This remodeled kitchen represents an effort to project the vocab…
This remodeled kitchen represents an effort to project the vocabulary of Richard Neutra—the house’s original architect—into the present day.
Michael Biondo
The project clearly distinguishes between new and restoration.
Michael Biondo
Stainless steel columns—so slender that they are practically t…
Stainless steel columns—so slender that they are practically two-dimensional—mark the path of the partition that isolated the original kitchen from the living and dining areas.
Michael Biondo
Knife-edge stainless steel counters top the gloss-white base cab…
Knife-edge stainless steel counters top the gloss-white base cabinets. The uppers are acid-washed steel.
Michael Biondo
The new columns are nearly invisible when viewed head-on.
Michael Biondo
Blackened steel plate wraps the doorway to the house’s back ha…
Blackened steel plate wraps the doorway to the house’s back hall.
Courtesy Joeb Moore + Partners
The original kitchen.
Courtesy Joeb Moore + Partners
The kitchen in axonometric view.
Art Gray
With upper cabinets limited to a single end wall, the kitchen op…
With upper cabinets limited to a single end wall, the kitchen opens to light and views along its two outside walls.
Art Gray
Two long counters serve as the room’s work surfaces. The steel…
Two long counters serve as the room’s work surfaces. The steel stair casts a “shadow” of smooth stones.
Art Gray
The stair nearly disappears in profile.
Art Gray
A wall of sliding glass doors opens the kitchen to a covered ver…
A wall of sliding glass doors opens the kitchen to a covered veranda.
Art Gray
A walnut millwork “box” separates the bath from the master b…
A walnut millwork “box” separates the bath from the master bedroom.
Art Gray
A floating partition shields the shower and toilet areas.
Art Gray
Glass doors and a glass clerestory surround the millwork element…
Glass doors and a glass clerestory surround the millwork element.
Art Gray
The bath opens onto a private courtyard. With four children in t…
The bath opens onto a private courtyard. With four children in the family, the clients also take in rescue dogs.
Travis Dubreuil
Located beneath a large skylight, this glass-box master bath ser…
Located beneath a large skylight, this glass-box master bath serves as a natural lighting fixture.
Travis Dubreuil
Electric privacy glass permits modesty at the touch of a switch.
Travis Dubreuil
The bath separates the master bedroom from a private study, but …
The bath separates the master bedroom from a private study, but its transparency creates the sense of a single continuous space.
Travis Dubreuil
A wall tiled with Vals stone, quarried in Switzerland, rises thr…
A wall tiled with Vals stone, quarried in Switzerland, rises through two floors of the apartment.
Travis Dubreuil
A carved stone lavatory cantilevers from the tiled wall.
Travis Dubreuil
The solid-surface floor folds down, into a sunken tub/shower, an…
The solid-surface floor folds down, into a sunken tub/shower, and up, forming a pedestal that holds plumbing controls and a tray for soap and shampoos.
Courtesy Turett Collaborative Architects
Courtesy Turett Collaborative Architects
Juries for both the 2012 residential architect and Custom Home Design Awards gravitated toward kitchens and baths that open up to adjacent rooms or outdoor spaces. Ranging from a translucent bath cube in a New York loft to a Minneapolis high-end custom kitchen that blends traditional style with a modern outlook, the projects all demonstrate the popularity of integrating these primary living spaces with the rest of the house.
We’ve gathered the eight winning projects into a single slideshow so you can view the results in these popular categories all at once.
