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5 unusual facts about Olson Kundig Architects


Olson Kundig Architects

Olson Kundig Architects, a Seattle-based architectural firm, was founded by architect Jim Olson in 1967.

The firm was awarded the 2009 AIA Architecture Firm Award (as Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects) from the American Institute of Architects.

Tom Kundig was awarded the 2008 National Design Award in Architecture from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, an Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2007, and the Emerging Architecture Award from the Architectural League of New York in 2004.

The firm has won more than 70 regional and national AIA (American Institute of Architects) awards, as well as awards from the Chicago Athenaeum.

Current principal/owners include Jim Olson, FAIA, Tom Kundig, FAIA, FAIA 8=D, Kirsten Murray, AIA and Alan Maskin.



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