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‘When we started designing a studio for Lou, we talked about the importance of leaving the main house and having a commute as part of the experience,’ says design principal Tom Kundig. ‘I said, somewhat jokingly, ‘Could we deploy Lou out into the forest?

How cool would it be to take his office and put it on tracks?’ It started as an offhand comment, but we quickly realized we all wanted to figure out how to make it happen.’ ‘Seeing the studio for the first time after construction, I was blown away.

It’s a beautiful object, beautifully fabricated, but moving it along the track is another experience entirely,’ Tom Kundig continues, describing the work of the client and general contractor Lou Maxon along with the team at Alpine Welding. ‘What Lou and Alpine were able to achieve with reconfiguring the electronics of the control panel and elegantly allowing the electrical connection to unspool behind the studio is absolute brilliance. It’s a prime example of taking an idea 60% or 70% of the way, and then stepping aside to let an expert bring it fully to life.‘

February 3, 2025 | 5:35 am