Set on three hundred acres of rolling Berkshire landscape, the first challenge of the project was to find the perfect building site from which to experience the surroundings. The choice was the ecotone—the border between two adjacent ecological systems. The house stretches along the line where the forest meets the meadow. The building is thin enough that each room, as you move through the house, balances a feeling of interior refuge with distant prospect views.
Photo: Benjamin Benschneider
Berkshire Residence
Berkshires, Massachusetts
55 Bell Street
Seattle, Washington
Bigwood Residence
Sun Valley, Idaho
Publications
2023
“The Architecture of Risk.” world-architects eMagazine, 01 Nov. 2023. Web.
“World’s Best Design Details: Olson Kundig’s Kinetic Architecture.” Architizer, 08 Feb. 2023. Web.
2020
Camillo, Paola. “Tom Kundig.” Contract Book, #3 / Jul. 2020, 108-112. Print.
2018
Jodidio, Philip. “Olson Kundig. Berkshire Residence.” Homes for Our Time: Contemporary Houses around the World, TASCHEN, Dec. 2018, 6, 23, 306-313. Book.
2015
“Olson Kundig Architects’ Country Retreat Offers Stupendous Views of Massachusetts.” Men Lifestyle, 24 Nov. 2015. Web.
Shi. ”2015 What is good design? Wallpaper annual list released.” Q Daily, 20 Dec. 2015. Web.
Sisson, Patrick. “Architect Tom Kundig Talks Inspiration and the Ideal Cabin.” Curbed Seattle, 6 Nov. 2015. Web.