Northeast Oregon, United States
Olson Kundig Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
Description from the architects:
Located in Northeast
Oregon, this small house is conceived as a contemporary glass box that floats atop the surrounding wheat fields.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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The design of the house and the accompanying wood-frame barn responds to the local vernacular of barns and farmhouses in the
Pacific Northwest while responding to the client’s deep interest in the design of
Philip Johnson’s
Glass House.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
Facing south towards the distant mountains, the house adapts well to the cold, snowy winters and hot, dry summers. In the winter, the orientation takes advantage of passive solar heat gain from the low-angled winter sun; in the summer, roof overhangs and a light shelf block the high hot summer sun from entering. Large, operable windows of high-efficiency glass provide cross-ventilation cooling, lessening the house’s need for air-conditioning.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Bies |
The people
Architects: Olson Kundig Architects
Location: Northeast Oregon,
United States
Project Team: Jim Olson, FAIA (Design Principal); Ellen Cecil, AIA LEED AP (Project Manager); Michael Wright (Architectural Staff)
Consultants: MCE Structural Consultants, Inc. (Structural Engineering); Brian Hood Lighting (Lighting Design)
Contractor: LD Perry Inc
Photographs: Tim Bies
