See an Eichler kitchen in Eichler’s Eichler

Atherton, California
Housing legend Joseph Eichler designed this home and made it his residence. It “set the groundwork for what would evolve into the California modern post-and-beam homes known as Eichlers.” The kitchen is geometric, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, as is the whole house. Countertops are blue. Cabinetry is horizontally grained. Floor is hex tiles. Modern kitchen design owes much to this kitchen.

Kitchen in this Pacific Northwest home is made from Douglas Fir felled on site

Kitsap Peninsula, Seattle
Blackened stainless steel backsplash. Concrete floors. Lye washed fir ceiling. The thin profile, black countertops are Richlite, a material made of stacked paper and resin.

Urns over the kitchen sink, a painting over the refrigerator

New York City
Couple turned their NYC townhouse into a kind of art museum. “Upstairs, there are ancient-looking urns over a kitchen sink, a metal crow on a newel post,” and a painting of a museum over the Sub-Zero refrigerator.

Classy renovation of this 1903 colonial kitchen

Chevy Chase, Maryland
White, blue, gold and wood in this Maryland Dutch Colonial home. Large coffee and appliance cabinet opens from the countertop to the ceiling.

Travertine everything, including the hood

Toronto, Ontario
Toronto remodel features “tone-on-tone travertine cabinetry and surfaces.” Creates the “solemn atmosphere of a museum.” Even the hood is travertine. The travertine backsplash has routed vertical lines. The travertine’s grain runs vertically up the side of the tall cabinetry.

What’s behind the cabinetry? A glass wall to the outside.

Waiheke Island, New Zealand
“We came up with the idea we can have a timber floating box” above the first floor, which is basically a cantilevered glass-walled living area. Thus the L-shaped kitchen has no uppers on the sink wall, just the glass wall. A kitchen with an expansive view.

Angled posts bisect this Japanese kitchen

Kanazawa, Japan
Newly constructed home “skillfully marries traditional Japanese aesthetic with contemporary architectural innovations.” They must be, in part, referring to the structural supports for the building, which are vertical and angled posts that penetrate from floor to ceiling, including the kitchen.

Cool fluted detail on island sides and hood trim

Toronto, Ontario
“Three years in the making,” this Toronto home was gutted and extended. Kitchen has a dramatic black quartzite full height backsplash. Check out the exposed joist ceiling.

“Perfect cube” chalet has minimalist kitchen

Quebec, Canada
“The living room opens onto a minimalist kitchen pared down to its essence...that harmoniously blends Scandinavian and Japanese styles.” Walnut lower cabinets and white uppers “were placed in recess.”

Where are the cabinets in this serene wood and travertine Danish kitchen?

Vejby, Denmark
Lye-treated Douglas Fir planks for the walls and ceiling. Natural bricks for the floor. Travertine for the island—the top, sides and every part. Travertine for the backsplash area. But where are the cabinets? Regardless, it is beautiful, and serene.

White Zellige tile backsplash with wooden island in South London kitchen

Wandsworth, South London
Doors leading into kitchen and pantry are arched—this can look dated, but these look cool. Zellige tiles are used only on the backsplash that surrounds the custom curved hood that color matches the cabinets. Wood island seats six. Fluted edge detailing on the island countertop took some work.