peace and harmony – revisited

Built on a hillside that faces south and looks across a body of water, the result of happenstance the property has been in architects Jim Olson’s family since the early 1900s in Washington State- rather than any grand design, the cabin’s location and orientation proved to be the perfect place for contemplation and creative work, something that Olson realized later on in life while working in Asia.

Raised on stilts, the structure projects discretely out over the landscape through a series of elongated balconies and terraces that jut out between or through the trees rather than cut three large trees that were in the way, they have been allowed to pierce through the outdoor deck. Although it was built in intermittent stages, each time the existing elements being integrated into the new design, the cabin feels and looks both homogeneous and in complete harmony with its natural surroundings.