Windows are never just openings.

“I work facing a windowless corner in our studio. A rectangular space with continuous sets of tall sliding doors on one long side – the view out is dominated by a large grapefruit tree with a flowing mound of staghorn fern, and a plethora of succulents and cacti melding into green spaces dotted by outdoor seating arrangements.

“I work this way because windows always seize my attention and summon daydreams.”

In her latest Substack, Chu-Gooding founding principal Annie Chu reflects on windows as sites of tension: between interior and exterior, control and release, architecture and experience. From Frank Lloyd Wright to Luis Barragán, and from Milan to Mexico City, this is a meditation on how something so familiar can hold infinite design possibilities.

Read Annie’s article here.