Set in the remote, harsh high desert of Idaho, Outpost is an artist’s live/work studio and sculpture garden. The compact footprint of the house is the limit of intrusion into the land: a simple, clearly defined space with an enclosed “paradise garden” protected from the wind.
Photo: Tim Bies / Olson Kundig
Outpost
Bellevue, Idaho
Pioneer Square Alley Corridor Project
Seattle, Washington
Urban Sanctuary
Seattle, Washington
Team
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Christopher Gerrick
Awards
2010
AIA National Honor Awards, Honor Award
2009
AIA National Housing Committee Awards, Committee Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, American Architecture Award
Residential Architect Design Awards, Grand Award: Custom Home, Over 3,000 SF
2008
AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Honor Awards, Merit Award
2007
AIA Seattle Honor Awards, Merit Award
Publications
2020
Living in the Mountains: Contemporary Houses in the Mountains. New York: Phaidon Press, 2020. Book.
2019
Mafi, Nick. “The Best-Designed Building in Every U.S. State.” Architectural Digest, 3 May 2019. Web.