GMT/ 21:00–22:00 JS…
26 Jan 2022
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Kadomi Family Residence/Watchtower Window
…g year. The Sea of Japan is visible from the watchtower in one corner of the main building. From there, one could check the unloading status of the Kitamae-bune (cargo vessels that sailed the Sea of J…
14 Jan 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 of being in another land, but in a different way from mainland Taiwan, whether I encountered a pack 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 extensively to study buildings of various times and places, will be introducing a selection of notably intrigu…
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 Prefecture. The depth of the thick section of the closet is enough for the window to be deep-set, dimm…
03 Dec 2021
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Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at Japan House London
After being exhibited at Japan House São Paulo, the exhibition Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan arrives at Japan House London on 1 December 2021 and is scheduled to be on display throug…
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 ethnicities and religions live in Taiwan. While I flew to Taiwan’s main island for this installment,…
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 Views from Japan, from 1 December 2021 until 24 April 2022 at Japan House London. Booking from here. …
01 Oct 2021
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Kosho Shogakudo/Window for Books
The shopfront of this secondhand bookstore in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, features built-in bookcases facing the street by the entrance, overflowing with old books. At night, when the showcases are illuminat…
05 Nov 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 parts from past projects. In the second article of this series, Shin Yokoo examines how Prouvé incorp…
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 to accomplished professionals who hold a doctoral degree or have substantial work experience and a co…
19 Oct 2021
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Hatcho Miso Kakukyu/Window of Miso Storehouse
This Hatcho Miso storehouse (okura) in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, was built in 1907 and is now a museum. The second floor was a site of soybean production, where steamed soybeans were spread over…
06 Oct 2021
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Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong
…will pursue the many faces of Taiwan as it exists today as seen through windows. ,,It has been five years since I started living in Taiwan. Contemporary Taiwan is, for the most part, a country where y…
14 Sep 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 has been designated as an important national cultural property. This building in Masuda-cho, which i…
07 Sep 2021
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Fujiwara Bee Farm/Window for Bees
A bee farm founded in 1901 in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. Originally, beehives were left exposed to the weather outside, but in severely cold areas, hives are placed in huts during the winter. Wit…
20 Aug 2021
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“WINDOWOLOGY: Estudo de janelas no Japão” at Japan House São Paulo
…s in Japan) at Japan House São Paulo from June 29 to August 22, 2021. ,…
03 Aug 2021
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Four Tectonic Features that Reside Within Prouvé’s Window Details
…was born in 1901 in Nancy, France, and he went on to produce a great number of designs (primarily furniture and buildings) during his lifetime. Influenced by his father, Victor, who led an Art Nouveau…
04 Aug 2021
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Former Sugihara Residence/Repeated Window for Sericulture
…he cocooning frames, and extracting the filaments to make silk. So that sericulture production can take place, high windows are installed between each space to let in light. The sliding doors are loca…
09 Jul 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-long trip. While I had decided where to go ahead of time to some degree, there was still some freedom …
07 Jul 2021
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“WINDOWOLOGY: Estudo de janelas no Japão” at Japan House São Paulo
…Japan House São Paulo on June 29 and is scheduled to be on display through August 22 with free admission. Starting from the role windows play in design, in the construction of social relations, in the…
02 Jul 2021
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Restored Salt Pan Kamaya/Thatched Roof with Ventilation Window
This is the restored saltworks in the Ako City Marine Science Museum at the Hyogo Prefecture. Ako, which is blessed with the calm climate of Seto Inland Sea, has been known as a salt-producing town si…
04 Jun 2021
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Supported an Exhibition “Co-ownership of Action: Trajectories of Elements” at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia
Window Research Institute supported an exhibition “Co-ownership of Action: Trajectories of Elements,” at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia. , Outline of the Bien…
22 May 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, the architect Rudolf Olgiati. In 1978 he established his own studio, Studio Märkli, in Zurich. Since…
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 trains enter and leave from the double-opening wooden doors at the front. The doors can be fixed open …
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. The moving views you see from a train window. Windows give vague boundaries to our everyday lives,…
27 Apr 2021
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Mineral Workshop/Polycarbonate Roofing for the Salt Production
Salt workshop in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture. Seawater is suctioned via pump from the nearby Japan Sea to the flat tank outside the building. The seawater is concentrated by a factor of 8 and th…
07 Apr 2021
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The Storage Shed/Window of the Traditional Herring Fishing in Hokkaido
A flat wooden fishing boat shed in the Historical Village of Hokkaido. The storage shed is a facility used to temporarily store the obtained herring. After the fishing season, it was used as a warehou…
24 Mar 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, moving ever westward from there, and I was now on a short flight from Egypt headed to my final destinat…
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 together photographs and text to show us what she sees through her windows as the everyday changes dra…
09 Mar 2021
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The Smile Sealed Inside a Bubble—Natsume Soseki’s Inside Glass Doors
… known outside Japan for The Bear and the Paving Stone, which has been translated into English. An admirer of Soseki and the author of the book of essays Wandering Windows, Horie offers an alluring tr…
16 Mar 2021
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Former Shimauta Post Office/Wooden Counter and the Window
This is a wooden, two-story post office in the Historical Village of Hokkaido built in 1902. It was restored in 1960. The modern-day post office was launched in Hokkaido in 1872. This building only ha…
05 Mar 2021
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Nasu Shochu Brewery/Shochu, Rice Fields and the Window
A brewery founded in 1917 in Kuma-gun, Kumamoto Prefecture. Since its founding, it has continued to brew the shochu “Kuma-no-Izumi” by hand such as making malt with a morobuta (small box for making ma…
24 Feb 2021
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Takashi Homma on photographing the window in Le Corbusier’s architecture
Eye Camera Window: Takashi Homma on Le Corbusier will be presented at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal. On display is a series of Takashi Homma’s photographs reflecting the photogr…
12 Feb 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 photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, and is today widely known as a practitioner of the Becher school of…
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 eastern Switzerland. It is also the home of architect Gion A. Caminada, who has designed many buildin…
15 Feb 2021
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An Interview with Richard McGuire, the author of Here: Everything is Transitory
Here is a graphic novel spanning more than 300 pages that allows readers to experience millions of years of time while observing a single corner of a room. Since its first publication in 2014, the wor…
26 Jan 2021
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Nanpo Tometaro Shoten/Windows of the Smokehouse
…ol smoking” method, in which food is smoked for 1 to 3 weeks at a temperature of about 20°C to produce a delicious scent and a golden color. The smoking is done with a sawdust blend consisting of the …
03 Feb 2021
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Takashi Homma Looking Through: Le Corbusier Windows has been reprinted and is now back in stock
,Takashi Homma’s Looking Through: Le Corbusier Windows has been reprinted from the first edition and is now back in stock. Find your nearest stockist here. ,Looking Through: Le Corbusier Windows By Ta…
27 Jan 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 still being used today. The interior features double sliding sweep-out windows along the corridors …
20 Jan 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 together photographs and text to show us what she observes through her windows as the everyday gentl…
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 Meiji period. The main building on the first floor functions as both a store and a workshop, featuring a…
