Photographer: Tim Bies

Outpost

PROJECT ROLES
Tom Kundig, Design Principal
Kirsten Murray, Principal
Steven Rainville, Project Manager

LOCATION & YEAR
Central Idaho, 2007

Project Details

Set in the remote and harsh high desert landscape of Idaho, Outpost is a residence and studio/workshop for making and displaying art. An important aspect of the complex is the protected “paradise garden,” which is separated from the wild landscape by thick concrete walls. The materials used in the structure, including concrete block, car-decking, and plywood, require little or no maintenance, and are capable of withstanding the extreme weather that characterize the desert’s four seasons.

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Recognition

Travis, Debbie. "Houses echo landscape in "West Coast Modern." The Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan 13, p. 10. Print.
Sardar, Zahid. West Coast Modern: Architecture, Interiors & Design. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2012. Book.
The Tom Kundig-designed Outpost is featured in West Coast Modern: Architecture, Interiors & Design, by Zahid Sardar and publ...
Pfeifer, Sandra. "Top 10: Desert Dwellings." Architizer 10 Oct. 2012. Web.
AIA 2010-2012: Designs for the New Decade. Hong Kong: Design Media Publishing Limited, 2012. Print.
The Tom Kundig-designed Outpost is featured in the January/February issue of Elle Decoration Germany.
Schmid, Lydia. "Hier Gibt Die Natur Den Ton An!." Elle Decoration Germany Jan./Feb. 2012: 15, 122-129. Print.
"Altitud que resalta ed paisaje." Entre Muros Aug. 2011: Cover, 44-45. Print.
"Architect Kundig Chooses Style Over Space in Sun Valley." Curbed 4 Oct. 2010. Web.
"Outpost Residence in Idaho, USA." Arqa.com 1 June 2010. Web.
The Tom Kundig-designed Outpost is featured in the lineup of AIA Honor Award winners in the June issue of Architectural Record.
"AIA Honor Awards." Architectural Record June 2010: 98. Print.
Welton, Mike. "In Idaho, Opening Up to the Outside." Architects + Artisans 6 June. 2010. Web.
The Tom Kundig-designed Outpost is featured in the Canadian edition of International Architecture & Design magazine.
"This Way to the Oasis." International Architecture & Design, Canadian Edition Winter 2010: 8, 33, 44-53, 110. Print.
The Tom Kundig-designed Outpost is featured in an announcement of AIA National Honor Award winners in the February issue of Arch...
McKnight, Jenna. "AIA Announces Honor Award Winners." Architectural Record February 2010: 24. Print.
Pauwels, Wim. "Outpost Residence." Archinature. Enghien, Belgium: Beta Plus Publishing, 2010. 160-181. Print.
The Tom Kundig-designed Outpost is featured in the January 16 issue of Telegraph Magazine, published by the London Telegraph.
Bradbury, Dominic. "My Own Private Idaho." Telegraph Magazine 16 January 2010: 50-57. Print.
Outpost, National AIA Honor Award
The Tom Kundig-designed project, Outpost, has won a 2010 National AIA Honor Award!
Outpost, 2009 American Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum
"Out of Nowhere." Casa Diva, July 2009, pp.32-35.
Outpost has been published in the Greek magazine Casa Diva.
"AIA Housing and HUD Awards Programs Honor 21 Projects." Architectural Record, July 2009, p. 122.
Weber, Cheryl. “Residential Architect Design Awards 09.” Residential Architect, March/April 2009, pp. 34-35.
Bernstein, Fred A. "A House of Concrete and Time." San Antonio Express News, Real Estate Section, February 1, 2009, p. 3D.
Outpost, National AIA Housing Award
Outpost, Grand Award, Residential Architect Design Award
Bernstein, Fred A. "Surrendering to the Landscape." New York Times, Home section, January 8, 2009, pp. D1, D6-D7.
Outpost is featured in today's New York Times' Home & Garden section.
Outpost, Merit Award, AIA Northwest and Pacific Region
Outpost, AIA Seattle Merit Award, 2007

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