Photographer: Benjamin Benschneider

Chicken Point Cabin

PROJECT ROLES
Tom Kundig, Design Principal
Steven Rainville, Project Manager
Alan Maskin, Staff

LOCATION & YEAR
Northern Idaho, 2002

Project Details

The idea for the cabin is that of a lakeside shelter in the woods—a little box with a big window that opens to the surrounding landscape. The cabin’s big window-wall (30 feet by 20 feet) opens the entire living space to the forest and lake. Materials are low maintenance—concrete block, steel, concrete floors and plywood—in keeping with the notion of a cabin, and left unfinished to naturally age and acquire a patina that fits in with the natural setting. The cabin sleeps ten.

Interiors by Olson Kundig Architects.

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Recognition

The Tom Kundig-designed Chicken Point Cabin is featured on the Bob Vila Nation blog.
"Lakeside Chicken Point Cabin Nestled in the Woods by Olson Kundig Architects." Bob Vila Nation 13 June 2012. Web.
Tom Kundig is profiled in volume 36 of Steel Construction, the official journal of the Southern African Institute of Steel Const...
The Tom Kundig-designed Chicken Point Cabin is featured in the new book Nature Framed.
Hagberg, Eva. "Tom Kundig." Nature Framed. Ed. Eva Hagberg. New York: The Monacelli Press 2011. 126-133. Print.
A hand-drawn elevation sketch of Chicken Point Cabin is among the National Design Museum’s recent acquisitions highlighted in ...
"National Design Collection: Recent Acquisitions." Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum National Design Journal Fal...
The Tom Kundig-designed Chicken Point Cabin is featured in the June issue of Italian Magazine Acciaio Arte Architettura.
Cescon, Marina. “Casa Rifugio.” Acciaio Arte Architettura June 2010: 34-49. Print.
"Chicken Point Cabin in Mazama, Washington." Arqa.com 1 June 2010. Web.
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum has accessioned several Tom Kundig sketches of Chicken Point Cabin into their permanent...
The Tom Kundig-designed Chicken Point Cabin is featured in the April issue of Cabin Life magazine.
Kliczkowski, Guillermo Raul. "Cabaña Chicken Point." Casas Internacional, Casas Compactas. Buenos Aires: Kliczkowski Publisher,...
Vertunni, Francesco. “Come una nave.” Interni on Board, November 2008, pp. 2-5.
Chicken Point Cabin is featured in the November special issue of Interni magazine.
"Little House, Big Window." A+ Architecture Plus, N. 19, Summer 2008, pp. 49-54.
The Chicken Point Cabin is featured in a book, Architecture: Water, from Edizioni Gribaudo.
The Chicken Point Cabin is featured in the new book, Door & Window Design, published by teNeues.
The Chicken Point Cabin is featured in the new book, Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture, published by Lawrence King...
The Chicken Point Cabin is featured in issue #35 of the New Zealand magazine, Urbis. The story is entitled, "Cabin Fever."
The Chicken Point Cabin is featured in the Dec. issue of the Portuguese magazine, Attitude, in an article titled, "Sob o Céu Ab...
Escobar, Ángela. ”El refugio perfecto.” Casaviva Decoración, Vol. 16, No. 91, pp.106-113
Chicken Point Cabin, 2005 American Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of American Architecture
Chicken Point Cabin, 2005 Grand Award, Residential Architect Design Awards
Chicken Point Cabin, 2004 National AIA Honor Award
Chicken Point Cabin, 2003 AIA NW & Pacific Region Honor Award
Chicken Point Cabin, 2002 Seattle AIA Honor Award

Interiors

The use of color and texture are important in the interior of this casual family cabin. Strong blocks of color help to define space and direct the eye. Texture in furnishings provides a soft but strong counterpoint to the hard, raw material palette. Custom tables using plywood and polyurethane create a direct connection to the architecture while providing durability and function. Some of the unique interior features include the custom continuous steel pipe fireplace, the wood slab work surface supported by a truck suspension spring, and the custom stainless steel bathroom sink.

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