01
The brief
A single wall of cabinetry in an open room, where the kitchen is the first thing you see from the entry and has to read as architecture, not as a row of appliances.
Concept study 01Walnut & Calacatta
One wall of cabinetry in an open room, drawn so the kitchen reads as architecture from the front door.
02
The constraint
One wall, a tall window to the left and a hood that had to land on the room's centerline, not wherever the cooktop happened to fall.
03
The solution
Two banks of flush walnut uppers frame a tapered blackened-steel hood. Drawers at both ends of the base run give the cooktop landing space on each side, and the marble runs from the counter to the underside of the uppers as one plane.
04
Cabinetry
Book-matched walnut sequenced across every front. Handleless uppers, with slim brushed bronze pulls on the drawers only, so hardware appears where hands actually go.
05
Appliances & light
Induction under the hood and a continuous linear light concealed beneath the uppers, all at one warm color temperature so the marble keeps its tone after dark.
Material palette
American walnut
Honed Calacatta
Blackened steel
Brushed bronze
