For the 2024 Seattle Design Festival , Olson Kundig partnered with Dowbuilt, Net Your Problem LLC and Western Washington University's Polymer Materials Engineering program to bring our installation, Between Baleen, to life. Between Baleen is a fully immersive sensory installation that explores the humbling scale of ocean life, honoring the ecosystem of our local waters. The installation provides a unique opportunity to be immersed in ocean life of the Pacific Northwest, while highlighting the efforts of organizations that recycle and repurpose ocean plastics in partnership with the fishing industry. Here, a selection of photos from Between Baleen during Seattle Design Festival—stay tuned for more chances to see the installation! Project Team: Ozana Gherman and Nico Koppe, Design Leads; Jamie Slagel, AIA and Clay Anderson, Design Mentors; Dowbuilt, General Contractor; Net Your Problem LLC and Western Washington University, Collaborators.
Olson Kundig
Architecture and Planning
Seattle, Washington 33,081 followers
Architecture, interiors, landscape & planning—founded on the unstable edge of the Pacific Rim, offices in Seattle & NYC.
About us
Now in its sixth decade of practice, Olson Kundig is a collaborative design practice led by 12 principal/owners whose work includes cultural and museum projects, exhibition design, commercial and mixed-use design (including wineries and sports facilities), private and multi-family residential, hospitality projects, places of worship, interior design, product design and landscape design. With deep roots in the Pacific Northwest, the firm and its team of over 300 work with clients around the world. The firm began its creative existence in 1966 with the architect Jim Olson, whose work at that time centered on explorations of the relationship between dwellings and the landscapes in which they inhabit. Olson started the firm based on the essential ideas that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture, histories, and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives. Among the firm’s accolades are the 2009 National AIA Architecture Firm Award (as Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects), national and regional design awards from the American Institute of Architects, Jim Olson’s 2007 Seattle Medal of Honor and Tom Kundig’s National Design Award from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt and his Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Books on the firm’s work include Tom Kundig: Working Title (Princeton Architectural Press, 2020); Jim Olson: Building • Nature • Art (Thames & Hudson, 2018); Tom Kundig: Works (Princeton Architectural Press, 2015); Jim Olson: Art and Architecture (August Editions, 2013); Tom Kundig: Houses 2 (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011); Jim Olson Houses (The Monacelli Press, 2009); and Tom Kundig: Houses (Princeton Architectural Press, originally published in 2006 and re-released in 2021).
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http://www.olsonkundig.com
External link for Olson Kundig
- Industry
- Architecture and Planning
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1966
- Specialties
- Interior Design, Master Planning, Landscape Design, Product Design, Exhibit Design, Architecture, Art, and Design
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159 South Jackson Street
Suite 600
Seattle, Washington 98104, US
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14 E 38th St
10th Floor
New York, NY 10016, US
Employees at Olson Kundig
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We’re pleased to share that Red Barn Winery at Jagged Rock, led by design principal Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, has been featured in the latest issue of Architectural Record. “I always really enjoy projects that remodel or repurpose existing buildings, because I get to work in conversation with another designer and another client’s vision from the past,” Tom told Architectural Record. “In this case, the other designer is a younger version of myself, working with a younger version of my client." Visit Architectural Record at the link below to read more! https://lnkd.in/gnM5BVsP Photos by Nic Lehoux #Architecture #Winery #Canada Project Team: Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, Design Principal; Edward Lalonde, Principal; Gus Lynch, Project Architect / Project Manager; Daniel Renner, Project Manager; Julia Khorsand and Mikel Amias, Architectural Staff; Francesca Dea Krisli, Interior Design Staff; Michelle Arab, ASLA, Landscape; Kelley Pagano, Landscape Staff Key Consultants: Meiklejohn Architects Inc, BC Collaborating Architect; Vines & Rebar, General Contractor; @Elemental Structural Engineers, Structural Engineer; Rocky Point Engineering Ltd., Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer; ICS Engineering, Electrical Engineer; Barry Clarke, Fire Protection Engineer; McElhanney Consulting Services and Jeff Oland Engineering, Civil Engineers
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We’re looking forward to the Seattle Design Festival Block Party, this weekend at Lake Union Park! This year, we partnered with Dowbuilt, Net Your Problem LLC, and Western Washington University's Polymer Materials Engineering program to bring Between Baleen to life. Between Baleen is a sensory installation that provides a unique opportunity to be immersed in ocean life of the Pacific Northwest, while highlighting the efforts of organizations that recycle and repurpose ocean plastics in partnership with the fishing industry. Visit Between Baleen and other Seattle Design Festival installations at Lake Union Park, this weekend, August 17-18! https://lnkd.in/g76aVpPJ Project Team: Ozana Gherman and Nico Koppe, Design Leads; Jamie Slagel, AIA and Clay Anderson, Design Mentors; Dowbuilt, General Contractor; Net Your Problem LLC and Western Washington University, Collaborators.
