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TOM KUNDIG, PRINCIPAL,
OLSON SUNDBERG KUNDIG ALLEN ARCHITECTS, PUBLISHES FIRST MONOGRAPH
Tom Kundig: Houses
to feature contributions by Dung Ngo, Steven Holl, Rick Joy, and Billie
Tsien
SEATTLE Tom Kundig: Houses by Tom Kundig, principal of Seattle-based
architecture firm, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, will be published
this December from Princeton Architectural Press. The award-winning architects
first monograph presents five projects in depth, from their early conceptual
sketches to photographs of the completed projects. Edited by design writer
Dung Ngo, the book also features a personal statement by Kundig and contributions
from noted architects Steven Holl, Rick Joy and Billie Tsien.
Kundig finalized the book during his month-long residency at the renowned
MacDowell Colony, to which he was awarded one of its prestigious fellowships
in 2006. Like many of the nations top artists and architects who
have received fellowships since the grants inception in 1907, Kundig
used his time at MacDowell to reflect upon the highly intimate creative
process that goes into his personal language of making. The
resulting book makes manifest this process, giving us unique insight into
the evolution of this gifted designers architectural vocabulary
and the collaboration with craftspeople and clients that make it come
alive.
In each of the projects found on these pages, Tom reveals an empathetic
sensitivity for his clients desires, a deep understanding for the
specificities of the settings, and the awareness of the architects
persona as a mediator between the corporeal and incorporeal realms of
his design process, writes Rick Joy in his essay for the book.
The internationally acclaimed houses featured in the book reveal Kundigs
reverence for materials, while combining art, craft and the experience
of built space with respect for the environment. Featured houses include
Studio House (Seattle, 1998), The Brain Studio (Seattle, 2001),
Chicken Point Cabin (Northern Idaho, 2003), The Hotrod House (Seattle,
2006), and Delta Shelter (Mazama, Washington, 2003). Creating some of
the most inventive structures today, his buildings uniquely meld industrial
sensibilities and materials such as steel and concrete with an intuitive
understanding of scale. A telling example is the Delta Shelter, a 1,000
square-foot weekend cabin, a steel box on stilts featuring Kundigs
characteristic gizmos, that can be completely shuttered when the owner
is away. Lauded earlier this year by The New York Times, the cabin was
recently awarded a prestigious 2006 Record House by Architectural Record.
Tom Kundig - Seattle
architect
About Tom Kundig:
Tom Kundig, FAIA, is widely recognized for his poetic, elemental and intuitive
designs. His projects revere the beauty of the American West. He uses
art, craft, and materials to connect us with the landscape, and he creates
serene places for contemplation and repose. He received a prestigious
fellowship to the MacDowell Colony in 2006, was selected as a Finalist
for the National Design Award in Architecture by The Smithsonian Institutions
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in 2005 and was recognized as one
of North Americas Emerging Architects by the Architectural League
of New York in 2004. Earlier this year his first monograph, Tom Kundig:
Houses, was published by Princeton Architectural Press. This year also
marks his first time as a juror for the 2007 National AIA Honor Awards.
His work is extensively published in magazines and booksboth nationally
and internationally and he is a frequent lecturer and design juror. His
most recent house, Hot Rod, was featured in a 2006 issue of The New York
Times Magazine and his 2006 Architectural Record Record House
-winning Delta Shelter, Chicken Point Cabin and The Brain, are all winners
of 2004 National AIA Honor Awards; Sedgwick Rd, an advertising agency;
the Mission Hill Winery in Westbank, British Columbia; and the Studio
House in Seattle. Current projects include a 37-story tower in downtown
Seattle, the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, a winery near Santa Barbara,
the Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Ketchum, Idaho, a destination resort
in eastern Washington, numerous residences throughout North America, and
a house in Sitges, Spain. In 2003, the monograph Olson Sundberg Kundig
Allen - Architecture, Art and Craft was published by The Monacelli Press.
He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture from the University
of Washington.
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