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Thursday, 24 March 2011 14:17 |
 Seattle’s Pike/Pine Corridor is one of the city’s most vibrant neighborhoods. The owner and developer of this project, a long time resident of the neighborhood, prized the area's uniqueness.Seeking to support the economic and social diversity of the neighborhood, she wanted to fill the disappearing stock of affordable housing. The program is multi-use: ground level retail, twenty-seven units between 623 and 1137square feet, a rooftop garden, and two levels underground parking.
The design response was to look to the history of the site and the neighborhood-- Seattle's "auto row." This typology is captured in 1111 E. Pike’s tall, wide windows and high ceilings, the use of steel at the entrance, and its exterior of panelized siding (with a palette inspired by classic car colors from the 1950's!).
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Last Updated on Friday, 20 May 2011 11:01 |
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Museums
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Monday, 15 November 2010 07:56 |
The Lightcatcher Building will be newest addition to the Whatcom Museum. It is located in the downtown area of Bellingham, WA, within a newly created, Arts and Cultural District, which includes restored adjacent landmarks.  The Museum’s mission is to provide informative, innovative and interactive educational programs and exhibitions about art and Northwest history and the influences that affected their evolution. It seeks to stimulate inquiry about our changing cultural, natural and historical landscapes, for the youngest to the oldest minds, and to inspire preservation of and creative contributions to our region. The Museum’s collection holds more than 200,000 artifacts and art pieces of regional importance, including a vast photographic archive.
All Photographs by Tim Bies/Olson Kundig Architects
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Last Updated on Thursday, 25 November 2010 11:27 |
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Housing
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Tuesday, 05 April 2011 13:32 |
Art Stable is an urban infill project in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Built on the site of a former horse stable, the seven-story building includes a ground level commercial unit, second-story parking, and five units of adaptable live-work space. Units are designed to accommodate flexibility in use and changes over time.
The concrete structure is designed to take heavy loads, and all structural and mechanical systems are exposed. Units are zoned for both residential and commercial use. Large operable doors on the alley side of the building can be manually opened with a custom-designed hand wheel and hinge. The 80' 5" tall hinge terminates in a davit crane on top of the building, which can lift objects from the alley into each unit.
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Last Updated on Friday, 20 May 2011 11:00 |
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 04:20 |
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This another project in our series dedicated to the recipients of the 2009 AIA Housing Award. Set in the remote and harsh high desert landscape of Idaho, Outpost is an artist live/work studio and residence for making and displaying art.
An important aspect of the complex is the protected “paradise garden,” which is separated from the wild landscape by thick masonry walls.
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 November 2009 15:09 |
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 05:48 |
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Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects (OSKA) have designed the Wabi Sabi house in Houston, Texas for developer Carol Isaak Barden + Company. The house represents a singular commingling of Eastern and Western aesthetics and the sensual use of natural materials. Rick Sundberg was the lead architect on the project, his first in Texas.
“It was exciting to work in a city like Houston,” says Rick Sundberg. “The climate is so different from ours, and it raises unique challenges. Working on a spec house has its own challenges – creating a home that can accommodate a wide range of lifestyles and families; from active young families to empty-nesters.”
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 November 2009 15:10 |
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News
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 04:16 |
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Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects have designed the new Wing Luke Asian Museum, scheduled to open on May 31, 2008. The firm’s design preserves and restores the historic fabric of the East Kong Yick Building and offers new and expanded space to the Wing Luke Asian Museum, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate and America’s premier pan-Asian Pacific American museum.
The Wing Luke Asian Museum is a significant addition to Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen’s portfolio of museums and cultural places, which includes an award-winning renovation of Seattle’s Frye Art Museum, the Bellingham Art and Children’s Museum (currently under construction), and the Sun Valley Center for the Arts (currently in design). The new Wing Luke Asian Museum, in Seattle’s Chinatown International District, offers space for community meetings and events, public space for the neighborhood, theatre space for performances and presentations, exhibit spaces for community art and emerging Asian Pacific American artists, family-centered learning environments and leadership development for neighborhood youth.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 13 December 2009 09:24 |
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Museums
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Saturday, 18 October 2008 02:48 |
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 Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects have designed the new Wing Luke Asian Museum. The firm’s design preserves and restores the historic fabric of the East Kong Yick Building and offers new and expanded space to the Wing Luke Asian Museum, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate and America’s premier pan-Asian Pacific American museum. Rick Sundberg, principal of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen, led the design.
The new Wing Luke Asian Museum, in Seattle’s Chinatown International District, offers space for community meetings and events, public space for the neighborhood, theatre space for performances and presentations, exhibit spaces for community art and emerging Asian Pacific American artists, family-centered learning environments and leadership development for neighborhood youth.
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 November 2009 15:11 |
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