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Kitchen for a Victorian house in Little Venice, London
2005

Worktops: solid teak and Corian
Island: solid teak
Doors: solid teak frame, teak veneered MDF
Shelf with magazine storage over radiator: white painted MDF

The challenge in this project was to create a comfortable and efficient kitchen for a family of 5 in a small space. (plan)

In order to maximise the capacity of the kitchen units, they were designed with changing and non-standard depths, using the entire space of all the niches along the walls. We removed the fireplace and located one of the units in the emptied out niche. The oven and stove are located in a separate ‘island’ unit. The design of this unit was influenced by a cupboard from the 1950s that the clients had already owned, and wished to place in the kitchen. This cupboard happened to fit perfectly into another niche in the wall and provides lots of extra storage space.

A pull-out worktop provides extra work area when needed, and connects the main worktop to the island unit.

A narrow wall mounted unit was designed to fit snugly above and to the side of the radiator, relating to it as a parasite. It doubles up as a shelf and a storage unit for magazines, phonebooks, notepads etc., and helps to prevent clutter on the dining table and in the rest of the kitchen.

Design and carpentry: Tamir Addadi
Photographs: Kevin Biderman, www.kbiderman.com