Within the newest in our collection exploring kitchen layouts, we have picked eight examples from Dezeen’s archive with U-shaped configurations to make environment friendly use of area.
Because the identify suggests, U-shaped kitchens encompass three worktops related to type an open rectangle.
Standard in smaller interiors, the sensible structure creates loads of counter area for meals preparation with room for storage beneath and in wall-hung cupboards above.
The design additionally creates a compact and environment friendly work triangle, with all the things shut handy.
The U-shape is of the commonest kitchen layouts together with one-wall kitchens, island kitchens, galley kitchens and peninsula kitchens.
That is the most recent roundup in our Dezeen Lookbooks collection offering visible inspiration for the house. Earlier roundups embody residing rooms with assertion shelving, spa-like loos and home-working areas.
Paris house, France, by Sophie Dries
French architect Sophie Dries mixed two mid-Nineteenth-century flats in Paris to create a single massive house.
On the centre of the house, this U-shaped kitchen combines darkish gray ground and wall cupboards with tender pink worktops, partitions, ground and ceiling.
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Delawyk Module Home, UK, by R2 Studio
R2 Studio created playful interiors inside this Sixties house on a London council property. Set alongside an open-plan residing and eating space, the brilliant kitchen combines yellow items and customized orange splashback tiles.
Counter tops are organized in a U-shape with the sink positioned underneath a window and one arm of the U dividing the kitchen from the opposite communal areas.
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Highgate house, UK, by Surman Weston
Constructed inside a Twenties residential block within the Highgate, the kitchen and residing area on this small house are related by a timber-framed porthole window.
Inside the small kitchen, the sink sits underneath a slim window with turquoise-blue counter tops inlaid with timber to create a terrazzo-like end, positioned alongside the partitions. The room is completed with cupboards created from fluted panels of oak completed with brass handles.
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Ruffey Lake Home, Australia, by Inbetween Structure
Native studio Inbetween Structure overhauled a late Twentieth-century home in Melbourne to create a house for a household of 5.
The bottom ground was opened as much as create an open-plan residing and eating area that steps right down to the kitchen. The cooker was positioned on the finish of the U with the sink on one arm and area for meals preparation on the opposite.
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Barcelona house, Spain, by Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña
Spanish architects Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña tucked the kitchen into a distinct segment that was left over after they demolished the interior partitions on this house in Barcelona’s Eixample neighbourhood.
Extra of a J-shape than a U, the asymmetrical kitchen is outlined by a tiled ground. The white countertop wraps round three partitions and extends into the residing space, which is demarked by timber flooring.
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Carlton Home, Australia, by Reddaway Architects
Lit by a skylight, the kitchen separates the extra enclosed areas on this home’s unique construction from a big open residing and eating area inside an extension.
The kitchen, which has a marble countertop above pink cupboards, extends out from the wall in a J-shape to create {a partially} enclosed meals preparation and cooking area.
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The Cook dinner’s Kitchen, UK, by Fraher Architects
Fraher Architects added a black-stained timber extension to this London flat to create a bigger kitchen for a consumer who likes to prepare dinner.
A window extends up the wall to satisfy a roof gentle that extends the size of the kitchen, which has a single, in-situ-poured concrete countertop.
The painted plywood cupboards characteristic patterns of randomly drilled holes that double as recessed handles.
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HB6B – One Residence, Sweden, by Karen Matz
Karen Matz created this kitchen inside a small, 36-square-metre house that she designed for herself.
The tip counter accommodates the sink and cooker, whereas one of many arms can be utilized as a breakfast bar. The third arm is topped with cupboard space and helps one facet of the house’s raised mezzanine bed room.
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That is the most recent in our collection of lookbooks offering curated visible inspiration from Dezeen’s picture archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks showcasing vibrant interiors, out of doors fireplaces and rooftop gardens.
