Thursday, June 17, 2010

Tom Kundig; american architect

Tom Kundig appears to specialize in curved or slanted roofs. His main materials are wood and metal. Many of his houses also have large windows that take up half or more of a wall (of course, they all have good veiws). All of his one family houses he has a garden in front or is in the country side, surrounded by meadow grasses.

negative years
before he was born, both of Kundigs parents emmagrated from Switserland to Spokane, Washington where his dad worked as an architect.

early years
He climed the alpine mountains. that experience helped him later in his life as an architect with the sence of surfaces, materials, landscapng and tactility.



later life
He started to work in the 1990's. Kundig worked for many firms as well as his own before he joined the Olsen, Sundberg, Kundig, Allen firm. he has been working as an architect for about 20 yrs










this computer animated condo designed by Tom Kundig is in the process of being built.






















this is a rolling hut. it inspired me to do my reasech paper on Tom Kundig














this is the main cluster


















interior






















10 comments:

  1. How does he come up with his ideas? From sketches or 3-D models?

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  2. What type of buildings does he build?

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  3. it looks like a normal apartment building

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  4. It sounds like he has a really good thought. Having a nice view is always a good thing and a garden can be a buetiful accesory

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  5. how long has he been an architecture

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  6. You could be a little more descriptive with your captionings on the pictures.

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  7. What makes his buildings unique in your opinion?

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  8. I love that the designs are so open

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