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d32 DESIGNER KITCHEN & BATHROOM AWARDS 2018


Designer Kitchen of the Year (over £25k)


WINNER: Simon Thomas Pirie, Simon Thomas Pirie Sponsored by


acres of the North Norfolk coast. The project was an especially creative brief and working collaboration. It needed to have a modern industrial feel softened with contemporary timber tones. Through continuing refi nement of the brief with the clients, Simon Thomas Pirie paired the layout right down and focused on a bold set of materials, textures and colours of stainless steel, copper sheet, solid fumed oak and charcoal grey fi gured sycamore.


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The very large rectangular island has a 4.1m x 1.4m stainless steel top which contains the gas hob and two sinks, one on each long side of the island. The island fulfi ls many functions: the long side facing the ovens is the working galley space with pan drawers, under sink storage (which also contains the Zip boiling / chilled water tap equipment), the hob and a dishwasher.


It has plenty of surface prep space and the double sink. Meanwhile, the opposite long edge which faces out into the living/dining area supports that social role, with cupboards and doors to store cutlery, crockery and serving dishes as well as a second dishwasher and sink.


designer kitchen & bathroom designerkbmag.co.uk


he design of this kitchen had to be something special to live up to its surroundings within a striking piece of contemporary


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Simon Pirie and John Beaves collect the award from host George Lamb and Matt Lissaman (left) from category sponsor Hafele


The short ends are fully utilised as well, with one end being an impromptu two-seat breakfast bar with shallow drawer above, the other having a pair of pull-out waste bins. The island acts both as a barrier to separate the kitchen working area from the social space and as a striking visual feature – a foil to the more playful oven wall units behind. The back wall carries the ‘big’ appliances, including two 90cm Gaggeneau ovens plus warming drawer, a generous fridge freezer and a tall narrow wine fridge.


The cupboards, shelves, recesses and drawers around those appliances form a rather abstract assembly in contrast to the simple functionality of the island. Lighting plays a key part here, creating depth, refl ection, colour and shadow, with the designer wanting


it to be more like a piece of abstract sculpture than the usual run of full height wall units containing the appliances. It certainly achieves that, with horizontal ‘landscape’ cupboards in fumed oak and charcoal fi gured sycamore appearing to fl oat against the back lit copper glow. The openings allow featured objects to come to life and even the glass fronts of the ovens and wine fridge refl ect light beautifully, creating yet another surface which changes in the constantly altering light conditions.


It was a design which wowed the judges through its confi dent use of materials and a creative confi guration that is in keeping with the architectural scope of a landmark building.


Simon Thomas Pirie / simonthomaspirie.co.uk


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