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In many of today\u2019s architecture studios, one would be forgiven for thinking that pencils and paper have become extinct. With BIM software and rendering packages becoming increasingly powerful and efficient, time spent at the drawing board has considerably diminished, and much has been written about hand drawing as a lost art of the profession.<\/p>\n

One architect’s sketchbook that flies in the face of such talk is that of Tom Kundig, principal at Olson Kundig Architects<\/a> \u2014 the Seattle-based firm renowned for its raw industrial style, expressive materiality, and stunning detailing. Tom Kundig\u2019s monograph \u2014 simply entitled Works<\/i><\/a> \u2014 recounts some of the studio\u2019s most-loved built projects using personal anecdotes and photography and includes a large number of sketches that lay bare the thought process behind these masterpieces.<\/p>\n

These sketches are just the kind of thing we’re looking to see in this summer’s One Drawing Challenge<\/a>, a global ideas competition that with winning prizes of $2,500 and more. As you prepare your submission for the competition, get inspired by the pages of Kundig’s sketchbook. Here, 8 sketches are paired with the finished buildings to tell the story behind some of the most striking structures completed in Washington and further afield. This is how Kundig\u2019s classics are created:<\/p>\n

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Art Stable<\/b><\/a>, Seattle, Washington (2010)<\/p>\n

This multistory live\/work studio in Seattle was designed for two friends of the architects, an artist client and her husband. Kundig\u2019s sketches emphasize key features that lend the fa\u00e7ade a high level of flexibility: huge hinged \u201cstable doors\u201d swing open to allow light and ventilation into each space, while the Corten-clad \u201cart box\u201d can be opened up to allow large-scale artworks to be brought inside.<\/p>\n

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Berkshire Residence<\/b><\/a>, New Marlborough, Massachusetts (2014)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you live in big, beautiful country like this, the land is more important than architecture,\u201d Kundig said of the setting for the soft, bucolic landscape of Berkshire in Massachusetts. Accordingly, the architect\u2019s sketches show a house that appears to hover above rolling bluffs \u2014 creating what Kundig decribes as an elegant and comfortable tree fort.<\/p>\n

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Charles Smith Wines Tasting Room and World Headquarters<\/b><\/a>, Walla Walla, Washington (2011)<\/p>\n

Kundig conceived this multifunctional tasting room as a \u2018drive-through\u2019 for wine, with certain elements \u2018parked\u2019 within the space. The architect\u2019s isometric sketch shows an office structure inserted within one bay of the open, industrial interior; handwritten notes compare this element to a Trojan horse and a boxcar. Garage doors across the front elevation swing open to connect the winery to the street.<\/p>\n

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Pole Pass Cabin<\/b><\/a>, Orcas Island, Washington (2013)<\/p>\n

One of many projects by Olson Kundig on the picturesque San Juan Islands, the design of Pole Pass Cabin is entirely concerned with connecting the house with its extraordinary waterfront setting. Kundig sketched plans directly below elevations of the dwelling showing how the interior program corresponds to expanses of glazing that permit uninhibited views of the surrounding forest and Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

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Tansu House<\/b><\/a>, Seattle, Washington (2011)<\/p>\n

Kundig\u2019s drawings for this private dwelling in Seattle show how the layout of the house can be transformed via a series of pivoting doors both internally and externally. The architect\u2019s likens the building to a traditional \u201cTansu Chest of secret compartments\u201d, and Japanese influences are visible throughout the design in terms of both spatial and material qualities.<\/p>\n

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Sol Duc Cabin<\/b><\/a>, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (2011)<\/p>\n

Kundig\u2019s parallel projection articulates the key feature of this cabin on stilts on Washington\u2019s Olympic Peninsula: a huge, two-story steel panel slides away to open up the dwelling to the landscape. A handwritten note alludes to the structure\u2019s material contrasts with a cool metal exterior protecting the warm timber within: \u201cHard on the outside, soft on the inside (tootsie pop).\u201d<\/p>\n

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Studhorse<\/b><\/a>, Winthrop, Washington (2012)<\/p>\n

The sketched plan of this residence within the glacial Methow Valley shows Kundig\u2019s intention to house rooms within several different buildings and group them around a central courtyard to evoke the idea of \u201ccircling the wagons.\u201d Below this group, an elevation drawing illustrates the cantilevered form of the raised living space, its Corten-clad exterior divided up by huge panels of glazing.<\/p>\n

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Upper East Side Residence<\/b><\/a>, New York, New York (2014)<\/p>\n

This stunning renovation of an old water tower of an art deco\u2013era building involved the insertion of the kind of bespoke elements Tom Kundig has become globally renowned for. The standout feature of the residence was sketched in detail by the architect: a three-storey-tall, folded-steel stairway with an integrated bookshelf \u2014 or \u201cwall o\u2019 books\u201d \u2014 takes people up to a watchtower loft above.<\/p>\n

Enjoy this article? Check out the other features in our ongoing series “How Architecture is Born”, including drawings, models, paintings, and collages from a wide range of creative firms:<\/i><\/p>\n

Meticulous Models by Safdie Architects<\/a><\/p>\n

Parallel Perspectives by OPEN Architecture<\/a><\/p>\n

Fluid Watercolors by Steven Holl<\/a><\/p>\n

Stunning Models and Drawings by Allied Works Architecture<\/a><\/p>\n

Joyful Sketches by CEBRA<\/a><\/p>\n

The Visionary Process of Mecanoo<\/a><\/p>\n

Sign up to be informed when the next One Drawing Challenge<\/a> competition opens for submissions. Be sure to check out the rest of this year's extraordinary Winners and Commended Entries<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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