A kitchen with an announcement oxblood-colour island and one other with curved child-friendly counters characteristic in our newest lookbook, which spotlights eight worktops which might be lined in tiles.
Tiled worktops could be a useful but engaging addition to a kitchen, capable of stand up to scorching pots and meals stains whereas additionally creating a possibility for adornment.
The examples on this lookbook vary from tiled worktops designed as focal factors to extra utilitarian counters that mix in with surrounding partitions, illustrating the potential of tiles in a kitchen and proving they aren’t restricted to simply splashbacks and flooring.
That is the newest in Dezeen’s lookbooks sequence, which supplies visible inspiration from our archive. Different latest editions showcase wine storage options, bedrooms with desk areas and interiors that draw on Mediterranean residing.
Fruit Field, UK, by Nimtim Architects
London studio Nimtim Architects opted for shiny white tiles to cowl the worktops of this kitchen and teamed them with plywood cabinets, cabinets and drawers for a intentionally easy look.
Some tiles have curved edges, serving to to create seamless transitions between the counters and splashback whereas additionally eradicating sharp corners so the area is safer for the shopper’s kids.
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East Village Condo, USA, by GRT Architects
The point of interest of this kitchen in an East Village house is an island lined in oxblood-coloured tiles, which stand out towards a backdrop of white-oak cabinetry with outsized handles.
This wealthy, jewel-toned end was complemented by chequerboard mosaic tiling throughout the ground and glossy brass legs for the tip kitchen counters.
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West Bend Home, Australia, by Courageous New Eco
Duck-egg blue tiles adorn the surfaces of this galley kitchen, which studio Courageous New Eco created in West Bend Home in Melbourne.
This consists of an island operating via its centre, the place sq. tiles are used on the worktop and the perimeters are lined with lengthy, slender variations. They’re teamed with wood joinery and slender bar stools.
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De Sijs, Belgium, by Officeu Architects
Officeu Architects mixed a mixture of pastel-hued sq. tiles to embellish the worktops on this kitchen, which options within the De Sijs co-housing undertaking in Leuven.
The dusky colors of the surfaces are complemented by a mixture of fern-green and wood cupboards and assist draw consideration to playful furnishings and fixtures, together with hanging lights and shiny pink pots.
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Palma Hideaway, Spain, by Mariana de Delás
Inexperienced tiles are used to create focal factors all through this lofty house, which architect Mariana de Delás has hidden in a former bike workshop in Palma de Mallorca.
This consists of the kitchen, the place the tiles crown an announcement island supported by chunky pink legs. This watermelon-like color mixture pops towards a concrete flooring and wood cupboards.
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Display screen Home, UK, by Studio Ben Allen
This pared-back kitchen options inside Display screen Home, a north London flat that was modernised and reconfigured by Studio Ben Allen.
To align with a strict finances, the kitchen options utilitarian fixtures and combines easy wood joinery with white-tiled surfaces. The tip tiles are curved to kind a easy edge to the counter.
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Dawnridge Home, USA, by Subject Structure
Massive gray tiles are used throughout the counter tops of this wood kitchen, which Subject Structure designed inside a home in California.
They kind a part of the natural-looking materials palette used all through the house, for which the studio drew on the encompassing Los Altos Hills panorama that features a creek and huge oak timber.
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Bismarck Home, Australia, by Andrew Burges Architects
At Bismarck Home in Bondi, Andrew Burges Architects used a palette of what it described as “outside supplies” throughout the bottom flooring.
Alongside uncovered brick, concrete and metal components, this utilitarian palette consists of tiled kitchen worktops and is meant to blur the boundary between the within and strong exterior of the house.
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That is the newest in Dezeen’s lookbooks sequence, which supplies visible inspiration from our archive. Different latest editions showcase wine storage options, bedrooms with desk areas and interiors that draw on Mediterranean residing.
