Our 2006 monograph Tom Kundig: Houses was an instant critical and commercial success. Over the past five years, Seattle-based Kundig has continued his meteoric rise, collecting numerous awards, including the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture Design. Tom Kundig: Houses 2 features seventeen residential projects, ranging from a five hundred-square-foot cabin in the woods to a house carved into and built out of solid rock. In his new work, Kundig continues to strike a balance between raw and refined and modern and warm, creating inviting spaces with a strong sense of place. The houses seamlessly incorporate his signature inventive details, rich materials, and stunning sites-from the majestic Northwestern forest to the severe high desert. * Tom Kundig: Houses is one of Princeton Architectural Press's most successful monographs, selling more than ten thousand copies * Large format monograph is filled with evocative photographs as well as plans and detail drawings * Features a foreword by architect Juhani Pallasmaa and an essay by Daniel Friedman, Dean of the University of Washington College of Built Environments * Includes 250 colour photographs
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Manipulating and combining familiar cultural and physical material, [Kundig] makes buildings that do unfamiliar, wonderful things... This volume joins Tom Kundig: Houses (2008) as testament to an architectural original at the height of his formidable powers. --Residential Architecture
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Tom Kundig is a Seattle-based architect and a principal of Olson Kundig Architects. In 2008, he received a National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. In 2007, he was recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Letters with an Academy Award in Architecture.
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First book is better
April 20 2012
By Elden Lindamood
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Although there are a couple of interesting projects in this book, I didn't find nearly as inspiring as the work represented in Kundig's first "Houses" book. There are larger projects in this book which seemed, to me, to lack the intimate interaction with detail that seemed prevalent in the first book's projects. It is a nice book with some beautiful projects, but I think the first volume set my expectations too high.
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Tom Kundig: Houses 2
Nov 22 2011
By Carolyn Burnett
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Im an converting a commercial warehouse in Sydney's Paddington to an open plan residence and want to give it an Industrial feel.
His books have inspired me with his amazing use of concrete and steel.
Stairs, windows , doors and the use of pulleys and mechanical devices are awe inspiring.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes an Industrial Design , creative ideas, quirky , but still maintaining a warm feeling.
His books have inspired me with his amazing use of concrete and steel.
Stairs, windows , doors and the use of pulleys and mechanical devices are awe inspiring.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes an Industrial Design , creative ideas, quirky , but still maintaining a warm feeling.
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Seattle's Best Architect
Oct 13 2011
By Ben Schiendelman
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Tom Kundig, now working with Jim Olson as a principal at Olson/Kundig, is probably the most striking Pacific Coast Modern architect. While the style already often uses hard lines and industrial materials, Kundig amplifies this with steel paneling, unpainted metal, and exposed, specially designed mechanicals to open walls and doors.
Kundig's work continues to mature, and Houses 2 showcases his most unique challenges: buildings on wheels, cut into stone (The Pierre, on the cover), and examples of purpose-built architecture - a winery and home+studio are included.
This book shows a wider range than "Houses," and leads the way for a step forward in west coast architecture.
Kundig's work continues to mature, and Houses 2 showcases his most unique challenges: buildings on wheels, cut into stone (The Pierre, on the cover), and examples of purpose-built architecture - a winery and home+studio are included.
This book shows a wider range than "Houses," and leads the way for a step forward in west coast architecture.
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