Best Professionally Designed Kitchen Winner: Space Exploration - Remodelista
The winner of the Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Professionally Designed Kitchen is Space Exploration of Brooklyn, New York. Take a look, and hear what Space Exploration has to say about the remodel, the firm’s secret design sources, and its dream project. Space Exploration’s Design Statement: This loft for a young family was formerly two classrooms in a school building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Classical architectural elements are distilled to their essence, highlighting the patina of the rich materials employed in both finish work and furnishings. Q: What were your practical goals for the project?A: We were charged with creating a functional kitchen for a young family as part of a gut renovation of their Brooklyn apartment. The father of the family is an avid cook, so the kitchen needed to be durable and highly functional. Q: What are your favorite features of the project?A: Henrybuilt of Seattle fabricated the millwork to our specifications and did a terrific job with the custom finish, which was well outside the range of the company’s typical finish package. Q: What advice do you have for anyone undertaking a similar project? A: A good grounding element–in this case, the base cabinetry with its solid-feeling concrete countertops–goes a long way in a design like this, which takes the height of the room into consideration. A: It would be hard to dream up clients better than those we already work with now. Q: What is your best secret design source?A: The halls of great museums, and books from outside the conventional design disciplines. Q: What’s next for Space Exploration?