Olson Kundig

Olson Kundig began as Jim Olson’s one-man studio in 1966, seven years after he built his first project, a bunk house on his family’s land at Longbranch, Washington. The Seattle practice is now owned by 13 principals and supported by more than 300 staff, with studios in Seattle, New York and, since 2024, Chicago’s Fulton Market. Interior, exhibit, urban and landscape design sit alongside architecture.

Residential work remains the laboratory, from single-family houses in remote landscapes to urban towers, and that base carried the firm into museums, wineries, sports facilities and hotels for brands including One&Only, Six Senses and Aman. Built work includes the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, the Burke Museum, the Century Project at Seattle’s Space Needle and Martin’s Lane Winery.