Glass-Enclosed Rooms Feel Like They’re Floating at This Olson Kundig Home in Virginia

Wings of the cruciform residence jut out over the landscape on stilts to capture panoramic views.
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Architect Tom Kundig of Seattle firm Olson Kundig has designed homes all over the world, but when the opportunity came to create what became the Blue Ridge House on vineyard land in Delaplane, Virginia, 50, miles west of Washington, D.C., "I honestly couldn’t have been more excited," he recalls. "That landscape is so freaking beautiful. I lucked out."

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Brian Libby
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Brian Libby is a Portland-based architecture writer who has contributed to Dwell since 2004. He has also written for The New York Times, Architect, CityLab, Salon, Metropolis, Architectural Record and The Oregonian, among others.

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