A young couple asked DeForest to help create “a place to share with friends, a place for adventure and exploring, being a kid again, cooking together, experiencing nature and being part of something bigger.”
The owner of this property came to Hoedemaker Pfeiffer looking for a personal retreat inspired by a treasured stone and wood home lost to fire decades earlier in the hills of Appalachia.
Project: Pole Pass Retreat / Waterfront Retreat Location: San Juan Islands, Washington Design Principal: Tom Kundig / Olson Kundig Project Manager: Mark Olthoff Project Architect: Christopher Gerrick Interior Designer: Charlie Hellstern Staff: Megan Quinn Jordan Leppert Photographs: Benjamin Benschneider Pole Pass Retreat is an intimate waterfront retreat designed by Seattle-based Olson Kundig Studio. Description by
