Confession: I am a voyeur of space. And if you’re reading this, you might well share that tendency. I’m not speaking of spying on people and their private acts—I just want to steal glimpses of places, of partially hidden interior realms.

The notion of a beckoning "view in"—the inward draw from the exterior—played a strong role in Record Interiors 2001. When soliciting entries for this issue, we rarely expect facades—after all, interiors with no visibility to the outside world can be successful. But this year brought a range of intriguing dialogues between inside and out.

Please let your curiosity take the lead—through the windows and into the following projects.

—Sarah Amelar

Click on the photographs below for an introduction to the projects and their architects, as well as several interactive walk-throughs of the spaces.

Plus, take a look at additional interior projects found exclusively on our site.

Photo credits from left to right? Top row: Sharrin Rees, John Ellis, Peter Aaron/Esto Bottom row: David Joseph, Mattu Placek, Till Leeser, Matthu Placek, Christoph Kicherer