The clients’ directive for Chicken Point Cabin was simple—make the house as open to the water as possible. The design response to this challenge was as direct as the request: a large pivoting picture window on the water side that literally opens the house to the landscape.
Photo: Benjamin Benschneider
Chicken Point Cabin
Northern Idaho
Cabin at Longbranch
Longbranch, Washington
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art
Denver, Colorado
Team
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Debbie Kennedy
Awards
2005
Residential Architect Design Awards, Grand Award
2004
AIA National Honor Awards, Honor Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, American Architecture Award
2003
AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Honor Awards, Honor Award
2002
AIA Seattle Honor Awards, Honor Award
Publications
2021
Diehl, Tom. Internal: Developing Informed Architectural Language, New York: ORO Editions, 2021. Book.
2020
Camillo, Paola. “Tom Kundig.” Contract Book, #3 / Jul. 2020, 108-112. Print.
Thakrar, Tina. “In Conversation with Olson Kundig.” Good Homes India, 20 Jul. 2020. Web.
2018
Mollard, Manon. “Retrospective Olson Kundig.” The Architectural Review, 13 Aug. 2018. Web.
“Retrospective Olson Kundig.” The Architectural Review, July/Aug. 2018. Print.
2017
Attanasio, Joseph. “A Lakeside Cabin Has Never Looked Cooler.” Airows, 15 Mar. 2017. Web.
“House of the Day: Chicken Point Cabin by Olson Kundig.” The Modern House, 15 Feb. 2017. Web.
Loblein, Markus. “Untertauchen wie 007 in dieser Villa am See.” GQ Germany, 17 Mar. 2017. Web.