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Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects: Architecture, Art, and Craft

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Over the past thirty-five years, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, based in Seattle, has created a body of architecture that is recognized for its ability to merge notions of materiality, craft, and lightness, all of which are richly demonstrated in their work on art collectors' residences and art museums. The firm began its creative existence with architect Jim Olson, whose work in the late 1960s explored the complex relationship between dwellings and the landscape they inhabit. In the early 1970s the growing firm broadened its emphasis to include urbanism and the landscape of the city.

Though firmly rooted in the regional features of the Pacific Northwest -- its unique climate and dramatic landscape -- the firm's work extends beyond any regionalist classification. Instead, the projects are characterized by a relaxed modernism that is attuned to its regional context. Each of the projects featured in this volume exhibits a striking use of both natural and highly refined materials, masterful modulation of light, a careful balance between monumentality and intimacy, and frequent collaborations with artists and craftsmen, especially glass artists such as Ed Carpenter. In addition to generous illustrations, including full-color and black-and-white photography and detailed drawings and plans, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects: Architecture, Art, and Craft features a statement from the firm's partners, explicating their influence and process, and an essay by noted architectural critic Paul Goldberger.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.922
EAN: 9781580930789
ISBN: 1580930786
Label: Monacelli
Manufacturer: Monacelli
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Publisher: Monacelli
Release Date: 2003-01-01
Studio: Monacelli


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Tom Kundig: Houses
• Lake|Flato: Buildings & Landscapes
• Miller/Hull: Architects of the Pacific Northwest
• Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson-12 Houses
• Rick Joy: Desert Works


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Very well crafted -
Very well edited book. Mostly residential projets. Each one is introduced w/ concept, dwg, (almost excessive)photos, and details. Design is a little on the conservative side sometimes(especailly for those ultra-rich clients), but spatial concept and detailing are still modern and very well developed. Some formal languages are complicated by, say, using double columns, which I really don't know what for other than visual complication.

Overall I highly recommend this book, especially to people interested in well crafted residential projets.

Less than expected -
Being OSKA an incredible architecture studio, and having a very good Web page, I was eager waiting for the book, but unexpectedly, the layout, colors and pictures of the book weren't in the same level

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects -
In a characteristically perceptive and graceful introduction, Paul Goldberger suggests that the world has caught up with the good sense and refined sensibility of this Seattle firm. This is a handsome, expansive study of a dozen houses, built for people of means and taste-a rare combination. All but two are located in the northwest, and each immerses you in the natural beauty of its site and its inner serenity. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.)

Light and Line -
This book wisely does not try to show all the work of Olson Sundberg Kundig and Allen, one of the Northwest's leading architecture firms. Instead it focuses on a small number of selected homes designed by the firm, and then guides the reader through the creative process, from design through construction to finished product. What emerges is an elegant book of even more elegant homes, each quite different from the other, but all seeming to harness to the max both the power of line and the nurturing complexity of light.

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