You may remember my winter dream home… If not here it is again:

The Delta Shelter is from Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects - actually I keep meaning to do an update on this house. But first let’s look at a new project from Tom Kundig.

Eleven Eleven East Pike is the first condo building from designer Kundig and will be offering a nice high end look and feel but not at a completely unreachable high end price. Here’s a first look at what’s planned for the exterior. Not a bad slice of color for a Seattle structure. It looks great with the weather. Which sounds sort of silly to say. However, having spent most of my life in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California, I can tell you that a splash of color looks awesome on a typical cloudy days.

Eleven Eleven East Pike is going to be located in Seattle’s Pike - Pine triangle neighborhood. There will be twenty-seven 600-1125 square feet homes situated above street level commercial space.
It’s a beautiful building with some nice perks:

• Built Green: Three-star certified, urban infill development, highly walkable neighborhood with a Walk Score of 98.
• Nine-foot ceilings with floor-to-ceiling windows and doors.
• Strategically-placed peepholes at varied heights in the exterior front door and unit entry doors.
• In-unit movable hanging puzzle walls.
• Custom-built “Urban RV” (movable multi-purpose storage and counter top unit designed by Tom Kundig) available for purchase.
• Modernist roof line.

I really like it - it’s a total Northwest building. If you live in the Northwest you know what I mean. If not, well, it’s still a pretty cool structure. The roof line is a stellar touch. Thus far the website for Eleven Eleven East Pike is pretty bare, but with expected occupancy in Fall 2008, you can already register to learn more.

Peggy, over at Tree Hugging Family, did this killer post about IslandWood at Bainbridge Island. The whole article is worth a read - it’s an environmental learning center and Washington state’s first LEED Gold project. Very slick. Of course I was most smitten with the structures at IslandWood. Terribly unique, sustainable, and simply amazing.

Metropolis - one of the best magazines around, featured IslandWood in their January piece - Into the Woods. To give you a taste, here’s IslandWood’s version of a treehouse:

Stunning! To see more cool structures at IslandWood read the entire Into the Woods article, or visit IslandWood.