Olson Kundig Architects Office

LEAD ARCHITECT
Tom Kundig, FAIA (view bio)

LOCATION & YEAR
Seattle, WA, 2004

PROJECT TYPES
Mixed Use/Commercial

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Project Details

Located in the historic Washington Shoe Building in the Pioneer Square Historic District, the design limits its impact on the existing space. The open plan layout is pulled away from the perimeter walls to limit contact with the existing historic structure and to take advantage of better natural daylight, circulation paths through the office and to avoid the favoritism associated with the “corner office.” Sustainable ideas were explored through the natural ventilation strategy (skylight and open stair for a chimney effect), not painting the warehouse walls or even the old windows (left “as is”), using masonite for floors and walls (a highly recycled content material left unpainted), and unpainted steel.

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Recognition

Schulz, Annika. "Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Office." Work! Best of Office Design. Berlin: Verlagshaus Braun, 2009.
The design of our office is featured in the new book Work! Best of Office Design, published by Verlagshaus Braun.
We are currently constructing a planter on the roof of our office building.
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Offices are highlighted in I.D. Magazine's "I.D. 40: Creatives Workspaces."
Sackett, Peter. "The I.D. 40: Creative Workspaces." Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen. I.D. Magazine, January-February 2008, p. 75.
Our office space is featured in the January/February issue of I.D. Magazine. The story is called "The I.D. 40" and is a look at ...
Our office and the Delta Shelter are featured in the Italian magazine, Acciaio Arte Architettura (No. 30).
The April issue of Fast Company magazine includes a feature on the design of our office in the section called, Space Shot.
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Office, 2005 IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter INAwards

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