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to customise the interior to his own liking.
“I love to entertain, so the kitchen
needed to have a large island for preparation and to be a place where people
could congregate and eat,” Riseman says.
“I wanted dinner preparation to be like a
show, but once finished I wanted all the
noise and clean-up to be out of sight.”
It was the desire to have the freedom
to create something individual rather than
having to adjust an existing system that
led him to designers Mick De Giulio and
Kathy Manzella.

One of the first things De Giulio did
was to use a newly raised floor to house
plumbing for the island – something the
original services plan didn’t allow for.
“Because the owner entertains a lot,
he needed a kitchen that didn’t look like a
kitchen,” says De Giulio.
That’s partly achieved by the materials
used, including the polished stainless steel
on the front and sides of the island and high
gloss walnut cabinetry below the cooktop.
“The stainless becomes almost a nonmaterial,” he says. “You can’t predict what

Preceding pages: Overlooking the strip in Las
Vegas, the kitchen in this apartment needed to
create its own strength of presence while not
overdominating the interior.
Above left: Reflective surfaces such as high gloss
walnut cabinetry below the cooktop and stainless
steel on the island front and sides allow the
kitchen to ‘melt’ into its surroundings.
Top and above: Adjacent to the kitchen is a
secondary clean-up and preparation area, plus a
bar with wine storage.

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