Over the weekend I found myself daydreaming about wide open spaces and the ultimate country house. I guess being cooped up in the city in February will do that to you. What got me going was an article in the Times a few weeks ago about a house in Idaho that Tom Kundig designed for Jan Cox, an artist and designer. The images of this lone outpost with huge glass windows and warm wood interiors captured my imagination and sent me looking at all of Tom Kundig's other house designs. Wow. They are stunning...
Country House Porn: Tom Kundig's Amazing Escapes
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
>> Under a Boundless Sky, a House Apart - By Fred Bernstein @ NYTimes
Today, I just want to share a little archiporn with you: a group of Tom Kundig's houses. Like collecting baseball cards, I'm now collecting images of inspirational homes. This is my starting point.
>> Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
[Images: oskaarchitects.com]
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This is called Delta Shelter
Notice that the huge steel walls slide closed over the windows!
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This is called Chicken Point Cabin
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This is called The Brain.
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This is called Montecito Residence
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These are Rolling Huts!
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AND I've just now discovered a number of posts on our San Francisco site documenting a lot more:
>> Tom Kundig Architecture: A Different Take on an RV Idea
>> The Brain by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
>> Portland Hilltop House by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
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The House Apart photos blew my mind. I want to be there in the dead of winter at midnight and just watch the stillness. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, the opening paragraph of White Fang.
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This post has nothing to do with porn. Stop giving us false expectations!
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That window/wall of Chicken Point Cabin, I'm in love with since I first saw it.
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No, it _does_ have to do with porn but not just this: I'd almost forgotten I was so in love with this guy!
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