Archive Dive: 11 Rule-Breaking Kitchens

Photograph by Anna de Leeuw, courtesy of Jan de Jong Interieur

Throw out all the rules; here are 14 examples of the next wave in kitchen design: deconstruction. If a perfect kitchen seems too suburban, here are 11 kitchens that do away with boundaries.

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A Stockholm kitchen with a workbench kitchen from Stadshem.

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A kitchen in Japan with a mix of concrete and wood by Naruse Inokuma Architects.

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The kitchen in the Fujimidai house in Hujimidai by Snark Architecture.

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A kitchen made up of stainless and wood components from Stadshem.

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An airy cooking space in Sweden features an unfitted sink.

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A small kitchen with a custom counter of cubbies for fixtures, appliances, and cookware.

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German designer Katrin Arens own kitchen in Italy.

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A kitchen in Todos Santos, Mexico.

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A modular kitchen from Berlin company Noodles, Noodles & Noodles Corp.

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In his own kitchen, Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, a partner in the Copenhagen firm Norm Architects, installed a cooktop set into a workbench for a sense of airiness.

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