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 city. From there, I followed the Nile River north for about ten days back to Cairo together with acquai…
10 Dec 2020
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Japan House Los Angeles Presents a Webinar Discussion “New Views: The Influence of Windows on Architecture and Society”
… discussion featuring Windowology Exhibition Director Igarashi Tarō and L.A.-based architect, Yanai Takashi. ,,Date 12.07.2020 Time 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (PST) Location Online Fee Complimentary Reg…
04 Dec 2020
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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 remarkable even among nearby plants, with a ceiling of approximately 9.5 m high. The fabrics dyed on t…
02 Dec 2020
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Dreh-Kipp Windows
…rm Dreh-Kipp consists of the German words drehen (to turn) and kippen (to tilt). , Index of Window Sounds and Movements For this project, we sought to extract and observe the sounds and movements asso…
13 Nov 2020
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An Alien Landscape from the Window
…lm of the imagination–––––these are multicolored stories about windows written and painted by Korean watercolor artist Byun Young Geun. ,,A few years ago, I travelled to Ladakh in India. I’ll never fo…
19 Nov 2020
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A Conversation with Mario Botta
…ans from his early residential projects in Ticino to the Watari-um Museum in Tokyo. ,Chair of Architectural Behaviorology (CAB): Since this interview will be shared with a Japanese audience we though…
17 Nov 2020
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Former Hirose Photo Studio/Roof Glass with Curtains
This is a wooden, two-story restored photo studio in the Historical Village of Hokkaido. The roof on the north side is glass known as a single slant, and the frosted glass is layered and thatched simi…
10 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, posing the question “Isn’t simply existing on the earth a blessing in itself?” In the case of Mirror Cr…
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 groove or rail attached to the top and bottom of the window frame. The window opens when the lower …
27 Oct 2020
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Japan House Los Angeles Unveils New Exhibition: “Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan”
Exhibition Marks First for JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles Since Pandemic Closure; Featuring Windows & Their Unique Perspectives on the World ,,The Window Research Institute is proud to announce the launc…
28 Oct 2020
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Suzuki Morihisa Studio/Window of the Ironware Studio
Nanbu Ironware studio in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, founded in 1625. The current building dates back to 1885, the year after a large fire broke out in the town, and was built in the machiya style with…
20 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 viewfinder presenting only what the creator wants us to see. This finite point of view is configured insi…
08 Oct 2020
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Life Seeps Through Frosted Glass
…lm of the imagination–––––these are multicolored stories about windows written and painted by Korean watercolor artist Byun Young Geun. ,,Since I came to Tokyo, I’ve started taking frequent walks. Loo…
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 Fustat stood slightly to the south. In this region now known as Old Cairo is the oldest mosque on the…
15 Sep 2020
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Uzen Silk Scouring/Window for Steam Discharge
A silk scouring plant founded in 1906 in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. Silk scouring is achieved by soaking the raw silk in boiling water infused with chemicals to remove impurities such as prot…
08 Sep 2020
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Nature Behind a Curtain Wall
…lm of the imagination–––––these are multicolored stories about windows written and painted by Korean watercolor artist Byun Young Geun. ,,This is something that happened while I was walking around Tok…
02 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 has held an exhibition titled The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture through Windows together with the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOC…
25 Aug 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 Architecture through Windows together with the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art…
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 cultural assets that refers to any architectural element that can be placed in the bays between columns. Ex…
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 the left or right along a groove or rail attached to the top and bottom of the window frame. The oth…
30 Jul 2020
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Izumo Mingeishi Studio/Window of Drying Room
Windows of the drying room at a Japanese paper studio. To make Izumo folk-craft paper, the pressed paper is affixed to kiln-heated iron plates to dry. Near the window stands a brick kiln, on top of wh…
20 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. Though most capitals are busy, Cairo seemed especially so. Just walking from my hotel out into the …
15 Jul 2020
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Supported an Exhibition “Rei Naito: Mirror Creation”
Window Research Institute supported an exhibition “Rei Naito: Mirror Creation,” at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. ,Outline of the Exhibition Rei Naito: Mirror Creation …
27 Jun 2020
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Exhibition delays – The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture Through Windows at MIMOCA
Due to disruption caused by the coronavirus, The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture Through Windows at the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA; Kagawa, Japan) has bee…
25 Jun 2020
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A Conversation with Gigon / Guyer
…chitects based in Switzerland on their approaches to designing windows. The first interview was with Annette Gigon / Mike Guyer Architects, who are also Professors at ETHZ. Since they established thei…
17 Jun 2020
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Power Window
,Windows that open and close mainly through electric power using a switch or remote control to operate them are called power windows. As they can be opened and closed without touching them directly, t…
02 Jun 2020
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The Architecture of the Window
In addition to his design practice, the architect Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani has also cultivated a unique philosophical approach to the fields of architectural theory and history through his writings…
07 May 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 “gravitational ventilation” by making use of how warm air rises. They are opened and closed using a switch or…
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 Baan, who has been photographing prominent architectural works by the world’s leading architect…
09 Apr 2020
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Chiharu Shiota The Sense of Daily Life and Smells Soaked into Windows Gives Power to My Work
Chiharu Shiota is an ever-active Berlin-based artist. In works such as her large-scale installations that tie spaces together with massive amounts of threads, she has used clothes, beds, suitcases, an…
15 Oct 2019
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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 lives, the people who created them must not have looked too different from us. The questions of how…
02 Apr 2020
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Religion and Cities: Isfahan, Iran
…ce three times a day, and a beautiful Adhan (call to prayer) rings throughout the city to let everyone know when it is time. Every part of life in Iran has been shaped by a single religion. Yet someon…
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 to the above status will be communicated through our website or social media. https://www.japanhous…
03 Feb 2020
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Chapter 2: The frame – the window as optical device or trompe l’oeil from Mantegna to Ryan Gander
Whether facing outwards to the world or inwards to the self, an artist is often restrained by the framing device of the window—unable to break free from a rectilinear box or blank surface that demands…
03 Feb 2020
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The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture Through Windows at MOMAT, Tokyo
…e Through Windows at MOMAT from November 1, 2019, to February 2, 2020. This exhibition will travel to the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA; Kagawa, Japan), where it will b…
02 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 man who seemed to be about the same age as Classy. After finishing a cigarette the three of us left th…
19 Jul 2017
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Casement Window
,Casement windows open by rotating horizontally to the left and right from the center, taking either the left or right edge as an axis. Some open into the interior, while others open onto the exterior…
18 Dec 2019
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“Traditional” Balsamic Vinegar in Modena, Northern Italy
…ce the Middle Ages. The reason why Modena is said to be the birthplace of balsamic vinegar is because the region’s soil, topography and climatic conditions are ideal for grapes (varieties: Lambrusco, …
