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Editor's note: This article was originally published on May 12, 2017 and has been updated to provide more designer kitchen inspiration.
12 Cool Kitchen Designs to Inspire Your Next Interior Design Project
1. The kitchen design that won the grand prize is supreme and tranquil.
A young professional couple is looking for a home to block out the stress of outside life and, as Dash Marshall's partner Richie Yao puts it, “calm down the hustle and bustle” for their Tribeca pied-à-terre. Ta. By continuing to interact with feng shui theorists, the team developed an open plan that not only integrates into the homeowner's daily life, but also references Chinese traditions. These teachings guided them toward gently curved shapes and away from sharp-edged “poison arrows.” The 1,800 square foot property features a kitchen wrapped in solid white oak tambour. read more
2. Bilotta Kitchen & Home and Dafner Heijes undertake modern kitchen renovation
When choosing cabinetry for the kitchen renovation of SANDOW CEO Erica Holborn's historic home in Pelham, New York, her goal was to blend in with the 100-year-old oak mill while also incorporating the Holborn family's mid-century modern decor. It was a matter of choosing a suitable contemporary design. When it came to the backsplash and countertops, stone was at the top of our wish list. In the end, the designer chose Artistic Her Tile's Jet Her Mist granite with a honed finish with a slightly velvety touch. read more
3. A nautical home with blue hues
Curving walls, like blue waves, run through the house, allowing compact spaces to meet the multifaceted needs of a young family. The home, designed by Tenka Arkitektura, is located on the top floor of a residence built in the 1960s. Initially, the space consisted of a narrow L-shaped layout interrupted by structural beams used for ventilation. To expand the functional zones of the house, an outdoor terrace and curved walls were added to separate lively activity hubs, such as the grooved kitchen, from more relaxing areas, such as the living room. read more
4. Indoor/outdoor home with open wall kitchen
This 2021 Best of Year award winner in the residential landscape category commands attention throughout. Designed by Feldman Architecture with the addition of a glass box structure around the property, each 450-square-foot minimalist pavilion has an identical footprint and material palette, but with different functions. Case in point, this airy indoor-outdoor kitchen and dining space takes in the stunning views. The open wall kitchen/dining space features a wood-fired pizza oven. read more
5. Garthouse by Max Nuñez Arquitectos
Max Nuñez tackled the terrain head-on with this stunning waterfront mansion for an adventurous family in Cachagua, Chile. The space is filled with surprises, or theatrical luxuries, such as the long staircase without railings that leads to the kitchen. Overall, a restrained palette of materials dominates, with polished concrete floors intermingling with stainless steel counters. A slightly reddish wood (a local wood similar to American cherry) clads the cabinetry, which also serves as a platform for the mezzanine seating area. read more
6. SABO Project Penthouse Apartment
SABO founder and principal Alex Delaunay thought outside the box when renovating a 775-square-foot penthouse apartment in a 100-year-old Parisian building. In the white-on-white kitchen, a vertical garden extends from one wall, and the floor is a true rainbow. The whimsical 6-inch wide rubber stripes are painted in 14 colors. This is perfect for his clients, fashion forecasters, who are “always flipping through swatches,” explains Delaunay. read more
7. Paris Apartment by Agency Marie Droudil
“The futuristic look reminds me of 2001: A Space Odyssey,” says Marie Droudil of her apartment, a converted 19th-century workshop in Paris. She's primarily referring to the kitchen, where all-white furniture and sparkling white epoxy floors contrast with the limestone structure. The Harry Bertoia stool comes with a solid surface island where hidden LEDs create a luminous frame. read more
8. Chris Bosse's Sydney home, Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA)
Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) is best known for its ambitious masterplans and large-scale biomorphic installations, and the design of the Sydney suburban home marks a notable departure for principal Chris Bosse was. His signature LAVA style is imbued with organic elements. The spherical bamboo-topped kitchen island is made in the same Shanghai factory where Zaha Hadid's interiors are made, and is topped with laser-cut plywood discs dotted like vertebrae. Standard office he lights are hanging. Custom cabinetry clad in edged plywood and high-pressure laminate provides a geometric backdrop for curvaceous kitchen centerpieces. read more
9. Oren Jonayov Apartment by UriMichaelPalan
Clean modernism is no match for Uli Michael Paran, who studied with Pierre König and founded the Tel Aviv-based company of the same name in the 1980s. One of his recent commissions, his 2,000 square foot apartment in the same city, is equipped with his system of Danish-made kitchens consisting of powder-coated black stainless steel modules. Masu. The finished island has space for him to install two sinks and an integrated gas burner, and reveals a bright yellow wire sculpture (an abstracted giant dandelion) hung against a rough concrete wall. read more
10. 19th century townhouse by Marzev
Single-family townhouses are the holy grail of New York living, but this once-abandoned 1869 brownstone on a tree-lined street in the West Village defies convention, rising to unprecedented heights in Manhattan. It is a diamond in the rough as the tower rises. Mark Zeff spearheaded this gut renovation for a young family, and his first act was to open up the living room and dining room for a smooth flow into the kitchen. Occupying a sunny space overlooking the backyard, delicate details such as Calacatta gold marble countertops, oak floorboards and banquettes exude understated luxury. read more
11. West Village Apartment by Messana O'Rourke
There's no doubt that Messana O'Rourke leans toward a gallery-like aesthetic. So when a young family asked the duo to lend their design talents to his 1,600-square-foot apartment in his 1938 Art Deco building in West New York's Village, all roads were was installed along. This led to sophisticated minimalism. The kitchen is a highlight. A bright white Corian countertop sits beneath custom brass straight fixtures that illuminate her BassamFellows stools, which serve as a breakfast nook for her two children in the move-in. read more
12. Amsterdam garage conversion by i29 Interior Architects
When a marketing executive purchased the first floor of a decidedly utilitarian garage in a residential area of Amsterdam, she asked i29 Interior Architects to open up the disjointed layout. The company's first task included pouring a pale gray epoxy resin flooring throughout, reminiscent of cloudy Dutch skies. Anchoring the kitchen is a charcoal gray synthetic ceramic island (the room's only work surface), but her four integrated gas burners are the only thing in the way of the 3-foot-by-10-foot countertop. Rough-hewn oak cabinetry with a matte acrylic coating hides storage and maintains a crisp aesthetic. read more
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