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Today we revisit a new Bay Area home led by design principal Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, which was recently featured online by Architectural Digest. “It was designed to highlight the client’s art collection, but it's not a whole bunch of little walls,” Tom told AD. “It’s about balancing the big window views with the big wall views. The big window views also create this easy transparency between inside and outside. It’s what California is supposed to be about.” Visit link in bio to read more! https://lnkd.in/gN8Z-m4P #Architecture #Design #InteriorDesign Project Team: Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, Design Principal; Todd Matthes, Principal/ Project Manager; Charlotte Essex, AIA, CSBA, SEED, Project Architect; Alex Fritz, Associate, Project Architect; Katherine Ranieri, Project Architect. Nicole Hollis, Interior Design. Key Consultants: Dowbuilt, General Contractor; Spearhead, Structural Steel & Wood Framing, Lea & Braze Engineering, Inc., Civil Engineer; Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, Inc., Landscape Architect; Strandberg Engineering, Structural Engineer; Monterey Energy Group, Mechanical Engineer; Sazan, Electrical Engineer; O Lighting, Lighting Design; NICOLEHOLLIS, Interior Design; Kolohe Design LLC, Pool Design; RDH Building Science Inc., Envelope Design; Marchand Wright & Associates, Audio and Video Design; Wiseman Studio, Custom Fabrication
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To bring Between Baleen to life for the Seattle Design Festival Festival, Olson Kundig partnered with Net Your Problem LLC (NYP), a group that removes and recycles end-of-life fishing industry materials to keep ocean waters clean worldwide. Nicole Baker, Founder of NYP, has donated recycled fishing materials to help Olson Kundig create this sensory installation. Our goal is that visitors will be immersed in the ocean life local to our region and understand the impact of ocean plastics on our ecosystem. Visit Between Baleen and other Seattle Design Festival installations at Lake Union Park on August 17-18! https://lnkd.in/g76aVpPJ Project Team: Ozana Gherman and Nico Koppe, Design Leads; Jamie Slagel, AIA and Clay Anderson, Design Mentors; Dowbuilt, General Contractor; Net Your Problem LLC and Western Washington University, Collaborators.
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We’re excited to share Architectural Digest PRO’s Color Trend Report 2024, featuring principal/owner Kirsten Ring Murray FAIA, and other industry leaders as they speak to the latest color trends in interior design. “Black and white is a classic combination!” Kirsten shared with AD PRO. “The stark contrast feels once again surprising and new, though it has never completely disappeared.” Click the link to read more! https://lnkd.in/gSf87R4j #Architecture #Design #Trends
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The Local Project has released Habitats: City, Coast, and Forest, a three-volume collection showcasing extraordinary homes throughout the Pacific Rim and North America. Bilgola Beach House—a home in Australia led by design principal Tom Kundig, FAIA, and principal Kevin Kudo-King, AIA, LEED AP—is a featured project within Coasts, as well as being shown on the cover. Click the link to learn more! https://lnkd.in/gRZWJQ7h #Architecture #Design #Book Project Team: Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, Design Principal; Kevin Kudo-King, AIA, LEED AP, Principal; Simon Clews, Project Manager and Project Architect; Motomi Kudo-King, Lindsay Kunz and Martina Bendel, Architectural Staff; Debbie Kennedy, LEED AP ID+C, Interior Design; Megan Adams, Casey Hill, Maresa Monnahan, Interior Design Staff Consultants: Bellevarde Constructions (general contractor); Advanced Design Innovations (gizmo fabrication); Auric Projects (client representative); BBF Planners (planner); CAB Consulting (landscape architect); Horton Coastal Engineering (coastal engineer); JK Geotechnics (geotech consultant); KB&CO Architectural & Design with Phil Turner (gizmo design); Niteo Lighting (lighting design); Partridge Engineering (civil and structural engineer); RJ Air (mechanical engineer); TILT Industrial Design (gizmo fabrication)
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We’re excited to share that principal/founder Jim Olson, FAIA, and principal/owner & founder Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, have been named to the Wallpaper* USA 400! This annual list celebrates the people who define America’s creative landscape, from artists and entrepreneurs to tastemakers—like Jim and Tom—responsible for some of the country’s most noteworthy designs. Click the link below to learn more! https://lnkd.in/dzKXGxpw #Architecture #Design #WallpaperUSA400
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What if you were swallowed by a whale? "Between Baleen" is a fully immersive sensory installation for Seattle Design Festival that explores the humbling scale of ocean life, honoring the ecosystem of our local waters. Experience the dense screen of rope and extruded film that simulates whale baleen, and feel the weight of hung rope as if engulfed in the mouth of a whale. Visit Between Baleen at Lake Union Park on August 17-18. In collaboration with Net Your Problem LLC and Western Washington University's Polymer Materials Engineering program, this installation uses recycled ocean plastics and will be repurposed again to achieve zero-footprint impact. Between Baleen is a unique opportunity to be immersed in ocean life of the Pacific Northwest, while highlighting the efforts of organizations that recycle and repurpose ocean plastics in partnership with the fishing industry. Visit the link below to learn more! https://lnkd.in/g76aVpPJ #Seattle #Design #Architecture AIA Seattle Project Team: Ozana Gherman and Nico Koppe, Design Leads; Jamie Slagel, AIA and Clay Anderson, Design Mentors; Dowbuilt, General Contractor; Net Your Problem LLC and Western Washington University, Collaborators.
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We’re thrilled to share that Olson Kundig has been named #2 among the top 100 Best Architecture Firms in the United States firms by Architizer! The list celebrates firms for their excellence in architecture, their award-winning projects, and their featured projects on Architizer. Click the link below to learn more! https://lnkd.in/grESjE48 #Architizer #Architecture #Design
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