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 thousand years. Its tiered homes are built along the mountain’s steep face, and it seems to also…
03 Dec 2019
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 2
…the thick, silky fields. A portion of it was open to tourists as a scenic area, and though I did not see anyone who appeared to be a tourist, there were walkways, rest areas, and other such things, so…
28 Jun 2017
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The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture Through Windows at MOMAT, Tokyo
…e Through Windows at MOMAT from November 1, 2019, to February 2, 2020. This is an exhibition that focuses on windows. Building on over a decade of research conducted through the Window Research Instit…
01 Nov 2019
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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 called Kashgar. From there, I climbed a mountain for 7 hours aboard a bus that kicked up sand and dust a…
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 created by the desert. It’s as if one must pass through other planets before arriving in another cit…
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 onto the Atlantic Ocean, covered on all sides by low-hanging eaves. Inside, a series of sofas and ta…
21 Aug 2017
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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 level was creating shadows by bricks, poplar, and a few branches and leaves as well as ventilating the …
19 Apr 2017
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Ch.2 Symbolic Realism
The pioneers (2) Talbot ,View of the Boulevards at Paris, 1843 William Henry Fox Talbot was in France between May and June 1843. The main reason for his trip was to teach a series of aspiring calotypi…
11 Jul 2019
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Casa Barragan
The window looking onto the inner garden of Louis Barragan’s house is divided into a large fixed window and a lattice window. The bottom left window is comprised of a glass door, an iron grille and a …
07 Aug 2017
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Matsumoto Shin String Shop / Window of the Violin Studio
The Matsumoto Shin String Shop in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, is a violin studio founded in 1928, which provides services of making and repairing stringed instruments, such as violin and cello. Pr…
09 Jul 2019
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Casa Priet Lopez
A window looking onto the garden of a house built by Louis Barragan in the wealthy residential neighborhood of San Angel in Mexico City. While the house is closed to the street by means of a fence, wi…
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-e Soleymān. An archeological site centered around a massive crater lake, Takht-e Soleymān is said t…
03 Jul 2019
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017 Assisi / Rome / Tivoli / Helensburgh
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
12 Jul 2017
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Thresholds between Coexistence and Architecture
…e, but metaphorically they connect us emotionally to the city—according to him. What possibilities does he find in windows? We spoke to him about them by referring to three existing architectural work…
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 grooves or rails is called a double sliding window, where both the top and bottom panels move. These s…
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 the top, and a showcase window with sliding glass doors on the bottom. An additional aluminum sheet fo…
03 Jul 2017
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Japan Through the Window Selected for Phase 3 of the Japan House Touring Exhibition Project
Following a strict selection process, the jury for the 3rd phase of the Japan House Touring Exhibition Project has chosen Japan Through the Window (working title) to be presented at the Japan House lo…
06 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 Uyghur Autonomous Region, an autonomous region of China. The city has long served people as an oasis of…
08 Mar 2017
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016 Paris / Amsterdam
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
15 Jun 2017
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Red Wine from the Terraced Fields of the Bormida Valley
…ields and registered with Slow Food. I would like to investigate the architectural devices involved in producing wine in these harsh natural conditions. The museum, called Monte Oliveto, was built in …
28 May 2019
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Goddards
… one of which is a bench with room for two people to sit, and below two of which are benches with room for a single person to sit. ,,,Goddards 1 House / Surrey, England / Cfb This article is an excerp…
21 Jun 2017
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Double Sliding Window
…closing, and its original form can be traced back to the yarido sliding panels of the Heian era (B.C. 794 to 1185). They are commonly used even today in Japanese homes. , Index of Window Sounds and Mo…
15 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 that seemed to be striped red and white, sharp and freshly shaved mountains colored bright red, and co…
08 May 2019
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Goddards
…m table is set. A steel sash sits in between the stone lintel and windowsills, and each window is composed of a combination of both fixed windows and casement windows. ,,,Goddards 2 House / Surrey, En…
05 Jun 2017
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015 Assisi / Paris / Amsterdam
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
17 May 2017
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Chapter 1: The studio – exploring the mind of the artist from Caspar David Friedrich to Spencer Finch
An artist contemplates a blank canvas or a white piece of paper in the studio or at a table, perhaps waiting for a memory or some inspiration to stimulate that first mark. What follows is an insight i…
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 cultural and educational projects including the Fashion Gallery of the Victoria & Albert Museum or C…
22 Apr 2019
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014 London / York
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
26 Apr 2017
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Halaszbastya
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
22 May 2017
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Yabeya Konomi Honke/Window of the Green Tea Merchant
…ed during the Edo Period. A cover was later added to the original window, imitating the style of foreign trading houses, to convert it into a “haiken-mado” (a type of window that allows li…
02 Apr 2019
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Ch.1 The Battle for Realism
The pioneers (1) Niépce and Daguerre ,“I made a dissolution of silver nitrate, much diluted by water, in the same proportions as those indicated in the report above on Photographie, to which I a…
28 Mar 2019
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Hanok in Jeonju
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
08 May 2017
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013 London / Assisi
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
12 Apr 2017
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Cinder Windows
Fenestration Observations is a series of window disquisitions by Matthew Fargo. In it, the translator of Genpei Akasegawaʼs Hyperart Thomasson probes the city for hidden and forgotten features of the …
05 Mar 2019
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012 London / London / London
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
29 Mar 2017
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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 generally shaped into a pointed arc, but upon closer inspection, I noticed that the corner arches were…
26 Jan 2017
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Hidaka Training and Research Center (JRA)/Window of the Horse Track
…or the initial stage of training, teaching horses to run in a straight line. The track is large enough for two or three groups to be assembled and run. The side windows installed along the track evacu…
19 Feb 2019
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Gordon Matta-Clark and Apertures
…where he had majored in architecture, and went on to become an artist, producing many experimental projects over a short lifetime. So what kind of a figure was this Gordon Matta-Clark? Focusing on the…
17 Sep 2018
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Hill House
The living room bay window of the Hill House, designed in Glasgow by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. A sofa and small bookshelf are built in in front of the window, creating a small space within the large …
17 Apr 2017
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The Bauhaus and Its Influence in Japan
… down by the Nazi regime, its influence continues to be felt across various creative disciplines including not only architecture but also graphic design, photography, and product design. In the recent…
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 being our first meeting. As he did, I discovered one home that seemed conspicuously old. I told him I wa…
07 Feb 2019
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011 London / Brussels / London
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
15 Mar 2017
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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 its narrow front window as widely as possible, the sliding storm shutters are built in the form of la…
05 Feb 2019
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Dry-cured Ham Culatello in Zibello Village
