After years of collaboration on custom steel architectural elements and furnishings with Seattle-based metal shop 12th Avenue Iron, Olson Kundig Architects has now designed the firm’s first line of commercially available products to be fabricated by the shop.
Beyond addressing the obvious function of allowing passage from one environment or room to another, these new door designs meet such rigid requirements as accessibility, weather-, impact-, and smoke-resistance, and energy efficiency—all the while keeping up appearances.
Beyond addressing the obvious function of allowing passage from one environment or room to another, these new door designs meet such rigid requirements as accessibility, weather-, impact-, and smoke-resistance, and energy efficiency—all the while keeping up appearances.
Our roundup this month includes architectural hardware pieces that are meant to be displayed, such as ergonomic door pulls and highly detailed bell pushes, as well as those intended to remain unseen, including sturdy door frames and structural connectors.