Kitchen

Case Study: Westmere

Hovering at the heart of the home, this kitchen provides an essential link between a former state house and its airy living extension.

Case Study: Mission Bay

Loosely mid-century in style, this rigorously crafted family kitchen has space for kids, collections and somewhere to hide the clutter.

Case Study: The Frame Kitchen

The Frame Kitchen is a highly crafted, functional and unexpectedly customisable modular system designed to suit any home.

Makes Scents

Every element of this Titirangi kitchen re-think is infused with ingenuity and delight.

Taste Makers

The days of the white kitchen seem to be largely behind us, with new home’s and renovations embracing the opportunity to add a layer of sophistication, interest and – crucially – colour. Here are some fresh takes in some of our favourite recent kitchens.

Work-Flow

Ergonomics are key to ensuring a streamlined kitchen workflow – and Blum’s range of functional hardware solutions will help you make the most of any space .

A la Mode

For decades, it seems, kitchens involved a bank of cabinetry with an island in front and the dishes piled up. Now, they’re more nuanced – but there’s no one way to do it.

Kitchen Want List 2025

Putting together a magazine like Here, and spending time in beautiful houses, we encounter some pretty exciting new things. These are a few of our recent discoveries.

Makes Scents

Every element of this Titirangi kitchen re-think is infused with ingenuity and delight.

The Architect Next Door

Parsonson Architects’ Craig Burt helps a young family across the fence unlock their 100-year-old bungalow in the capital.

Structural Integrity

A spine of cabinetry connects the various spaces in our Best House Aotearoa 2022.

Grass is Greener

Mary Daish provides an unexpected solution to a Wellington family of five’s space woes.

Just Casually

A contemporary kitchen quickly becomes part of the furniture in a heritage cottage in Tāmaki Makaurau

Euro Vision

This reimagined kitchen by a.k.a Architecture pays homage to life overseas.

Simple Moves

A generous kitchen in a refined country house by Patchwork Architecture shows the power of restraint

Material Craft

Pac Studio picks the best notes from a 1970s playbook and strikes new, harmonious chords in this remake of a 1970s townhouse.

Colour Wheel

Ben Daly reworks his mother’s 1980s kitchen with bold colour, a streamlined layout – and a little time.

Raw Material

With natural textures and a deft touch, Seear-Budd Ross reworks a villa in Brooklyn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Life in Colour

Ann Shelton and Duncan Munro meticulously restore the original modernist colour scheme in their 1950s home.

Valley Deep

Keshaw McArthur inserts a recessive intervention into a villa with valley views.

Mise En Place

Playing with memory and function in a kitchen inspired by Hong Kong.