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Kitchen Recessed Lighting Wall Oven Wood Cabinets Concrete Floors Refrigerator Cooktops Range Hood Design Photos and Ideas

This artfully minimalist Australian kitchen combines concrete, oak, steel, and prefabricated panels with a substantial marble countertop and backsplash.
This midcentury in Armonk, New York, was the personal residence of Arthur Witthoefft, an architect for renowned firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Witthoefft won an AIA First Honor Award in 1962 for his design, and the home was listed on the Register of Historic Places in 2011 after a meticulous restoration profiled in Dwell. The kitchen was modernized with white lacquer and stainless steel.
The firm enlisted their Parisian carpenter to make the cabinets in the "Frey style and color"—stained maple topped with cream-colored quartz. Appliances are all Bertazzoni except for the refrigerator and freezer, which is a Frigidaire Professional. The brick wall would not have been original, but the firm kept it and hand-painted the surface in the style of Le Corbusier’s Parisian apartment.
The steel hood vent design was custom-made and inspired by a steel circular fireplace in the Frey I home.
The main level holds the living room, dining room, kitchen, and an interior courtyard with a fire pit.
Colors from dramatic, Icelandic landscapes inspired the contrasting interiors. Volcanic orange creates a multifunctional gathering point at the heart of the home while the swimming pool brings in a lagoon hue; the cabinets recall glaciers and lava. In the kitchen, "disappearing" chairs are stored under the island to maximize space.
Here is the kitchen in the south end of the home next to the dining area.
Unimpeded glimpses of the surrounding property via generous sight-lines and copious glazing.
Dining and kitchen
The updated kitchen features new quartz stone countertops, a tiled backsplash, and new stainless steel appliances.
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