Kitchens with uncovered concrete surfaces take centre stage on this lookbook, which incorporates houses in Mexico, Japan and Eire.
Concrete is a ubiquitous materials in structure, however it’s much less generally utilized in interiors – significantly in residential areas equivalent to kitchens.
Nonetheless, its sturdiness and impermeability make it a great floor materials for cooking and meals preparation, whereas its uncooked aesthetic can create a placing backdrop for eating and entertaining.
That is the newest in our lookbooks collection, which offers visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. Different latest editions showcase airy balconies, marble bathrooms and gallery interiors.
House in Jiyugaoka, Japan, by Airhouse Design Office
Airhouse Design Workplace created this kitchen as a part of its renovation of an apartment for a vogue fanatic in Nagoya, Japan.
Like the remainder of the house, the kitchen’s partitions, ground and ceiling have been stripped again to show the concrete beneath. Whereas some areas had been left with chipped edges and plaster, others have been polished for a clean end.
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Casa H3, Argentina, by Luciano Kruk
This open-plan kitchen and eating room sits on the bottom ground of a holiday home by architect Luciano Kruk in Mar Azul.
Mixing seamlessly into the house’s concrete construction, it options geometric shelving and kitchen counters that stretch from the partitions and ground. Its industrial look is complemented by an enamel pendant gentle and a pair of wireframe chairs.
Casa Alférez, Mexico, by Ludwig Godefroy
In a pine forest in Mexico, architect Ludwig Godefroy created a brutalist cube-shaped dwelling that’s constructed from concrete solid in situ.
This consists of its kitchen, the place the shelving and worktops are additionally all solid from concrete. Right here, their uncooked finishes are juxtaposed with delicate ceramics and Danish designer Hans Wegner’s Wishbone chairs, visually softening the area.
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Flower House, Portugal, by Ezzo
The concrete worktops of this sunken kitchen double up as a clean ground for the eating room at Flower Home, a renovated dwelling in Porto.
Wooden-fronted cupboards slot in beneath the flooring, which was hand-poured on web site and has been coated with a water-proof coating to offer it a refined look.
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Toad’s House, Mexico, by Espacio 18 Arquitectura
All through the minimalist Toad’s Home on Zapotengo Seaside in Oaxaca, structure studio Espacio 18 has left the concrete construction unfinished and uncovered.
Within the bar-style kitchen, the board-marked partitions are teamed with glass ornaments and woven baskets, whereas a central island has been topped with a picket countertop.
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House T, Japan, by Suppose Design Office
This concrete kitchen is among the many purposely darkish and cave-like residing areas within the monolithic dwelling that Suppose Design Workplace designed for its founder in Tokyo.
Its concrete partitions and worktops have tactile finishes, which stand towards a backdrop of enormous stone ground tiles and picket furnishings.
Hollybrook Road, Ireland, by TOB Architect
Irish studio TOB Architect designed this concrete kitchen extension to evoke the sensation of “being a toddler beneath a really sturdy desk”.
It was solid in situ as one geometric kind with the objective of making a seamless and cavernous look inside. The architect selected an in any other case restrained materials palette of terrazzo, walnut and Accoya wooden in an effort to retain give attention to the feel of the concrete.
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Casa Golf, Argentina, by Luciano Kruk
One other concrete kitchen by architect Luciano Kruk is present in Casa Golf, a vacation dwelling on the Argentinian shoreline.
Paired with black cupboards and extractor ducting, its dark-grey surfaces add texture to the area with out distracting from the outward views framed by the number of home windows that line the area.
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That is the newest in our lookbooks collection, which offers visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. Different latest editions showcase airy balconies, marble bathrooms and gallery interiors.
