Issue 15 June 2020

Houses: Kitchens & Bathrooms

The best contemporary kitchen and bathroom design

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Welcome
In our homes, the kitchen and bathroom are spaces that invite us to slow down and succumb to the repetition of familiar tasks. They offer us a shift in focus from the pressures of the workday to a more easy, restful pace. They are also the home’s mos
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Houses: Kitchens + Bathrooms
Editor Gemma Savio Editorial enquiries Gemma Savio T: +61 3 8699 1000 houses@archmedia.com.au Editorial director Katelin Butler Assistant content editor Stephanie McGann Guest writer Rebecca Gross Editorial team Nicci Dodanwela Cassie Hansen Josh Har
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Cooking Up A Storm
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au The Superplank range of wood-look planks and abstract geometric tile designs can be laid individually or in conjunction with one another to create truly unique interiors. This floori
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Freshen Up
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au The award-winning Axia collection from Phoenix Tapware is a modern twist on tradition. Each design has been meticulously crafted with crisp detailing and a strong presence. Unique de
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Nourish Your Senses KITCHEN TRENDS
There is a lot of personality simmering in the kitchens in this issue, as architects and designers become more daring with colours and materials not typically seen in this space. While we saw traces of this emerge in our last issue – with a shift awa
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Awash With Colour BATHROOM TRENDS
Many of the trends seen in the kitchens of this issue find their way into the bathrooms, with architects and designers bringing personality and life to these spaces. The classic all-white bathroom – so often described as a sanctuary or retreat – has
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Beachside bold RICHARDS STANISICH
“Materiality was the genesis of the design,” says architect Jonathan Richards of interior architecture firm Richards Stanisich of this light and colourful two-storey residence overlooking Bondi Beach. The clients’ love of art, colour and ceramics pro
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Dark And Stormy SPLINTER SOCIETY
Three Stories North is not your traditional family home. Celebrating the character of the 1890s building it occupies, this house is dark, moody and industrial while still being imbued with softness and warmth. The clients engaged Splinter Society to
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Design Full Circle CARTER WILLIAMSON
Pompei is the fourth project that Carter Williamson has designed for the same clients. The couple, with two young children, had a round marble dining table in their previous house that became pivotal to the design of their new home, a Victorian terra
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Bespoke Cooking: Ovens That Excel In Style And Functionality
The Majestic series ovens are true kitchen centrepieces that demand attention. Featuring the same cooktop options as the ILVE Quadra range, these exceptional cookers can complement any kitchen and its cook. A highlight of the new Majestic range is th
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Monolith: The Next Generation Of Home Refrigeration
For more than 60 years, Liebherr Appliances has been bringing outstanding quality and state-of-the-art innovation to the refrigeration industry. Liebherr continues to challenge the status quo with the introduction of Monolith, winner of an iF Design
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Durable Black And Concrete-look Silgranit Kitchen Sinks From Blanco
Blanco has introduced two new versatile lines to its range of kitchen sinks and bowls. The new black and concretelook products in durable Silgranit PuraDur granite composite expand the design possibilities for kitchen spaces beyond the traditional st
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All-round entertainer NIELSEN JENKINS
As restaurateurs, the homeowners of Wooloowin House know the intricate workings of a kitchen and the memorable experience of a dining space. When it came time to renovating their home, they wanted to bring this knowledge into the design. They engaged
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A Grand Villa Brought To Life LUIGI ROSSELLI ARCHITECTS & ALWILL INTERIORS
Built in the late 1920s, Peppertree Villa, at the summit of Bellevue Hill in Sydney, was inspired by the classical simplicity of Mediterranean architecture. It has a grand loggia entry, louvred shutters, balconies and light stucco brickwork. Inside,
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Inax Ceramics From Artedomus: The Beauty And Spirit Of Japanese Craftsmanship
Japanese artisans have long been recognized and admired for the beauty of their craftsmanship. In 1918, architect Frank Lloyd Wright invited father-and-son duo Hatsunojo and Chozaburo Ina to be technical advisors on the terracotta and tiles for his d
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Improved Storage: Clever Solutions For Overhead Cabinets
There can never be too much storage space throughout the home, but how can even more space be created while improving ergonomics, especially in the kitchen? The new AVENTOS HK top overhead lift system from Blum offers just that. By swapping cabinet d
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Avant-garde Appliances: Professional-standard Cooking At Home
Founded in the hamlet of Gaggenau in 1683, Gaggenau aims to enable and inspire with appliances that are extraordinary in both performance and appearance. The designs are avant-garde yet timeless and the products themselves are skilfully hand-built us
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Modernist manoeuvres STUDIO PRINEAS
Studio Prineas’s approach to refreshing and updating this apartment was informed by the constraints of working within a 1960s modernist block. Strata rules required carpeted floors except in the kitchen and bathroom, and these rooms couldn’t be moved
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Blushing for Bondi STUDIO WEAVE ARCHITECTS
There is a clear trend in interior design towards kitchen joinery being designed like furniture, as it has been in this two-bedroom Bondi apartment. Designed by Studio Weave Architects, the highly detailed joinery maximizes space and functionality, w
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A Laid-back State Of Mind KENNEDY NOLAN
One of the owners of Sandy Point House has been holidaying in the beachside hamlet of Sandy Point all her life. She spent her family vacations there as a child, and continues to do so today with her husband and three teenage kids. Located on the edge
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Falling Water: The Next Generation In Luxurious Shower Design
Phoenix Tapware’s NX shower range has expanded to include two new collections that take luxurious bathing to the next level. Building on a reputation for impeccable design and innovation, Phoenix has created Iko and Orli, both beautifully designed an
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Design Possibilities: Sub-Zero Designer Series Integrated Refrigeration
Sub-Zero Designer Series integrated refrigeration is food preservation technology that merges seamlessly into the room’s decor. Sub-Zero perfected the concept of luxury integrated refrigeration and the Designer Series integrated refrigerators, freeze
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Innovative Plumbing Solution Creates A Better Space For Living
When Maurice and Margaret downsized from a large family home, they compromised space for one of Sydney’s finest views, but the couple didn’t want to compromise on their dream layout. The central living area previously featured an open-plan kitchen bu
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Soft sands CJH STUDIO
Penthouse M spreads across the top two floors of a 1980s apartment building on the Gold Coast. True to that era and location, the original apartment was ostentatious, with glass bricks, gold swan tapware and a Scarface-style ensuite with built-in cir
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A Reflective Re-invention ARCHIER
Archier has created a sense of depth at this single-storey house in Hobart by weaving courtyards through the floor plan and using materials that reflect light, colour and movement. “Expanding the sense of volume in the house using both landscape and
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A Light Touch LAYAN
Light was always going to be crucial to the design of this house, owned by the director of The Flaming Beacon, a specialist lighting practice and store in Melbourne. Wanting to update his family home, the client engaged Layan for the alteration and a