2024 Interior Awards, Residential Kitchen Award winner

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The kitchen plays with various shades of green and ‘mismatched but pleasing’ materials.

The kitchen plays with various shades of green and ‘mismatched but pleasing’ materials. Image: Simon Wilson

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The cabinetry on the rear wall of the kitchen features Bankston Supermoon handles (on left) and the kitchen’s Mutina Puzzle by Barber and Osgerby tile skirting detail as seen from the dining room (on right).

The cabinetry on the rear wall of the kitchen features Bankston Supermoon handles (on left) and the kitchen’s Mutina Puzzle by Barber and Osgerby tile skirting detail as seen from the dining room (on right). Image: Simon Wilson

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The scullery and laundry cabinetry is in Melteca ‘Porcelain Blush’.

The scullery and laundry cabinetry is in Melteca ‘Porcelain Blush’. Image: Simon Wilson

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Hay ‘Revolver’ barstools line up at the kitchen island.

Hay ‘Revolver’ barstools line up at the kitchen island. Image: Simon Wilson

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The ‘Porcelain Blush’ Melteca scullery and laundry space feature Bankston Supermoon handles and a Vitra Uten.silo wall unit.

The ‘Porcelain Blush’ Melteca scullery and laundry space feature Bankston Supermoon handles and a Vitra Uten.silo wall unit. Image: Simon Wilson

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The island bench has a black powder-coated steel frame (left) and a view through to the scullery (right).

The island bench has a black powder-coated steel frame (left) and a view through to the scullery (right). Image: Simon Wilson

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Looking across the plate steel island bench towards the scullery and laundry space.

Looking across the plate steel island bench towards the scullery and laundry space. Image: Simon Wilson

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Congratulations to this year’s Residential Kitchen Award winner — Home Sweet Home by Rogan Nash Architects.

The jury’s comment:

“Influenced by a variety of design classics and colour blocking, this humble yet refined kitchen channels a 1980s’ Euro-style vernacular right out of the pages of Abitare, with a playful and creative use of pattern and tone. Rigorously planned and executed, with a considered and sophisticated colour and material palette, this kitchen brings the fun to the heart of the home. Right down to the skirting details, the designers have absolutely succeeded in turning everything up a notch, somehow achieving an impeccable balance between the ‘mismatched and pleasing’.”

PROJECT DETAILS:

Location: Grey Lynn, Auckland

Client: Private

Building area (m2): 190m2

Project brief: The client, a family of four, wanted us to provide a kitchen which was playful and not all white. They were really keen on the concept of colour blocking and wanted us to interpret this in the kitchen scheme. The trick was to make sure the kitchen still felt calm and suited to family life.

Credits:

  • Principal Architects/Project Leads – Kate Rogan and Eva Nash

“We spent time thinking about our concept and looking at design references. For the colour palette of the kitchen, we referenced colour blocking as it is seen in the world of fashion, for example the collections of Missoni and Diane von Furstenberg. For the tiling to the island bench, we looked at the tiling of traditional European ‘milk bars’, where there is often a juxtaposition of differing tile selections. The home has been awarded a Homestar for Design and Construction.” - Kate Rogan and Eva Nash.

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