Architecture Firm

OlsonKundig

Raw materials, indoor-outdoor living, and a deep connection to nature. Rustic luxury for the modern collector who values authenticity over opulence.

1966

Founded

Seattle, USA

Headquarters

50+

Employees

AIA Honor

Awards

Design Philosophy

Steel, concrete, glass, and timber left in their natural state. The beauty of honest materials, weathered and alive.

Walls that disappear. Windows that become doors. Spaces that dissolve the boundary between shelter and wilderness.

Hand-cranked windows, pivoting walls, and kinetic elements that make architecture interactive and tactile.

Every building responds to its landscape — whether a desert mesa, forest clearing, or coastal bluff.

Residential2007

Methow Valley, USA

Residential2011

Olympic Peninsula, USA

Mixed-Use2012

Seattle, USA

Residential2010

San Juan Islands, USA

Residential2008

Lake Tahoe, USA

Residential2009

Bellevue, USA

"I think of architecture as a piece of clothing. It should be comfortable, and it should fit well."

— Jim Olson, Founding Partner