30X40 Design Workshop
Sliver Windows: A How-to Guide In this video, Eric offers a primer on the reasons one might choose to use long, narrow windows. Also discussed are three primary wall locations and the benefits of each.
| Length | 09:22 |
| Price | Free of charge |
| Subject | Architecture |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | English |
About the video
Sliver, or ribbon, windows have a particularly unique way of controlling the way we feel in a space. Used high in a wall, they wash the ceiling with an even light, making a space feel secure yet luminous and introspective. Used low in a wall, they create a dramatic shift in focus, highlighting and reflecting the adjacent ground color, material and weather outside. Used at or just below eye level, sliver windows create a carefully controlled horizontal framed view to the building’s surroundings.
Archtiects featured in this video:
Heyri Art Village (cover)
Tadao Ando
Hernandez Silva Arquitectos
Thomas Shafer Architects LLC
Bernbaum-Magadini Architects
Randy Brown
Allen Bianchi
Eggleston Farkas Architects
Dorman Architects
Skale Building Design
Stuart Sampley Architect
Michelle Walker architects
Sharyn Cairns
CHRISTIAN DEAN ARCHITECTURE, LLC
yamamar design
ALTUS Architecture + Design
Meet the instructors
Eric Reinholdt is a founder of Thirty by Forty Design Workshop which was established in June 2013 in a home he designed overlooking Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. In 2016, he designed and constructed the Long Studio to complement the Longhouse and serve as a full-scale model of his design principles and the latest in building science; this is the home for 30X40.
“My work celebrates humble materials, subtle contrasts and finely-crafted details. I have a strong interest in modern regionalist design, local materials and familiar building forms juxtaposed against modern, open floor plans. I employ a minimalist, Shaker-like palette of details inspired by the site and natural surroundings.”
Video syllabus
Location of Windows