Kitchen with Solid Surface Benchtops and Terrazzo Floors Design Ideas
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Martins Camisuli ArchitectsAlex Maguire Photography
One of the nicest thing that can happen as an architect is that a client returns to you because they enjoyed working with us so much the first time round. Having worked on the bathroom in 2016 we were recently asked to look at the kitchen and to advice as to how we could extend into the garden without completely invading the space. We wanted to be able to "sit in the kitchen and still be sitting in the garden".
Susan Yeley HomesNearly two decades ago now, Susan and her husband put a letter in the mailbox of this eastside home: "If you have any interest in selling, please reach out." But really, who would give up a Flansburgh House?
Fast forward to 2020, when the house went on the market! By then it was clear that three children and a busy home design studio couldn't be crammed into this efficient footprint. But what's second best to moving into your dream home? Being asked to redesign the functional core for the family that was.
In this classic Flansburgh layout, all the rooms align tidily in a square around a central hall and open air atrium. As such, all the spaces are both connected to one another and also private; and all allow for visual access to the outdoors in two directions—toward the atrium and toward the exterior. All except, in this case, the utilitarian galley kitchen. That space, oft-relegated to second class in midcentury architecture, got the shaft, with narrow doorways on two ends and no good visual access to the atrium or the outside. Who spends time in the kitchen anyway?
As is often the case with even the very best midcentury architecture, the kitchen at the Flansburgh House needed to be modernized; appliances and cabinetry have come a long way since 1970, but our culture has evolved too, becoming more casual and open in ways we at SYH believe are here to stay. People (gasp!) do spend time—lots of time!—in their kitchens! Nonetheless, our goal was to make this kitchen look as if it had been designed this way by Earl Flansburgh himself.
The house came to us full of bold, bright color. We edited out some of it (along with the walls it was on) but kept and built upon the stunning red, orange and yellow closet doors in the family room adjacent to the kitchen. That pop was balanced by a few colorful midcentury pieces that our clients already owned, and the stunning light and verdant green coming in from both the atrium and the perimeter of the house, not to mention the many skylights. Thus, the rest of the space just needed to quiet down and be a beautiful, if neutral, foil. White terrazzo tile grounds custom plywood and black cabinetry, offset by a half wall that offers both camouflage for the cooking mess and also storage below, hidden behind seamless oak tambour.
Contractor: Rusty Peterson
Cabinetry: Stoll's Woodworking
Photographer: Sarah Shields
Samalex - Balance in BuildingPolished concrete flooring combined with natural timber joinery and corian bench tops
FORMA DesignThe main Living/Dining /Entertainment area encompasses the kitchen, dining and living spaces, with a high concrete waffle ceiling and a restored original terrazzo floor. The mid century modern furniture, hand made in Greece, match the colors of the terrazzo chips. LED lighting in the dropped ceiling areas strategically lights the entire space at night.
Photography: Anastasia Siomou
Ellerbrock "Bad und Küche" GmbHDie Frühstückstheke bildet den offenen Übergang vom Kochbereich der Küche zum Wohnraum. Auch optisch wurde die Abgrenzung stilvoll gelöst, indem warmes Holz den Übergang als Tischplatte aufweist. Zwei gepolsterte Hochstühle geben gemütliches Flair nicht nur für den Morgen.
Kitchen with Solid Surface Benchtops and Terrazzo Floors Design Ideas
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