Delta Shelter in Washington State by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen

Indeed, the best projects in Arcadia question our understanding of what architecture in the middle of nowhere should look like. The hotel in Harads also stands out because, while flipping through the pages, many of the modernist houses in the book blur together. Too many Wood Cabins of the Future. That said, I’d gladly live in any of them, especially Delta Shelter in Washington State by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects. The American firm has four projects in the book, probably because they’re designing the best houses in the country right now. Delta Shelter is a steel cabin on stilts. It has huge shutters that can be simultaneously closed by a hand crank, allowing the owners to easily board up the house while they’re gone. You gotta love it when architects go out of their way.