Photographer: Tim Bies

Delta Shelter

PROJECT ROLES
Tom Kundig, Design Principal

LOCATION & YEAR
Mazama, WA, 2005

Project Details

This 1,000 square-foot weekend cabin, basically a steel box on stilts, can be completely shuttered when the owner is away. Situated near a river in a floodplain, the 20’ x 20’ square footprint rises three stories and is topped by the living room/kitchen. Large, 10’ x 18’ steel shutters can be closed simultaneously using a hand crank.

Interiors by Olson Kundig Architects.

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Recognition

The Tom Kundig-designed Delta Shelter is featured on the Huffington Post.
The Tom Kundig-designed Delta Shelter is featured in the February/March issue of Architectural Digest France.
Pinet, Sophie. "90 m2 Tres Nature." Architectural Digest France Feb.-March 2012: 94-101. Print.
The Tom Kundig-designed Delta Shelter is featured in an article on vacation getaways in the Robb Report supplement Exceptional P...
Morris, Bob. "Shelter from the Norm." Exceptional Properties Jan./Feb. 2011:42-48. Print.
The Tom Kundig-designed Delta Shelter is featured in the Winter 2011 issue of International Architecture & Design.
Glass, Margaret. "Take Shelter." International Architecture & Design Winter 2011: 80-83. Print.
The Tom Kundig-designed Delta Shelter is featured in an article on wintery design in the Spanish magazine Arquitectura Y Diseno.
"A Punto de Nieve." Arquitectura Y Diseno #109 2010: 30. Print.
Kliczkowski, Guillermo Raul. "Delta Shelter." Casas Internacional, Casas Compactas. Buenos Aires: Kliczkowski Publisher, 2010. c...
The Tom Kundig-designed Delta Shelter is featured on the cover of Architecture: An Introduction by Geoffrey Makstutis.
Makstutis, Geoffrey. Architecture: An Introduction. London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2010. Cover, 145, 224-225. Print.
The Tom Kundig-designed Delta Shelter is featured in the January/February issue of the British magazine Plan.
"Small Projects, Part 1." Plan Magazine January/February 2010: 41. Print
Delta Shelter, designed by Tom Kundig, is featured in the November issue of the Korean magazine Space.
Sang-ho, Kim. Ed. "Wild Architecture." Space, No. 504, November 2009, p. 123.
Galindo, Michelle. "Delta Shelter." Ice Architecture. Ed. Michelle Galindo. Verlagshaus Braun, 2009. pp. 162-165.
"Delta Shelter." The American House. London: Phaidon Press, 2008.
Delta Shelter appears in the book The American House, published by Phaidon Press.
Delta Shelter is featured on the cover of the new book Tiny Houses, edited by Mimi Zeiger and published by Rizzoli.
Zeiger, Mimi. "Delta Shelter." Tiny Houses. Ed. Mimi Zeiger. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2009. 40-45.
Young, Lucie. "Winter Retreat." Elle Decoration UK, February 2009, pp. 108-111.
Delta Shelter and Montecito Residence are featured in the November issue of A+U.
"Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects: Delta Shelter; Feature: Dwelling and the Land." A+U, November 2008, pp. 50-55.
"Delta Shelter: Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects." International New Architecture, August 2008, pp. 69-75.
Lee, Uje. "Delta Shelter." House on the Landscape. Seoul, Korea: C3 Publishing, 2008. 136-147.
Delta Shelter is featured in an article on the AIA 2008 Honor Awards in the May issue of Architectural Record
"American Institute of Architects, 2008 Honor Awards." Architectural Record, May 2008, pp. 140.
"Casa-rifugio a Mazama, Washigton State." L'Industria delle Costruzioni, no 40, 2008, pp. 16-21.
Delta Shelter is featured in an issue on "intimate" American architecture in the Italian magazine L'Industria delle Costruzioni
"Turning the Tide." Grand Designs, May 2008, pp. 138.
Delta Shelter is featured in the May issue of the British Magazine Grand Designs.
Rico, Beatriz. "Refugio Delta: OSKA Architects, Poderoso Abrigo." Diseñart Magazine. Issue 23, Winter 2008, pp. 76-83.
Delta Shelter is featured in Issue 23 of the Spanish magazine Diseñart.
2008 AIA Honor Award winner Delta Shelter is featured in the online magazine Architecture Week
Tom Kundig and Delta Shelter have won a 2008 National AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen has sent out a postcard announcing Delta Shelter's 2008 National AIA Institute Honor Award
Fonk, Hans. "Tom Kundig's Delta Shelter: Creativity in Rugged Nature." Objekt #40, Winter 2007-2008, pp.126-131.
Delta Shelter is featured in the Winter edition of Objekt Magazine.
Murdock, James. "Winners of AIA's 2008 Honor Awards named." Architectural Record, February 2008, pp. 32.
Otero, Palmira Rojas. "Refugio Escondido, Estilo: Delta Shelter." El Nuevo Dia, February 2008.
"Give Me Shelter." Spaces Magazine, March 2008, pp. 98-105.
Delta Shelter is featured in the March issue of Spaces Magazine
Delta Shelter, AIA National Honor Award, 2008
The Delta Shelter has been awarded a 2008 Honor Award from the National AIA.
Witkiewicz, Grazyna. "Drewno Szklo I Stal." Dom & Wnetrze, December 2007, p. 104-109.
Delta Shelter is featured in the December issue of Polish magazine Dom & Wnetrze
Delta Shelter is featured in the October edition of Diseño Interior
"Tom Kundig: Delta Shelter en Washington." Diseño Interior, Octubre 2007, pp.188-195.
Delta Shelter, Honor Award, 2007 AIA Northwest & Pacific Regional Design Awards
The Delta Shelter has been awarded a 2007 Honor Award from the NW & Pacific Region of the American Institute of Architects. ...
Delta Shelter, 2007 American Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum
Delta Shelter, 2007 National AIA Housing Award
"Een Klein Fort In Het Bos." Abstract Magazine, Dec., Jan., Feb. 2007, pp. 30-34
Volume 40 of the Belgian magazine Abstract includes a feature on the Delta Shelter.
The Delta Shelter project is featured in the December 2006 issue of Interni magazine. The article is entitled, Iron House.
Delta Shelter, 2006 Architectural Record - Record House
Delta Shelter, 2006 Residential Architect Magazine Grand Award
Delta Shelter, 2006 AIA Seattle Merit Award

Interiors

Scale of furnishings is critical in this compact retreat. Furniture is clean and simple; appropriate to the relaxing actions of lounging, dining, and sleeping. Built-in storage bins for firewood and boots help keep spaces tidy. The neutral palette complements raw materials like steel and plywood, visually retreating so that the eye is drawn to the surrounding landscape.

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