Trends New Zealand Volume 33 No 6 | Page 30

With respect Light industrial touches link this apartment kitchen to its wider heritage environment search | save | share at Often with a kitchen design, the cues for the aesthetic are drawn from the wider setting. This apartment kitchen is in a new mixed-use build- ing in a sensitive heritage area. The facade’s tiled elements reference existing historic shopfronts in the vicinity and the kitchen continues this feel. Project architect Andrew Smith worked closely with kitchen designer Lara Farmilo at Poggenpohl to achieve the exact look required. “I chose a glazed subway tile in black for the splashback to echo the exterior tilework,” says Smith. “And, building on this, we wanted the whole kitchen to have a light-industrial touch.”