Meg Home
Seattle, Washington
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Design Principal
Tom Kundig
An expansive curve and a massive retractable window wall define the form of this contemporary urban residence. Perched on Queen Anne hill overlooking downtown Seattle and Puget Sound, Meg Home takes full advantage of its steeply sloped site with 180-degree views of the urban landscape below. A two-story “guillotine” window wall physically opens the home to these sweeping views with the help of a hand-cranked wheel and three large counterweights. This sense of openness at the back of the home is juxtaposed against the respectful street scale at the front, where an intimate courtyard garden frames the entrance.
Contrasts abound in this 6,050-square-foot home, with industrial architectural details including exposed, unfinished steel beams and plywood casework offsetting vintage interior furnishings and a custom-built, reclaimed fir dining table. Much like the outgoing yet reserved owner couple, Meg Home represents a delicate balancing act: between transparency and refuge, spare industrial modernity and inviting warmth.
With Meg Home, we wanted to balance transparency with a sheltering sense of refuge. It’s the yin and the yang.Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA
Team
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Design Principal
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Project Manager
Angus MacGregor
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Project Architects
Justin Helmbrecht
Hayden Robinson -
Interiors
Debbie Kennedy
Awards
Publications
2020
Camillo, Paola. “Tom Kundig.” Contract Book, #3 / Jul. 2020, 108-112. Print.
Rozzo, Mark. “Call of the Wild.” Air Mail, 13 Jun. 2020. Web.
2018
“Meg Home.” Archello, 11 Oct. 2018. Web.
“Meg Home.” Architect, 27 Aug. 2018. Web.
“Meg Home.” Architizer, 21 Dec. 2018. Web.
“Meg Home.” Dwell, 9 Jan. 2018. Web.
“Meg Home by Olson Kundig.” Architectural Record, 19 Mar. 2018. Web.
“Portfolio: Photographers and architects talk about their collaborative work.” Architectural Record, December 2018. 48. Print.
“Portfolio of Architectural Photographs.” Architectural Record, 1 Dec. 2018. Web.
2017
Gauer, James. “Steeling the Show.” Architectural Record, June 2017, 112-116. Print.
“Meg Home by Olson Kundig.” Architectural Record, June 2017. Web.