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Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects: Architecture, Art, and Craft

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This book wisely does not try to show all the work of Olson Sundberg Kundig and Allen, one of the Northwest's leading architecture firms. Instead it focuses on a small number of selected homes designed by the firm, and then guides the reader through the creative process, from design through construction to finished product. What emerges is an elegant book of even more elegant homes, each quite different from the other, but all seeming to harness to the max both the power of line and the nurturing complexity of light.

In a characteristically perceptive and graceful introduction, Paul Goldberger suggests that the world has caught up with the good sense and refined sensibility of this Seattle firm. This is a handsome, expansive study of a dozen houses, built for people of means and taste-a rare combination. All but two are located in the northwest, and each immerses you in the natural beauty of its site and its inner serenity. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.)

Being OSKA an incredible architecture studio, and having a very good Web page, I was eager waiting for the book, but unexpectedly, the layout, colors and pictures of the book weren't in the same level

Very well edited book. Mostly residential projets. Each one is introduced w/ concept, dwg, (almost excessive)photos, and details. Design is a little on the conservative side sometimes(especailly for those ultra-rich clients), but spatial concept and detailing are still modern and very well developed. Some formal languages are complicated by, say, using double columns, which I really don't know what for other than visual complication.

Overall I highly recommend this book, especially to people interested in well crafted residential projets.