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Architect: Craig Steere,
Craig Steere Architects
Cabinetry manufacturer: Eurotrend
Cabinets
Cabinetry: Walnut veneer
Cabinetry hardware: Hafele, Blum
Benchtops: Essastone quartz on most
benchtops; natural stone on island
Flooring: Limestone, from Monetto
Lighting: Red Box Agencies
Splashback: Paint finish, Essastone
quartz
Kitchen sink: Franke by Reece
Taps: Aramando Vicario from Galvin
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Oven, cooktop, refrigerator,
dishwasher: Miele
Ventilation: Albany D500 by Qasair
Awards:
Trends International Design Awards
(TIDA)
Kitchens – Highly Commended
Western Australia Architecture Awards
Residential Architecture – Houses (new)
Julius Elischer Award for Interior
Architecture
Story by Charles Moxham
Photography by Angus Martin
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Above right: The waterfall end stone
island has a practical, wipe-down
white face on the inner side. The
stainless steel twin cylinders of the
rangehood are a major clue as to the
kitchen’s day-to-day functionality.
Facing page: Similar but not the
same – the kitchen’s contrasting
island and side peninsula provide
ample storage and surfaces for
cooking or serving. Cool limestone
tile floors run right through the
kitchen and dining area.
The island with its low-set cooktop and twin
sinks presents as a monolithic block, its waterfall
countertop and front in black, veined stone. The
chunky side peninsula is a companion piece in
gleaming white quartz. The simplicity of these
elements is accentuated by minimal detailing,
including the choice of recessed cabinet pulls.
And while in one way the twin, tubular
rangehoods do say: ‘I am a kitchen!’, they also
achieve an abstracted presence of their own.
The full height white cabinets to one side
include an integrated drinks cabinet. Ductwork
for services is concealed behind dummy panels,
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while storage is behind other doors and also in
the white wall cabinets in the scullery.
“Another stand-out feature of this design
is the ceiling-to-floor timber wrap-around that
folds up to create the seating bay in front of the
kitchen,” says the architect. “This defines the
dining area and also provides an informal breakfast nook to the side of the cooking-dining area.”
At the far end of the wrap-around, a further
cabinetry element is anchored by two support
posts. Finished in the same walnut as the pod
and the wrap-over, this could well be another
art object that has strayed into the dining area.