Project Details
- Project Name
- Shadowboxx
- Location
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WA ,United States
- Architect
- Olson Kundig
- Project Types
- Other
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Shared by
- Editor
- Consultants
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General Contractor: Krekow Jennings,Structural Engineer: MCE Structural Consultants,null: CPI Plumbing and Heating,Interior Designer: Viekman,Jason Schmidt,Benjamin Benschneider,Tim Bies
- Project Status
- Built
- Room or Space
- Architectural Detail
Project Description
2012 RADA
Architectural Detail / Merit
Like many of Tom Kundig’s machine-with-a-soul buildings, Shadowboxx features structural elements that move in surprising but functional ways. Responding to the building’s exposed shorefront site, Kundig, FAIA, devised an elegant system of awning shutters for security and weather protection. Clad in corrugated Cor-Ten steel, the three panels lift to nest under a broad, overhanging roof. Electric motors, mounted between the rafters and driving bicycle-type chains, provide the motive force. While praising the design for its practicality, the jury also called it “a rich detail, an experiential detail.”
