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Black kitchens: 35 examples
A black kitchen in a modern small apartment, large-scale apartment, or country house helps to create a timeless interior that will not lose its relevance for many years. Today, the kitchen space is increasingly being integrated with the living room and dining room, combining functionality and aesthetics.
Cooking and socializing areas are coming together more and more, they are aesthetically linked, flow smoothly into one another, and transitions are seamless. The multifunctional space is formed thanks to an open layout, thoughtful content, harmoniously selected materials, and a winning combination of colors.
Splinter Society: house renovation in Melbourne.Ater.architects: Kyiv apartment with blue curtains. The kitchen is finished with soft-touch oak veneer to create a warm and inviting feel. The black ceramic splashback catches the eye with a pink grout that echoes the base of the round dining table.
The sophisticated and laconic black kitchen looks especially expressive in minimalist spaces. Minimalism as a means of rest from the daily bustle and visual noise, and excessive consumption of information and things implies a restrained palette and laconic forms. The choice in favor of black color helps to accentuate the silhouettes of the furniture, bringing graphicness to the interior. In addition to an expressive visual image, black facades help to visually stretch the room, which becomes relevant for a small apartment.
Ana Claudia Design: apartment in New York for a family from Sweden. For a small kitchen, a luxurious bow made of glass and brass was developed. A small kitchen is built as part of the joint space of the living-dining room.
Drake/Anderson: 700 sq. meters in a tower in Manhattan. The kitchen is custom-made by Drake/Anderson in collaboration with Design Galleria. Ebony oak cabinetry, Cristallo quartzite countertops, and backsplash, patinated bronze hood.
Luke and Joan McClelland: apartment in Edinburgh, UK. In the project, many were impressed by the high-quality appearance of the wooden furniture in the kitchen, which was actually purchased from IKEA.
House in Valencia designed by Francesc Rifé Studio.
The black kitchen, despite its apparent simplicity, is never banal. She is universal, strict, and slightly brutal, but she does not obey gender stereotypes. The design of a black kitchen will look equally advantageous in a family home and in the apartment of a single millennial of any gender – it all depends on the personal preferences of the property owner.
Cabinet furniture in dark colors looks more compact in the room. And if the white kitchen seems larger, then the black one, on the contrary, is smaller and slimmer. A popular solution is to hide storage and other household functions behind floor-to-ceiling hinged or sliding doors. The laconic row of facades helps to maintain the overall integrity of the kitchen-living room space, and the matte finish will bring depth to the room.
Ryan Sagian: Male Interiors in West Hollywood. The kitchen is made according to designer sketches to order. Chandelier – Lindsey Edelman. The upper horizontal module emphasizes the window with a spectacular view. House of architect John Wardle in Melbourne. In the kitchen, the wood finish contrasts with the dark INAX ceramic tiles from Japan. Narrow, concave tiles are arranged vertically to create an interesting textured surface that reaches up to the ceiling. Modernist house in Ecuador designed by Giannina Cabal.StudioLIM: apartments in Sao Paulo. A large black granite kitchen island creates a clear separation between the open plan living spaces, united by a large wood paneled wall.
The classic antipode of black is white, which is also its ideal companion. The classic combination of these two tones is a win-win solution for creating a timeless interior, as well as an impressive visual effect with minimal means. Monochrome backsplash, countertop, and furniture in the design of black kitchens will bring theatricality and drama to the space. And also help to disguise the presence of household appliances.
Maya Sheinberger Interior Design: apartment for a young family in Tel Aviv. Above the kitchen island are two geometric light fixtures and light pink bar stools in front of it.INT2architecture project: apartment in a Moscow mansion.
Stamos Michael: guest house in Athens. The kitchen is finished with emerald colored cabinets and industrial style black metal shelves where dishes are placed.
Family home in London by APR Design. The kitchen is arranged around a four-meter working island. Ceiling boxes in Antique Brown granite visually balance the huge island and provide ventilation as well as lighting.
Studio UGO: apartment with two mezzanines. Due to numerous non-standard solutions, steel became the dominant material in the project.
To overcome the eternal fear of large-scale designs in dark shades, it is worth starting with compact accessories or small pieces of furniture. And only after a while, if the experiment was successful, gradually expand the range. The main thing to remember is that the black kitchen works equally well with a variety of materials and surfaces – metal, porcelain stoneware, and plastic. It looks especially impressive with natural stone and wood, forming an interior in the spirit of modern luxury.
Beach villa designed by Steininger. The kitchen is an important component of the project. It was designed specifically for the project. It used Fenix, a material based on nanotechnology with outstanding characteristics: it is hygienic, easy to clean, resistant to all kinds of influences, it does not leave fingerprints. KC design studio: 33 square meters in Taipei.Studio Arthur Casas: family apartment in Paris.Sergey Makhno Architects: Vatra House interiors in Kyiv. The kitchen, combined with the dining room, is made in warm shades of brown and complemented by black accents.
Norm Architects: secluded house in the north of Denmark.
Collector’s House designed by Stephen Jolson.
Minimalistic apartment in Kyiv designed by FILD studio. The main accent in the apartment is a black kitchen block, designed for visual lightness without upper cabinets.
Colorful apartment in the center of Rome designed by Venturoni.
Buro511: house-refuge in the forest near Moscow. American walnut veneer is complemented by kitchen backsplash marble and slate flooring. The ceiling height of the kitchen-living room is 7 meters.
Quadro Room: 100 sq. meters in the Moscow new building. The kitchen is highlighted with Laminam porcelain stoneware with a concrete texture. Giulia Novars kitchen set, upper cabinets with glass fronts lighten the interior.
Evgenia Nistratova: the architect’s apartment in Moscow. Giulia Novars kitchen. Spacious kitchen-living room combined with an entrance hall.
INT2architecture: two-level apartments in Narkomfin House. Ikea kitchen.
Volkov Architects: duplex in an old Moscow house. The living room and kitchen are planned in one volume. The kitchen is monochrome, with a huge island in white marble.
Sivak & Partners: monochrome apartment 65 sqm meters in Odessa. The kitchen island is made of Fundermax material, it is very durable and pleasant to the touch.
Marina Kisel: an apartment for a sculptor’s family. In the kitchen area, the designer abandoned the top row of cabinets in order to make the design as light as possible. Storage of kitchen appliances is provided in adjacent cabinets from floor to ceiling, and built-in household appliances are also located here.
NR Design Bureau: an apartment for a hockey player’s family in St. Petersburg. The living-dining room could not be moved to a separate room, so the authors decided to make a transforming kitchen. TM Italia kitchen. Porcelain tile Laminam. Miele technology.
Tatyana Rudenko: small apartment 42 sq. meters in Moscow. The kitchen is made to order according to the sketches of the author of the project, the Eco Furniture factory. Siemens household appliances. Porcelain tile Santemax.
Ksenia Karavaeva: apartment with black walls in Moscow. The color palette of the interior is built on a combination of gray, black and red. Walnut veneer is also used in all rooms. Kitchen NEXT125, “House of German Cuisine”.
Ksenia Ivanova: family apartment 125 sq. meters in Moscow. The compositional dominant of the combined space of the living room is a long black kitchen. Giulia Novars kitchen. Hood Falmec.
Alisa Basova: apartment 85 sq. meters in Kazan. Ikea kitchen.
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