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A basic element of architecture, the window, aside from providing ventilation and light, can provide a positive physiological and psychological influence, regulating and mediating relationships between the inside and the outside. This collection of architectural projects with innovative windows and accompanying spaces provides a diverse and inspired collection of solutions from an outstanding group of Japanese architects. These include: Atelier Bow-Wow, Sou Fujimoto, Manabu Chiba, SANAA, Jun Aoki, Go Hasegawa, Jun Igarashi and Takaharu Tezuka + Yui Tezuka. Accompanied throughout with colour photographs and technical drawings along with a short illustrated history of the window in Japanese architecture.


CONTENTS

The Precedent of Window Use in Japanese Architecture

Dialogue
Windows, Interior, Exterior
On the Question of What Should Decide Window Character
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto × Sou Fujimoto

Atelier Bow-Wow

Sou Fujimoto
final wooden house | house N | House before House

Manabu Chiba
Essay: Deep Window
MESH | Villa in Yatsugatake | studio Gotenyama

SANAA
Zollverein School of Maganement and Design

Jun Aoki
J

Go Hasegawa
Nerima Apartment

Kumiko Inui
House K

Mutsue Hayakusa
Green shadow house

Ken Yokogawa
Villa J in Yatsugatake

Yasushi Horibe
House in Higashiyama

Makoto Takei+Chie Nabeshima
Figured Glass House

Osamu Nishida / ON DESIGN
House at Momijizaka

Hiroshi Kikuchi
Oizumi House

Yuichiro Kodama
House in Motoyamacho, Kochi

Takaharu Tezuka+Yui Tezuka
Clipping Corner House

Jun Igarashi
ANNEX