…advanced the car further north, it suddenly began to fog all over. Even though it was still 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the road ahead was hazy enough to make it difficult to see without headlights. H…
28 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 through a loess land of beautiful green trees, I continued to develop this method I’ve worked on thr…
05 Jan 2017
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Adobe Windows
Fenestration Observations is a series of window disquisitions by Matthew Fargo. In it, the translator of Genpei Akasegawaʼs Hyperart Thomasson probes the city for hidden and forgotten features of the …
23 Jan 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 Mackintosh. Curved glass doors are lined along the terrace. Next to these sits a long dining room table. Th…
21 Mar 2017
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America (3)
Development of Various Styles As settlers throughout America gained affluence, they developed a wide variety of housing styles, including the Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Vict…
16 Mar 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 through a town located outside of the scenic area. I saw a construction site for some new, large buil…
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 of Zhangcun in Sanmenxia City, Henan. It is located within the Loess Plateau (or the Huangtu Plateau…
09 Dec 2016
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010 Paris / Rome / Paris
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
01 Mar 2017
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Breeders Stallion Station/Window of Stables
This stud farm was established in 1988 in Hidaka, Hokkaido Prefecture. As a stallion breeding facility, it can house up to 20 sires. In the stables, the stalls are arranged along one side of the aisle…
09 Jan 2019
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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 desolate desert dotted with ancient remains. And so I was surprised to learn that Iran, like Japan, had a…
14 Dec 2018
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Higoya/Window of the Sea Bream Miso Store
… Tokyo Institute of Technologyʼs Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
21 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 researched various threshold devices in architecture, and published about the topic under the title “Thr…
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 is an area famous for its beautiful riverside district. Wuzhen is located near the Yangtze River Del…
05 Oct 2016
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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 large, horizontal fixed window in the reading room out to another opening on the outside that extends ve…
06 Mar 2017
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Part 6: Proverbs Left to us by Laozi
…dows in Chinese architecture from classical times to the present day. Recently, Taro Igarashi Laboratory published a book called “Aphorisms on Windows and Architecture,” through Film Art Inc. The Igar…
05 Dec 2018
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009 Brussels / Amsterdam
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
15 Feb 2017
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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 search for bars of iron. Ten steps out and I find what I’m looking for. Immediately I discover a ho…
21 Sep 2016
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Window Exhibition to Show at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in Autumn 2019
The Window Research Institute is pleased to announce the exhibition The Window (working title), which will be hosted by the show’s co-organizers, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT; Tokyo…
27 Nov 2018
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Looking at Freespace through the Windows, Part 3
Vatican Pavilion (Holy See Pavilion) Andrew Berman Curators: Francesco Dal Co (Architectural Historian, Professor at Istituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia, and Editor-in-Chief of CASABELLA), …
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 the Mississippi River and founded New Orleans in Louisiana, while Germans in Pennsylvania settled area…
28 Feb 2017
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Part 2: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto “Window Behaviorology”
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Architect, Atelier Bow-Wow) has conducted “Window Behaviorology”, an extensive field work on windows around the world, since he joined Windowology in 2007. In the seco…
13 Nov 2018
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008 Paris / Paris / Paris
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
01 Feb 2017
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Lim Residence
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
20 Feb 2017
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Part 1: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto “Window Behaviorology”
“Human behaviors are the best design resources.” Architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow/Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology) has conducted “Window Behaviorology”, extensive site surveys o…
05 Nov 2018
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Looking at Freespace through the Windows, Part 2
…ie, or a long colonnaded space that was once used to build ropes for tying up the ships of the Arsenale, which is the ruins of a state-owned shipyard from the Middle Ages. The once-vertical wall of th…
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 refers to the entire architectural components between pillars. Specifically, the hashirama equipment …
17 Jan 2017
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Vino Santo in Trentino
…rentino. This is a province located in Trentino-Alto Adige, at the border with Austria and Switzerland, so both Italian and German are recognized as official languages. Because much of Trentino featur…
23 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 installed above the curving ramp, and as one climbs the ramp, the outside scenery gradually comes to v…
08 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 at my inn, I found it surprisingly warm. Yes, the temperature was low, but it nearly felt hot stand…
15 Oct 2018
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Shanghai, Bars of Iron Sprouting from Windows (1)
,Arriving in Shanghai I was surprised at how noisy it was. This is not a critique: Shanghai is the type of place that if you don’t assert yourself you won’t be listened to, whether at a restaurant or …
06 Sep 2016
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Liquid Light
…s converted an early twentieth-century building into the new home of the Sala Beckett, a theater that has held a prominent place in Barcelonaʼs performing arts scene since its founding in 1989. Featur…
12 Oct 2018
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007 Assisi / Amsterdam
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
18 Jan 2017
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Windowology film “Transition of Kikugetsutei”screening at AFFR, the worldʼs largest architectural film festival in Rotterdam
We are pleased to announce that the short film “Transition of Kikugetsutei” by Waseda University Nakatani Seminar and Kenji Seo has been selected to be screened at the 10th edition of the …
09 Oct 2018
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Part 3 Shokatei at Katsura Imperial Villa
Members of the Imperial Family were the first to enjoy the luxury of tea, a valuable item at that time, before the art of the tea ceremony was established by Rikyu. They built tearooms called kizoku-g…
03 Oct 2018
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Mido Cafe
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
24 Jan 2017
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Spaces In Between
Korean artist Do Ho Suh, who is perhaps best known for his translucent fabric recreations of real buildings, has continued to explore the relationship between existence and space through his work. In …
01 Oct 2018
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Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window @ Kyushu University
,,[ Dates + Hours ] 2-19 October, 2018 11:00-18:00 [ Admission ] Free [ Closed ] 8, 13, 14 October, 2018 [ Venue ] Design Common, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, Ohashi Campus (4 Chome-9-1 Shiob…
19 Sep 2018
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006 London / Foligno / London
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
15 Dec 2016
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Looking at Freespace through the Windows, Part 1
The 16th Venice Architecture Biennale is currently open from Saturday, May 26 to Sunday, November 25, 2018 in Venice, Italy. Appointed Directors Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, who head Grafton A…
07 Sep 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 incorporate European styles. But the original American houses were actually built in accordance with…
19 Jan 2017
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005 Paris / Paris / Paris
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
30 Nov 2016
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Water Tanks in New York
Photographer Takashi Homma splices compelling shots of windows between his own photos and text. Second article of his “Windows and Photography” series presents water tanks as seen through a window in …
23 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 upper part of which are latticed. The swastika-shaped lattice is called manji, believed to originate f…
10 Jan 2017
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Part 5: To China International Window City!
