Tom Kundig

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Tom Kundig, FAIA (b. 1954) is a principal of the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig Architects, known as 'the rockstar of residential architecture'. His honors include a 2008 National Design Award in Architecture Design from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt;[1] a 2007 Academy Award in Architecture from The American Academy of Arts and Letters; selection as a finalist for the 2005 National Design Award for Architecture; a MacDowell Colony Fellowship; and selection as an Emerging Architect by the Architectural League of New York. In 2006, Princeton Architectural Press released Tom Kundig: Houses. Kundig’s undergraduate and graduate architecture degrees are from the University of Washington.

[edit] Notable works

  • Outpost,[2] Idaho (2007)
  • Rolling Huts,[3] Washington (2007)
  • Delta Shelter,[4] Washington (2004)
  • Chicken Point Cabin,[5] Idaho (2003)
  • The Brain, Seattle (2001)
  • Ridge House, Washington (2001)
  • Mission Hill Winery, Westbank, British Columbia (2000)
  • Studio House, Seattle (1998)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Levine, Bettijane (May 8, 2008), "Cooper-Hewitt design awards go to Tom Kundig, Olin Partnership", Los Angeles Times, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/08/home/hm-awards8, retrieved August 18, 2009 
  2. ^ Bernstein, Fred A. (January 7, 2009), "Surrendering to the Landscape", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/garden/08idaho.html, retrieved January 7, 2009 
  3. ^ Kolleeny, Jane F. (April 2008), Record Houses - Rolling Huts, Architectural Record, http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/residential/archives/0604RHb-1.asp, retrieved August 18, 2009 
  4. ^ Russell, James S., Record Houses - Stilt Cabin, Architectural Record, http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/residential/archives/0604RHb-1.asp, retrieved August 18, 2009 
  5. ^ Viladas, Pilar (April 13, 2003), "Open House", New York Times: 64–74, http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/13/magazine/open-house.html?scp=4&sq=open%20house%20pilar&st=cse, retrieved August 18, 2009 

Ngo, Dung. Tom Kundig: Houses. Princeton Architectural Press, 2006.

Ojeda, Oscar Riera, ed. Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects: Architecture, Art, and Craft. The Monacelli Press, 2001.

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