It Is Both a Quarry and a House | The Pierre

The Pierre is a modern house designed to integrate with the rocky landscape, celebrating the materiality of the site. Nestled into a stone outcropping, the residence uses stone, a green roof, and surrounding foliage, almost disappearing into nature from certain angles. The house features an open-plan design with a kitchen, dining, and living area, along with a master suite carved directly into the rock. Excavation marks and natural materials were preserved and repurposed, creating a contrast between the rustic elements and the luxurious interior finishes.

Credits:

Architects: Olson Kundig
Photographs: Dwight Eschliman, Olson Kundig, Benjamin Benschneider
Design Principal: Tom Kundig, FAIA
Project Manager: Chris Gerrick, LEED AP
Interior Design: Charlie Hellstern
Location: San Juan Islands, United States
Area: 2500.0 sqm
Year: 2010

[SVRANDGLD]

I enjoy and appreciate the creative process that happened with this build. So much creativity, well done..

[scottmulholland]

Beautiful tapestry of texture. Inside and Out. I love to see a home filled with objects, artwork, bespoke furniture. Support your local Artists, Craftspeople, Makers. Lovely home

[adilsonjoaomartins]

Sem palavras.... parabéns ao arquiteto e a todos envolvidos nesta maravilhosa obra de engenharia. 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏻👏🏼👏🏻👏🏼👏🏻👏🏼🥰🙌🏼👍🏼 Very good!!!

[crazydrvr]

It's always exciting to see what can be done when someone is not restricted to stucco and drywall.

[erth]

Beautiful!!! Would love to call this home 🏠 ❤️

[galazajka]

Дом красив, надеюсь, что он стоит близко от термальных источников воды и отопление ими помещений постройки в зимнее время не проблема.

[peterpunk]

stupenda casa, incastonata nella natura

[Heru]

The Pierre is Well Built, Impeccable Design, My Last Name, Certainly a Home I should build one day., 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💎👑.

[Rjhn]

I poured the concrete foundation for a similarly designed house (on a lake) in Hubley, Nova Scotia... Embedded in the surrounding bedrock formations.

[adelaferreira]

It is a wonderful place, I just couldn’t figure out where you stand in the bathroom sink, marvelous view !

[insonh]

brings new meaning to "do you live under a rock?"

[gurudathtalla]

Are those weep holes in the concrete wall or to regulate temperature inside based on outside?

[eltamarindo]

"Think of it as a thermal bridge between the interior and the great outdoors. . . "

[JoeBlow-rlxw]

LOVE the giant swing patio door. Awesome house. Btw, where is this? What was the cost?

[lillianbarker]

It’s beautiful but so cold and claustrophobic to me. So much metal art inside this little fortress!

[mrdebris]

Nice. But what are the thermal effects of that rock? Is it cooler than the rest of the inside and therefore attracts moisture?

[sky]

what is the maximun times you can watch the same video?

[dana-pwus]

curious about lawn mowing of that roof...

[radeksparowski]

if it has an underground bunker underneath filled with provisions than kudos and would buy that for a dollar, the above ground part can be boobytrapped or blasted away to look abandoned in case shtf

[foipa]

Where is this house? Beautiful as the site it’s built on!