…dows in Chinese architecture from classical times to the present day. South of Beijing, in Hebei province’s Gaobeidian city, is an institution called China International Window City. According to its…
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 Sen no Rikyu, was spread and led by sengoku busho or warlords. It is clearly explained by the fact t…
10 Aug 2018
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Window Research Institute Re-Established as a General Incorporated Foundation
Contributing to the Development of Rich Windows and Architectural Culture On July 24, 2018, YKK AP Inc. (President: Hidemitsu Hori), a group company of the YKK Corporation (President: Hiroaki Otani), …
10 Aug 2018
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Nando’s
…bles and chairs, from which people can look out onto the river. ,,,Nando’s Restaurant / London, England / Cfb This article is an excerpt from “Window Behaviorology,” a joint research project con…
19 Dec 2016
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004 Paris / Amsterdam
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
12 Oct 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 outstretched land of nothing but brown, rocky mountains. I transferred between local busses while having th…
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 Mackintosh. It combines a fixed window with casement windows in a large but thin, semi-circular steel fra…
26 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 translator of Genpei Akasegawaʼs Hyperart Thomasson probes the city for hidden and forgotten features of the …
18 Jul 2018
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003 London / York / Utrecht
We present the movies of windows all around the world. ,
28 Sep 2016
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Movie “THE CORALLUM”
,movie “THE CORALLUM” ,“Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refers to the entire architectural components between pillars. Specifically, the hashirama equipment inc…
10 Jul 2018
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Sashu Chuzosho/Window of the Ironware Foundry
…opper windows that can be operated by a pull cord to let out smoke. These windows are kept fully open whenever the furnace is in use, even during the winter, as they can clear the smoke more quickly t…
27 Jun 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 grate has been installed. There is no glass. Lounge chairs are set around the window. ,,,Bevis Bawa&#…
17 Oct 2016
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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 pergola. We can see architectures particular to each region with…
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 me overnight. It seemed that there, the mother wove fabric from wool while the father turned that ma…
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, Yusuke Obuchi speaks with world-renowned architectural critic Jeffrey Kipnis, who has previously ta…
02 Nov 2016
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Architectural Ethnography, Part B
… has brought a uniquely architecture-focused bent to her extensive body of urban research. We wanted to ask about her ecological, architectural understanding of how we live. In this second half, we lo…
07 Jun 2018
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In New York: Windows and Looks
Since traveling to New York in the 1970s, artist Masao Gozu has spent over 40 years unveiling work that takes the window as its theme. His Bowery Street (Day ⇔ Night) series that captures New York’s i…
12 Jul 2018
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Part 1: Tai-an at Myoki-an Temple
…s of openings in Japanese buildings were almost automatically determined by columns and beams of the wood structure (See Notes 1). When Rikyu built the Tai-an, he conceived revolutionary ideas of shit…
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 of windows and glazing. Hernan Diaz Alonso, who is known as the director of the Southern California …
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 (May 26th-November 25th, 2018), the Window Research Institute caught up with Momoyo Kaijima, curato…
01 Jun 2018
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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 complex architectural design that could only be developed wi…
27 Sep 2016
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Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window @ Osaka City University
,,[ Dates + Hours ] 12 May－10 June, 2018 12:00-19:00 [ Admission ] Free [ Venue ] Takahara Hall, Sugimoto Campus, Osaka City University (3-3-138 Sugimoto Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi) [ Research Exhibits ]…
07 May 2018
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Windows as Connectors between the Inside and Outside
…ess through SANAA, a practice that he established together with architect Kazuyo Sejima. His notable works include the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa; and the Louvre-Lens, a satelli…
06 Sep 2016
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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 Department of Architecture at MIT from 2010 to 2014, he is n…
06 Sep 2016
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Fujiya/Window of the Souvenir Shop
This is a machiya (townhouse) that was built around 1830 in Narai, Nagano. The upper part of the opening facing the street is fitted with shitomido (top-hinged swinging shutters), while the lower part…
08 May 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 Japanese paper). The paper is made using a traditional technique known as hikinagashisuki. With thi…
26 Apr 2018
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Iwanoi Shuzo/Window of the Sake Brewery
This is a sake (rice wine) brewery that was established in Morioka, Iwate, in 1917. Its kura (storehouse) was built later during the second quarter of the 20th century. The brewery was established by …
24 Aug 2018
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Kinnaur District, North India: The Overhanging Village (Part 2)
…live in an age where it’s surprisingly easy to travel to these villages, so long as you can put up with the bus’s swaying (though the shaking is quite bad). ,,I traveled down a road that g…
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 7, 2016. Photographer Takashi Homma, who has explored the relationship between photos and windows to…
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 Anniversary Exhibition” with the presentation of his new piece, “Window and Ladder.” We managed to intervi…
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 world’s largest collection of living plants. Even though I can still recall the many occasions up…
29 Jun 2016
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Hintermayer
The window of a bookshop in Vienna. Books and small goods are set into the thickness of the wall, turning the interior windowsill into a showcase for people on the outside. Outside, the windowsill act…
13 Apr 2018
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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 crossing. Walking the street, I can find buildings, cafes and shop…
13 Jun 2016
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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 designed by Le Corbusier in Ahmedabad. The surface of the wall is divided into fixed windows and colorfu…
04 Apr 2018
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Part 4: Postmodern Windows that Symbolize Liberation
…dows in Chinese architecture from classical times to the present day. In terms of the periodization of Chinese architecture, buildings built between the First Opium War (1840) and the beginning of th…
10 Apr 2018
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“Why is This Guy Asking Me to Think about the U-value and the Leakage?”
