Chicken Point Cabin - Exterior/Interior

The lakeside cabin in Chicken Point, Idaho was designed by Olson Kundig Architects as a box-like house seen as a lakeside shelter in the woods to be used year-round, especially in the summer . The large garage-style window-wall (23' tall x 18' wide) pivots up, opening the entire living space to the forest and lake. The design is composed of basically three parts: a concrete block box with a plywood insert and a 4-foot diameter steel fireplace (the bong). Materials used keep in notion with that of a cabin - low maintenance, utilizing concrete block, steel, concrete floors and unfinished plywood, allowing the latter to age and acquire a patina that fits in with the natural setting. Open interior spaces are designed as a seamless extension to the natural setting.