中文简介：

这项新的研究探讨了窗户在建筑中的发展和作用，并通过对80多座古代和现代建筑的评论来展示窗户的多种作用。这些建筑包括罗马万神殿、伊斯坦布尔圣索菲亚大教堂、巴黎圣礼拜堂、京都桂离宫、沃尔特·格罗皮乌斯（Walter Gropius）的包豪斯、埃罗·沙里宁（Eero Saarinen）的纽约TWA航站楼、让·努维尔（Jean Nouvel）的阿布扎比卢浮宫以及多特·曼德鲁普（Dorte Mandrup）的格陵兰冰峡湾中心。本书还配有100多张精美的照片，探讨了建筑史上被忽视的一个主题，并呈现了有趣且易于理解的调查内容。

英文简介：

This new study explores the development of the window, showing how it both transformed human experience by increasing access to light and air and changed our perception of architectural space

Christopher Masters celebrates the multiple roles of the window in architecture by providing engaging commentaries on over 80 exceptional buildings of all types, both ancient and modern. The unique selection ranges from the Pantheon in Rome, the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, and the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto to Walter Gropius's Bauhaus in Dessau, Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal in New York, Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi, and Dorte Mandrup's Icefjord Centre in Greenland. Featuring more than 100 superb photographs, this is an intriguing and accessible survey of a formerly neglected subject in architectural history.