…n the future. Yusuke Obuchi (hereinafter referred to as Obuchi): What are some of the concerns you have, particularly about the current state of the window? Alejandro Zaera-Polo (hereinafter referred …
06 Sep 2016
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Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window @ Nagoya Institute of Technology
…hiro Kodama, Shin Muramatsu + Miru Rokkaku, Norihito Nakatani, Koji Sato, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto [ Event Site ] madogaku.madoken.jp/exhibition/…
28 Mar 2018
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Architecture in Photography and Windows
,Iwan Baan is a photographer whose work has taken him around the world, from Asia to Africa. Last year, he participated in a panel discussion on “Windows in Photographs” at the YKK AP Wind…
22 Mar 2018
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Thoughts on “The Joys of Making Windows”
This serial article, “the Joys of Making Windows” by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory of Keio University, comprises five parts and introduces their window-making projects in various locations a…
20 Mar 2018
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Tove Jansson’s Window
Photographer Takashi Homma introduces some compelling windows spliced between his own photos and text. Part 1 of this series delivers five photos – one of which is never before seen – plus an exclusiv…
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 Kinnauris. It is a high-elevation region located in the northwest Himalayans, with the Tibet Autonomous R…
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 residential building with a shop on the first floor is called a shophouse. The second floor juts out ov…
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 City. Three continuous floors of rotating windows in the double-skin façade work together for the a…
06 Mar 2018
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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 between windows and photos. The two state-of-the-art photogr…
06 Jul 2016
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Michele de Lucchi and Windowology
…es in Italy and Europe. Served as the design director of Olivetti from 1992 to 2002 and led experimental projects for Compaq, Philips, Siemens, and Vitra. A large number of his works were acquired by …
02 Mar 2018
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What Do You Think of Glass?
…al education. Yusuke Obuchi (hereinafter referred to as Obuchi): In your opinion, what do you think of glass? Eric Owen Moss (hereinafter referred to as Moss): There’s another discussion that is a bro…
28 Jul 2016
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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 by Souto de Moura. The slender steel sash of the single casement window contrasts with the thickness…
31 May 2016
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Movie “Transition of Kikugetsutei”
… as the front facade. Today, Kikugetsutei is open to the public, and visitors can enjoy green tea and teacakes, while admiring the open vista of the garden from inside. Kikugetsutei was built during t…
28 Oct 2015
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Via Altabella Toyshop
The window of a shop designed in Bologna by Carlo Scarpa. The window, which combines two circular shapes, is fixed to the façade from which it is carved with similarly shaped fasteners. The toyshop’s…
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 last they no longer could. I had not yet reached the lake, but before me sprawled a riverside community…
08 Feb 2018
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Into the Depth of the Window
…ett. He was convinced that sunlight was being put to waste, when early one morning as he enjoyed riding, he noticed that the entire town still remained asleep with all the shutters closed, even though…
08 Mar 2016
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Office in Kuala Lumpur
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
06 Feb 2018
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Window into Another Culture
Veneer House Project, a series of projects implemented by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC, propose prototypes of deployable architecture made of plywood veneer boards, a commonly us…
30 Jan 2018
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Exhibition “Present State(ment)”
…xhibition, “Present State(ment)” ? Takeshi Hashimoto (hereinafter referred to as Hashimoto): The Prismic Gallery, the venue of this exhibition, is a gallery where exhibitions of young architects have …
27 May 2016
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Osteria Baracco
The window of a restaurant in Porto Venere. The arched window is made of folding doors, the inside of which become display shelves for wine. Menu boards are fixed to the storm shutters, and the window…
23 Jan 2018
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fear and pleasure, and as theater
The city of Paris is divided into 20 arrondissements. First arrondissement including the Louvre Museum is located approximately at the center of Paris. From there, the arrondissemens are numbered in a…
21 Dec 2015
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Paradise Road
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
23 May 2016
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Boundary Window
…rks as examples. Chie Konno (hereinafter referred to as Konno): Would you please give us a brief introduction of yourself? Shingo Masuda (hereinafter referred to as Masuda): It is now in the 9th year …
27 May 2016
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A Conversation on Windows and Stories
This is a video of a conversation on windows and stories between architect Hiroshi Hara and contemporary artist Leandro Erlich. Filmed on April 12, 2017 ［Approx. 15 minutes］ Filmed at Hiroshi Hara + A…
19 Jan 2018
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Restaurant in Ha Noi
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
13 May 2016
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Sunny Loggia House
…a that you like. Chie Konno (hereinafter referred to as Konno)： Personally, I was not particularly conscious about focusing on windows from the past before I traveled all over the world to research wi…
27 May 2016
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Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window @ Tohoku University
…a-ku,Sendai, Miyagi [Contact] Taro Igarashi Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Building Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University Email: igarashi.arch.lab@gmail.com [Access] ■…
11 Jan 2018
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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 cylinder is inserted into the thick wall—on the exterior, this becomes a planter and on the interior it bec…
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 who come to see the ancient ruins that lie there. After seeing some of the major spots in the ruins li…
11 Jan 2018
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Pleasure of Opening Windows
Part 3 of “The Joys of Making Windows”, the serial article by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC, introduces a project of making windows at an elementary school in the Democratic Repub…
21 Dec 2017
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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 sliding windows and fixed windows. A counter is built into the window, where one can sit watching the bea…
14 Apr 2016
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Fresca
…een removed from its frame, so the window is open to the outside. ,,,,Fresca Restaurant / Mykonos, Greece / Cs This article is an excerpt from “Window Behaviorology,” a joint research project concerni…
19 Dec 2017
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la fenêtre à la française
…naturally the same since the first day. In the history and culture of the city of Paris, there is no doubt that the window has existed as a symbol and is an important part of the building. Meanwhile, …
17 Sep 2015
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WINDOWSCAPE: A Windowology Exhibition
The Tokyo Midtown Design Hub Special Exhibition titled WINDOWSCAPE: A Windowology Exhibition—The Research Behind the Milano Salone Exhibit was held at the Tokyo Midtown Design Hub from May 31 to June …
23 Apr 2014
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WINDOWSCAPE: An Exhibit for the Milano Salone
YKK AP and the internationally acclaimed architectural studio Atelier Bow-Wow put together a joint exhibit for the Milano Salone held in Italy from April 8 to April 24, 2014. In our exhibit, titled WI…
08 Apr 2014
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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 elements with various historical backgrounds coexist; their…
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 priests were entering and leaving the building one after another. The sight of people wearing the same…
07 Dec 2017
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Corleone
