I have a unique (rather strange) criteria for a home to be classified as good, special, or just liveable. Along with naturally lit rooms, I am interested in what or where the windows point out to. While I do not expect to be living in places with exotic sea or mountain window views, overlooking a healthy native tree(s) is good enough for me. No matter how good the interiors or architecture may be, if it lacks the foliage views and natural lighting it is a big no.

A good window with foliage views reduces the need to have big artworks hung on the wall. While this is no criticism of wall hanging artworks in any form, they are mostly static. Whereas foliage views are ever changing: seasonally, progressively, yearly, and organically. Aren't, then, windows the ultimate medium of artwork? The way light falls through it depending on the season tells a story of its own, open for interpretation.

Recently, I stayed in an Airbnb where the windows summed up precisely what I had in mind: Windows as artwork.