419 Contemporary Kitchen Design Ideas
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Charlie Allen Renovations, Inc.
The owners of this city townhouse asked us to renovate former first-floor office space and design an apartment for their college-age daughter. Working within a modest budget and square-footage, we created distinct living, dining, kitchen, and bedroom areas with additional pantry and closet space. Photos by Shelly Harrison.
Suzanne Allen Design
This is a small but functional kitchen in an inner city villa. There is a small study nook opposite the kitchen. Mixed use of materials - white low cabinetry and walnut veneer high cabinetry. Long island bench with a cantilevered end for seating. Island bench is white engineered stone and the back wall is stainless steel.
KUBE architecture
Complete interior renovation of a 1980s split level house in the Virginia suburbs. Main level includes reading room, dining, kitchen, living and master bedroom suite. New front elevation at entry, new rear deck and complete re-cladding of the house. Interior: The prototypical layout of the split level home tends to separate the entrance, and any other associated space, from the rest of the living spaces one half level up. In this home the lower level "living" room off the entry was physically isolated from the dining, kitchen and family rooms above, and was only connected visually by a railing at dining room level. The owner desired a stronger integration of the lower and upper levels, in addition to an open flow between the major spaces on the upper level where they spend most of their time. ExteriorThe exterior entry of the house was a fragmented composition of disparate elements. The rear of the home was blocked off from views due to small windows, and had a difficult to use multi leveled deck. The owners requested an updated treatment of the entry, a more uniform exterior cladding, and an integration between the interior and exterior spaces. SOLUTIONS The overriding strategy was to create a spatial sequence allowing a seamless flow from the front of the house through the living spaces and to the exterior, in addition to unifying the upper and lower spaces. This was accomplished by creating a "reading room" at the entry level that responds to the front garden with a series of interior contours that are both steps as well as seating zones, while the orthogonal layout of the main level and deck reflects the pragmatic daily activities of cooking, eating and relaxing. The stairs between levels were moved so that the visitor could enter the new reading room, experiencing it as a place, before moving up to the main level. The upper level dining room floor was "pushed" out into the reading room space, thus creating a balcony over and into the space below. At the entry, the second floor landing was opened up to create a double height space, with enlarged windows. The rear wall of the house was opened up with continuous glass windows and doors to maximize the views and light. A new simplified single level deck replaced the old one.
Sarah Jefferys Architecture + Interiors
A contemporary kitchen juxtaposed against existing structural elements
Connelly Construction, LLC
A huge, fun kitchen perfect for casual entertaining of large groups of friends! Photo by Chad Chenier
419 Contemporary Kitchen Design Ideas
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Designer: Kevin Yang
Project Manager: Hsu Wen-Hung
Project Name: Lai Residence
Location: Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Photography by: Joey Liu
This two-story penthouse apartment embodies many of PMK’s ideas about integration between space, architecture, urban living, and spirituality into everyday life. Designed for a young couple with a recent newborn daughter, this residence is centered on a common area on the lower floor that supports a wide range of activities, from cooking and dining, family entertainment and music, as well as coming together as a family by its visually seamless transitions from inside to outside to merge the house into its’ cityscape. The large two-story volume of the living area keeps the second floor connected containing a semi-private master bedroom, walk-in closet and master bath, plus a separate private study.
The integrity of the home’s materials was also an important factor in the design—solid woods, concrete, and raw metal were selected because they stand up to day to day needs of a family’s use yet look even better with age. Brick wall surfaces are carefully placed for the display of art and objects, so that these elements are integrated into the architectural fabric of the space.
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