Two important functions of a window are to provide daylight and a view of the outside environment. Since we spend a significant proportion of our lives indoors, windows are the essential architectural element that allows us to have much-needed contact with the outdoors. They can have a profound impact on physiology and psychology. However, not many design guidelines assess window view quality, and standards that do, provide incomplete recommendations that are unable to comprehensively support overall quality. To address this issue, we developed a design framework that holistically measures window view quality. This incorporated daylighting standards, green certification labels, and scientific studies, in an attempt to bridge relevant, but widespread recommendations. Organizing a symposium and workshop on the design and practice of window views led to an innovative position statement outlining the primary components and future direction for window view quality and assessment. This presentation will include the contents of these two recently published papers on the window view quality assessment framework and position statement in the Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society (LEUKOS), and ongoing efforts.