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The kitchen on a bright summer morning, from the back of the room. Birch plywood joinery with recessed pulls, a long birch island with a terrazzo top, an undermount sink and a bronze tap, three oak stools, a pale terrazzo floor and a slatted birch ceiling over the island with three pendants. A doorway on the left leads to the back kitchen, and a narrow slot window is set into the back wall. On the right, tall oak-framed glazing slides open onto the garden: an olive, a fig, a rill and a long oak table with chairs, with a bridge crossing at first floor level. Close to the drawings. Off brief: across the garden, the south wing is in pale timber with straight eaves and a glass balustrade along its first floor, where the drawings have walnut on that side and the curved shell over both wings.

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Kitchen

45 m² on the practical side: birch and terrazzo, an island facing the garden, and a sliding wall onto the long table.

The card

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Kitchen

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The notes

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The kitchen is about 6 by 7.5 m on the north side of the house, opening onto the garden.

The joinery is birch plywood throughout, with visible laminated edges and recessed pulls. A long run of tall cabinets fills the back wall around a narrow oak-lined slot window, with a doorway through to the back kitchen.

The island is long and generous, in birch with a pale terrazzo top, a deep undermount sink and a bronze tap. The floor is pale terrazzo. The ceiling is white lime plaster, with a slatted birch section over the island.

The garden wall is floor-to-ceiling glazing in slim oak frames, which slides open onto the dining table outside.

The plates

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The kitchen on a bright summer morning, from the back of the room. Birch plywood joinery with recessed pulls, a long birch island with a terrazzo top, an undermount sink and a bronze tap, three oak stools, a pale terrazzo floor and a slatted birch ceiling over the island with three pendants. A doorway on the left leads to the back kitchen, and a narrow slot window is set into the back wall. On the right, tall oak-framed glazing slides open onto the garden: an olive, a fig, a rill and a long oak table with chairs, with a bridge crossing at first floor level. Close to the drawings. Off brief: across the garden, the south wing is in pale timber with straight eaves and a glass balustrade along its first floor, where the drawings have walnut on that side and the curved shell over both wings.
01 · The kitchen on a bright summer morning