…sed two steps above the floor, and one can look onto the street from a slightly higher advantage. Customers seated at the two groups of tables sit facing each other, under two hanging lights. When the…
22 Feb 2016
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Palma
The window of a flower shop in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A wooden rain shutter is stored under the low-hanging eaves, and can be folded down onto a stand upon which plants are displayed. Insid…
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 windows are arranged. Outside, one can see a dense, green forest. ,,,Lunuganga 2 House/ Bentota, Sri Lank…
01 Feb 2016
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IIM cafeteria
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
22 Nov 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 installed at the border between an inside space and outside space. Through them people and things go in an…
15 Nov 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 his mother. The eleven meter long windowsill projects into the room and can be decorated with a variet…
28 Nov 2014
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Window Embracing the Hometown
Part 2 of “The Joys of Making Windows”, the serial article by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC, introduces a project of making a window for a kominka (old folk house) in a small town…
08 Nov 2017
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Aphorisms on Windows and Architecture
This book presents findings from the Tohoku University Taro Igarashi Laboratory’s Windowology research themed on “Aphorisms on Windows and Architecture” (2011). The study examines window- and architec…
28 Jan 2014
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Window Bookcase (1)
This project started when we commissioned o+h, the young wife-and-husband team of architects Maki Onishi and Yuki Hyakuda, to design a bookcase for us. This is the first article in a series of entries…
17 Dec 2014
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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 casement windows and projected transom windows are arranged. An antique bench is placed near the wind…
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 eastern Tibet. My destination was the Nyingma Buddhist sect’s Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, located i…
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 through Photography” with his long-time acquaintance, architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto. The session sta…
17 Dec 2014
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YKK AP Windowology 10th Anniversary
… speakers, including architects, architectural historians, anthropologists, and special guests from overseas, will come together to share their diverse research and discuss windows. ,,YKK AP Inc. (Hea…
26 Apr 2017
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Willow Tearooms
The windows of the Willow Tearooms designed in Glasgow by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The row of twenty-two fixed and double-swing windows makes a slight curve, creating a large opening onto the street…
28 Nov 2014
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La Medusa Ristorante
The windows of a restaurant in Porto Venere. A pair of outward-opening windows sits between fixed windows of the same size on either side, creating a set of four continuous windows. Planters are set b…
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 from the building’s façade. The eaves stretch far out above the opening so rain cannot get in. ,,,Sri …
24 Oct 2017
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Zigolini’s Café
A café window facing the street in Paddington, Sydney. The entire façade becomes a single opening, one side of which serves as an entrance. The other side is divided into five folding doors on the top…
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, made with inexpensive steel angles, is divided into a set of doors, a pair of pivoting casement wind…
28 Nov 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 through which people pass. In each of these examples, they are opened to allow some physical thing …
18 Oct 2017
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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 the façade, allowing for tables to be set against the wall. With one table per window, the tables fo…
28 Nov 2014
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Mumtaziar Preserved House
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
28 Nov 2014
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Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window @ Kanazawa Institute of Technology
,,Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window @ Kanazawa Institute of Technology [ Date+Hours ] 21 October-12 November, 2017 10:00-19:00(Sat./Sun./Holidays 10:00-17:00) [ Adm…
17 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 can enter. On the interior, a wooden door allows for the opening and closing of the alcove space. O…
10 Oct 2017
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Coco Café
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
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 the day I arrived in Turpan while taking a bus to my nearby accommodations some 10 hours after an ex…
22 Mar 2017
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Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window Now Open
…Michele De Lucchi, Hiroshi Hara, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, and Taro Igarashi ,,YKK AP Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hidemitsu Hori) is marking the 10th anniversary of its Windowology pr…
28 Sep 2017
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Geoffrey Bawa’s Lunuganga
…aced around the window. ,,,Lunuganga 1 House / Bentota, Sri Lanka / Af This article is an excerpt from “Window Behaviorology,” a joint research project concerning windows and the behaviors around them…
28 Nov 2014
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Lou Kao Mansion
…n in the hot Macau climate, cool air can be let into the garden. ,,,Lou Kao Mansion House / Macau, China / Cw This article is an excerpt from “Window Behaviorology,” a joint research project concernin…
07 Sep 2015
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Bianco
A showcase window in Napoli’s Centro Storico. Government policies regulate shops’ showcase windows along the street, resulting, to a certain extent, in a sense of unity. During business hours the larg…
28 Nov 2014
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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 photography to capture the distance between herself and others across windows. The artist’s personal exp…
26 Sep 2016
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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 counter is used as a table, with chairs lined up along it as the roof overhangs above. The shutter is le…
07 Sep 2015
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The Criminology of Windows
According to sociologist Georg Simmel, windows have two fundamental meanings. Firstly, they create a unilateral connection between the inside and outside. Secondly, they constitute a path that exists …
10 Dec 2019
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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 windows ,Featuring 27 participants from around the world, including architects, photographers, anthrop…
28 Sep 2017
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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 merchant, the blue wall is based on ideas from feng shui. The wooden double-windows line the entire…
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, fitted with a wooden handrail and screen, without any fittings to open and close. Inside, a large sof…
25 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 words, you know what they are referring to, it is probably safe to say that you enjoy traveling. This i…
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 not be that the peoples of Scandinavia worship the light of the sun precisely because it fades so e…
20 Sep 2017
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Tugendhat House
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
11 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 window. As populations rose and production forces grew stronger, building environments trying to accomm…
25 Jul 2019
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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 which is a ceramic screen. Next to it is a window with a ver…
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-in to the semi-circular window, called a bow window, in front of which are placed round tables. Stee…
26 May 2015
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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 general housing complexes also began around the Taisho and early …
17 Jun 2019
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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 focus on its rich heritage and micro-culture as well as creatio…
06 Sep 2017
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YKK AP Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition / Symposium Website Updated!
