Photos Courtesy of Paul Dyer

KITCHEN: Contemporary, handle-less SieMatic S2 'Lotus white' gloss kitchen complete with Silestone quartz worktops, Caesarstone 'Calacatta' Quartz breakfast bar, Gaggenau 200 series appliances, Westin's extraction, Dornbracht taps, Blanco sinks. PANTRY: SieMatic 'Graphite grey' matt laminate pantry with 40mm SieMatic laminate worktops, tinted mirror backsplash. UTILITY ROOM: SieMatic 'Graphite grey' matt laminate utility room with 20mm quartz worktop and Nero Marquina marble backsplash. BOOTROOM: SieMatic 'Nutmeg' matt laminate boot room furniture with Spekva timber bench and shelving. DINING ROOM: Caearstone 'Woodlands' quartz dining table, SieMatic aluminium door sideboard with quartz worktop. Antique bronze tinted mirror wall cladding.

Photographs by Cate Mathewson

This Mosman kitchen design was created for a passionate cook. Our brief was to design an open kitchen with generous storage and easy access to an outdoor living area. This resulted in a major renovation and meant that the old U-shaped kitchen and walls had to be demolished. Natural light now floods the interior which features a new tiles floor throughout. A room divider with pendants was designed to conceal structural support posts but the hero of the kitchen is the island bench. It features a Super White granite Benchtop with a wine fridge at one end and a bar nearby. The preparation bench is defined by a Caesarstone Snow Benchtop and splashback. Here, twin stainless steel range hoods add a sculptural element to the interior.

These Dallas home owners used Weatherwell Elite aluminum shutters to create privacy in their outdoor kitchen. The wood grain powder coat complements their rustic design scheme, and the operable louvers allow them to regulate the airflow.

Boasting views of the Museum of Natural History and Central Park, the Beaux Arts and French Renaissance style building built in 1900 was once home to a luxury hotel. Over the years multiple hotel rooms were combined into the larger apartment residences that exist today. The resulting units, while large in size, lacked the continuity of a single formed space. StudioLAB was presented with the challenge of re-designing the space to fit a modern family’s lifestyle today with the flexibility to adjust as they evolve into their tomorrow. Thus, the existing configuration was completely abandoned with new programmatic elements being relocated in each and every corner of the space. For clients that are big wine connoisseurs, the focal point of entry and circulation lies in a 400 bottle, custom built, blackened steel and glass, temperature controlled wine cabinet. The once enclosed living room was demolished to create one main entertaining space that includes a new dining area and open kitchen. Hafele bi-folding pocket door slides were used in the Living room wall unit to conceal the television, bar and display shelves when not in use. Posing as kitchen cabinetry, a hidden integrated door opens to reveal a guest bedroom with an en suite bathroom. Down the hallway of wide plank ebony stained walnut flooring, a compact powder room was built to house an original Paul Villinski installation of small butterflies cut from recycled aluminum cans, entitled Mistral. Continuing down the hall, and through one of the walnut veneered doors, is the shared kids bedroom where a custom-built bunk bed with integrated storage steps and desk was designed to allow for play space and a reading corner. The kids bathroom across the hall is decorated with custom Lego inspired hand cast concrete tiles and integrated pull-out footstools residing underneath the floating vanity. The master suite features a bio-ethanol fireplace wrapped in blackened steel and integrated into the Tabu veneered built-in. The spacious walk-in closet serves several purposes, which include housing the apartment’s new central HVAC system as well as a sleeping spot for the family’s dog. An integrated URC control system paired with Lutron Radio RA lighting keypads were installed to control the AV, HVAC, lighting and solar shades all by the use of smartphones.

Aluminum windows by Milgard http://bit.ly/1KPE56v

Photography by Larry Arnal (Arnal Photography)

Kitchen Architecture - bulthaup b3 furniture in white structured oak, clay laminate and sand-beige aluminium with a 10 mm stainless steel work surface.

Photos by Geoffrey Hodgdon

Weatherwell Aluminum shutters were used to turn this deck from an open unusable space to a luxurious outdoor living space with lounge area, dining area, and jacuzzi. The Aluminum shutters were used to create privacy from the next door neighbors, while being able to move the louvers to keep the airflow.

Photo Credit: Andrew Beasley

Outdoor Kitchen with Dining and Sitting area. Modern. Timeless. Charm.

- 40mm Marble bench top - 2 x marble water fall ends - Window splash back - Mosaic splash back behind range hood - Frosted glass displays - Natural veneer doors - Satin polyurethane doors - Shadow line Sheree Bounassif, Kitchens by Emanuel

Renaissance solid bronze casement and picture window replicating old world craftsmanship, with narrow sightlines, factory glazing, and cremone bolt locking system. http://solidbronzewindows.com/

This gorgeous European Poggenpohl Kitchen is the culinary center of this new modern home for a young urban family. The homeowners had an extensive list of objectives for their new kitchen. It needed to accommodate formal and non-formal entertaining of guests and family, intentional storage for a variety of items with specific requirements, and use durable and easy to maintain products while achieving a sleek contemporary look that would be a stage and backdrop for their glorious artwork collection. Solution: A large central island acts as a gathering place within the great room space. The tall cabinetry items such as the ovens and refrigeration are grouped on the wall to keep the rest of the kitchen very light and open. Luxury Poggenpohl cabinetry and Caesarstone countertops were selected for their supreme durability and easy maintenance. Warm European oak flooring is contrasted by the gray textured Poggenpohl cabinetry flattered by full width linear Poggenphol hardware. The tall aluminum toe kick on the island is lit from underneath to give it a light and airy luxurious feeling. To further accent the illuminated toe, the surface to the left of the range top is fully suspended 18” above the finished floor. A large amount of steel and engineering work was needed to achieve the floating of the large Poggenpohl cabinet at the end of the peninsula. The conversation is always, “how did they do that?” Photo Credit: Fred Donham of PhotographerLink

Lee Manning Photography