OLSON KUNDIG - Seattle, WA, USA
OLSON KUNDIG - Seattle, WA, USA
DESCRIPTION
"Tom Kundig is an owner and design principal at Olson Kundig — a Seattle based design practice founded on the ideas that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives.
He joined the firm in 1986, and has steadily diversified his range of project typologies from residential work to museums, wineries, high-rise multi-unit structures and hotels. The geographic diversity of his projects has broadened just as much over the years, but no matter where he works the landscape inevitably looms large, as do a consistent array of concerns related to site, scale, materials, and livability. Tom favors materials that are appropriate to the particular context of the building, generally opting for the tough and the rustic for their ability to evoke nature and weather over time, helping the building recede into the landscape.” olsonkundig.com
RECOGNITION
“Tom’s work has been frequently featured in the New York Times, Architectural Record, Financial Times, Architectural Digest and the Wall Street Journal. Princeton Architectural Press has published three volumes devoted to his work. He has received some of the world’s highest design honors, from a National Design Award from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to an Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2014, he was included in Architectural Digest’s AD100, and in 2012, he was inducted into Interior Design magazine’s Hall of Fame. His work has received more than 50 awards from the American Institute of Architects, including 18 National Design Awards.” olsonkundig.com