YKK AP Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition / Symposium website is now updated. Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window will be held at the Spiral Garden (Minato-ku, T…
30 Aug 2017
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Windows as media — why we find looking through windows intriguing?—
We humans seem to enjoy the view we get from behind windows. Window seats on the bullet train, on an airplane, or in a café are always popular, and we cannot help but look out of window during a meeti…
24 May 2019
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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 vertical axis. Chairs are set in front of the window. ,,,Colo…
11 May 2015
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Windows make society; Society makes windows
…e ever-increasing vacant homes are transforming into a symbol of a fading society. Furthermore, in an age that places great emphasis on being safe and secure, windows might seem to encourage crime and…
14 Mar 2019
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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, complete with a built-in bench facing the fire. The lintel and s…
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. ,,,,Camino Real Polamnco Mexio 1 Hotel / Mexico City, Mexico / Aw This article is an excerpt from “Wi…
28 Apr 2015
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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 countertops. Shop goods are crammed onto the counter and arou…
28 Apr 2015
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Brand & Advise Office
… Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory.…
09 Mar 2015
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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 A confluence of academic research and contemporary art themed on windows Participants include archit…
10 Jul 2017
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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 Onishi and Yuki Hyakuda, to produce a furniture piece that ca…
01 Apr 2015
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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 columns. On the other side, concrete benches are built into the spaces between the columns. ,,,Parad…
09 Mar 2015
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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 renowned architects / designers in Italy. He worked as a prominent figure in “Memphis” led by Ettore So…
03 Aug 2016
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Talk: Norihito Nakatani × Taro Igarashi at ISAIA
In September 2016, the Window Research Institute exhibited a booth at the International Symposium on Architectural Interchange in Asia (ISAIA) held at Tohoku University. Professor Norhihito Nakatani a…
20 Sep 2016
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Terunobu Fujimori “Holes”
…nd Mozaic Tile Museum Tajimi. In this lecture, historian Fujimori explores “holes” and discusses creative intentions for windows in his own spatial design. ,The first time I was shocked by the idea o…
15 Jun 2021
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Supported the Japan Pavilion, The 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2016
…by taking actual works as examples, and made up into a brochure and distributed in the Japan Pavilion, Venice Biennale. Read the full interview here. ,,,The 15th International Architecture Exhibition …
05 Jul 2016
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YKK AP Window Research Institute Relaunched the Official Website!
…We have also redesigned and reconfigured the site to allow for easier navigation. We, YKK AP Window Research Institute, will continue to make available new content to convey the diverse appeals of win…
06 Sep 2016
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Steel House
…uch as “Steel House” (2012). What do windows mean to you when you design architecture? Fuminori Nousaku (hereinafter referred to as Nousaku): What I keep in mind when designing architecture is to prov…
27 May 2016
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House at Komazawa Park
…is house on a flag lot, I thought I would be able to take an advantage of the tiny garden or the path that reaches to the public road as blank spaces. There are wooden houses around the house and the …
27 May 2016
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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 DESIGN SIGHT, THE MIYAKE ISSEY FOUNDATION. ,,Date: October 16…
30 Oct 2015
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Before Being Maiko Kurogouchi of mame
…ce. I returned my gaze back inside the room, only to turn my eyes back outside again, but by then there was no longer any sign of the smoke. She is always abrupt. On any day she might suddenly post on…
05 Oct 2015
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Supported a Symposium “THE SAGA OF CONTINUOUS ARCHITECTURE”
…ession 1: “Agile Topologies: bringing the ground to life” – Alejandro Zaera-Polo (Princeton University, AZPML) – Kunio Watanabe (Structural Design Group) – Jesse Reiser (Princeton University, Reiser+…
30 May 2015
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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 old. Spaces can be enriched by adding color to their window…
18 Mar 2015
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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 world” by categorizing things into the two categories of “W…
09 Mar 2015
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Cats, Fashion, and Windows
Madoka Hattori is the director of ilove.cat, an online magazine themed on cats and creators, and a freelance editor for honeyee.com and .fatale, two prominent online fashion magazines that define Toky…
25 Nov 2014
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Part 3: The Widely Variant Windows of Modern Chinese Architecture
…dows in Chinese architecture from classical times to the present day. In my last article I wrote about the wooden fittings on display at Guanfu Museum in Beijing. They were fittings carved with the i…
08 Mar 2018
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Hiroshi Nakamura Windows and Affection
…PLE GRAVITATE TOWARD WINDOWS I work while holding to the idea that planning is about designing how humans behave. People move around in spaces as they engage in certain actions that fulfill their need…
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 explore the process through which the concepts of the word have expanded over the ages. Volume 1 in t…
24 Apr 2018
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Vol. 6 : Window Culture Studies—Towards Further Linguistic Explorations
Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “window” from around the world to explore the process through which the concepts of the word have expanded over the ages. In this final…
18 Dec 2018
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Part 2: The Gathered Gates and Windows
…dows in Chinese architecture from classical times to the present day. I went to Guanfu Museum, located in the suburbs of Beijing. Guanfu Museum was opened in 1996 as the first privately run museum in…
14 Feb 2018
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Window and Passive Design
…from the viewpoint of passiveness. ── Orientation to be derived from passiveness: Low-energy and real comfortableness Antonym of a word “passive” is “active.” In that sense, the “passive” means being …
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-Wow about “House of Itakura” as a Core-House which is proposed as a minimal regional rehabilitation ho…
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 interview was attempted to ascertain the results of human settlement survey and the concept of windows, …
24 May 2013
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Window and Sharing (Second Half)
…d better be taken inside; however, the window had to be reduced because of the coldness. Now, it can be taken wide for much larger solar light since the window frames and sashes are of resin type and …
24 May 2013
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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 “window” from around the world to explore the process through which the concepts of the word have expanded over the ages. In Volume 5, …
27 Nov 2018
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Window and Sharing (First Half)
…t in the past, there were design projects similar to the share house. For instance, Saishunnkan Dormitory designed by Mr. Imojima seems to be a typical example. In this dormitory, there is a huge livi…
24 May 2013
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Vol. 4: Windows in Italian
Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “window” from around the world to explore the process through which the concepts of the word have expanded over the ages. In Volume ４, …
11 Sep 2018
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Part 1: The Window in Classical Architecture [The Hole]
…dows in Chinese architecture from classical times to the present day. The Window as “ma” and the Window as a Hole At the center of traditional Chinese architecture are wooden structures. Japanese woo…
09 Jan 2018
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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 new possibilities for architecture. We asked him about the…
14 Jan 2014
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Vol. 0: Windows from the Perspective of Contrastive Etymology
Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “window” from around the world to explore the process through which the concepts of the word have expanded over the ages. We will start…
28 Mar 2018
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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 concepts of the word have expanded over the ages. In Volume 3, …
30 Aug 2018
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Vol. 2: Windows in German
Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “window” from around the world to explore the process through which the concepts of the word have expanded over the ages. Following his…
27 Jun 2018