Delta Shelter | Olson Kundig

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

Photo by Tom Bies

In addition to being a launchpad for rising talent, Bezar will feature wares from more recognizable brands, such as Tom Dixon. Part of their tableware collection, the TANK decanter is made of hand-blown glass and accented with gold paint.

Olson Kundig Architects created Studhorse in Washington's remote Methow Valley as four structures oriented around a central courtyard, each positioned to best enjoy the surrounding vistas in all four seasons.

In Seattle's rapidly developing South Lake Union neighborhood, the Art Stable is a classic example of urban infill. Built on the site of a former horse stable, the seven-story mixed-use building carries its history into the future with highly adaptable live/work units.

Tom Givone’s clients, Rose and Steve Smith, teach overseas and have owned their house for 26 years. They intended to fix it up slowly and retire there. As one problem led to another, they reached a point when they felt their only option, as Rose put it, was to “burn it down.”

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

Inspirational spaces

Delta Shelter | Olson Kundig

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

At just 350 square feet, this remote cabin with a view for the Sol Duc River sits on stilts to protect it from flooding and the dampness of the northwestern rainforest. Its shutters can be operated manually by custom steel rods.

Architect Tom Kundig’s assignment was simple enough: Build a tiny, Thoreau-like getaway for an Atlanta-based writer who owned ten acres on San Juan Island in Puget Sound. "The idea was not to clutter anybody’s thinking, especially a writer’s," he said. So he designed a 500-square-foot retreat that’s both womblike and open to its surroundings.

Copper Shade Pendants by Tom Dixon over the island contrast the room's light palette, while a white Flos Skygarden lamp over the dining room table blends into it.

Delta Shelter | Olson Kundig

Delta Shelter | Olson Kundig

British artist Hannah Sawtell and technologist Avi Flombaum created sawbaum.com, where users can create visual collages using multiple vine streams. "We wanted it to look like a visual comic book, with overlapping panels," said Flombaum. "And we wanted it to be fun!" Photo courtesy Rhizome.

Delta Shelter | Olson Kundig

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

On San Juan island, Pole Pass is an intimate waterfront retreat built to serve as a gathering space that takes advantage of the temperate Pacific Northwest summers.

Delta Shelter | Olson Kundig

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

Pendants are often located over a table or kitchen island because they provide ambient or task lighting

Studhorse | Olson Kundig

Delta Shelter | Olson Kundig

Delta Shelter | Olson Kundig

Delta Shelter, designed by Tom Kundig. Photo by Tim Bies, Olson Kundig Architects.

A Mirror Ball pendant by Tom Dixon hovers over the kitchen counter.

“Perhaps the most recurrent request from the client was to create as much storage space as possible, which they desperately lacked in the original apartment,” Hammer says. The kitchen’s medium-density fibreboard cabinets provide plenty of room to keep things tidy. Tom Dixon bar lamps hang over the island.