Doors, Windows and Openings
Every hole in a wall is a promise.
Learn to keep it.
Give the humble opening the attention it deserves — placement, proportion, performance and detail — and watch your ordinary elevations become quietly, confidently excellent.
You’ll place every opening with intent, never habit.
- Compose with openings — place windows and doors so whole facades feel inevitable
- Detail the reveal — resolve heads, jambs and sills so weather stays outside
- Select frames shrewdly — choose materials and systems that perform and endure
- Swing doors correctly — plan openings and clearances that never fight furniture or people
- Balance view and comfort — size glass for light and outlook without losing cosiness
- Elevate the ordinary — turn standard products into details that look bespoke
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RTF | Rethinking The Future has spent over a decade publishing the ideas, projects and voices shaping architecture — and now brings that depth to learning. Every course is researched, written and produced by the RTF team.
Openings are opportunities. Take them.
A clear path. Five steps.
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If you see yourself here, start today.
A few hours from now, you could already see differently.
Doors and windows were catalogue picks at the end of my process. Understanding thresholds, tolerances, hardware and the junction between frame and wall moved openings to the centre of my detailing. The weakest points in my drawings have quietly become some of the strongest.
Simple by design.
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Short, focused video lessons — each one a single idea, clearly explained.
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End every lesson with a small task that pushes your real project forward.
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Watch your work develop a point of view that is unmistakably yours.
Answered simply.
Doors and windows seem trivial — what's the hidden depth?
Openings are where water, air, structure and movement all meet, which is why they generate a disproportionate share of building failures. Detailing them well is quiet mastery.
Does this cover thresholds and accessibility?
Yes — level thresholds that still keep water out are treated as the design puzzle they really are.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Every course starts from where you are and builds up step by step, in plain language.
Is this software training?
No — software changes yearly. The thinking you learn here lasts a career.
How does it work?
Short video lessons with a small practice task after each. Any device, your pace.
What does membership include?
One membership unlocks every course on RTF Academy — all 450+, nothing sold separately. And you stay in control: cancel anytime in one click, and you will never be charged again.
Ready to see your work change?
Your next project could be the one that feels truly yours.
- 5 Sections
- 25 Lessons
- 4 Hours
- 1. What It Does and How It Fails5
- 2. The Options Compared5
- 3. The Detail5
- 4. Performance5
- 5. Specifying and Building It5
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Doors and windows were catalogue picks at the end of my process. Understanding thresholds, tolerances, hardware and the junction between frame and wall moved openings to the centre of my detailing. The weakest points in my drawings have quietly become some of the strongest.
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