First Place: Ali Tayar

The proposed kitchen takes its cue from the design of Electrolux ICON appliances, which combine elegance and technological innovation with a user-friendly interface. It is a "floating" island that functions as a sculptural insertion into the living room area. The stacks are accommodated inside the vertical component of the island structure.

First Place: Ali Tayar

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"Minimalist sculpture exposes the essence, or pure identity of a subject, and our winning design turns the kitchen into a brilliant, sleek homage to that ideal. The clean modern lines and vertical stacks of appliances and storage create a compact, efficient workspace, proving that this kitchen is not just another pretty face!"

— Cindy Allen, Interior Design
— Editor in Chief

First Place: Ali Tayar

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Second Place: Antonio Di Oronzo for BluArch

This kitchen design is part of a larger residential interior design project. The client, an actress and dancer wanted a sleep beautiful sexy kitchen. The concept of our design is based on the lightness and sensuality of dance moves and is suggestive of a lifting gesture and apparent embrace.

Second Place: Antonio Di Oronzo for BluArch

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Second Place: Antonio Di Oronzo for BluArch

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Third Place: Joel Lamere and Cynthia Gunadi of GLD

The Western kitchen was historically regarded as service space, kept removed from dining and living rooms. This design blends the kitchen and social spaces that revolve around dining, so that it becomes a continuous series of activities that transform the way we inhabit the kitchen—what is usually hidden becomes celebrated.

Third Place: Joel Lamere and Cynthia Gunadi of GLD

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Third Place: Joel Lamere and Cynthia Gunadi of GLD

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Honorable mention: Ghislaine Viñas

Back to basics takes an existing kitchen design and re-conceives it through the lens of the designer's Dutch roots — using the form of the classic Dutch house and the simple, green monopoly toy house as inspiration. The design also mines history as it uses large digital prints of historic kitchens to reflect on what kitchens are today and what they once were.

Honorable mention: Jin Feng —
Renovation of the Affleck House Kitchen

This project is a restoration/renovation for the national historic landmark Affleck House, the first Usonian house in Detroit, MI designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The design is consistent with preservation guidelines and incorporates sustainable features. The designers incorporated Wrights' use of natural materials, spatial concepts, daylight and artificial lighting strategies consistent with Usonian Houses.