{"id":2112,"date":"2025-02-23T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:39:32","slug":"eight-brutalist-kitchens-where-cooking-meets-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/eight-brutalist-kitchens-where-cooking-meets-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight brutalist kitchens where cooking meets concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kitchen<\/div>\n

It divides opinion, but brutalist<\/a>-style design can be deployed to great effect in the kitchen<\/a>. In this lookbook<\/a>, we collect eight recent examples.<\/span><\/p>\n

The kitchen is often the most utilitarian space in the home, lending itself to the industrial tendencies of brutalism \u2013 the raw, concrete-centric design movement associated with the post-war period.<\/p>\n

Below, we have selected different approaches to the brutalist kitchen, occupying newly built houses as well as apartments in 1970s high rises.<\/p>\n

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring kitchens that are colourful<\/a>, fitted in metal<\/a> and finished with brick floors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"BRUJ
Photo by Maryse B\u00e9land\/Maxime Brouillet\/Antoine Michel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bruj, Canada, by Studio Jean Verville Architecte<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Canadian architect\u00a0Jean Verville<\/a> pushed the brutal aesthetic to extremes with the apartment he designed for himself in a 1970s tower in Quebec City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the kitchen, stainless-steel commercial restaurant furniture heightens the brooding effect of raw concrete walls and exposed services, punctuated by two bright-yellow, wall-mounted adjustable lamps to provide light for food preparation.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Bruj \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"House<\/a>
Photo by Alex Shoots Buildings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

House of Seven Floors, Czech Republic, by Mal\u00fd Chmel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Matte grey units complement concrete<\/a> floors, walls and ceilings in the kitchen of this family home in the\u00a0Czech Republic<\/a>\u00a0designed by local studio Mal\u00fd Chmel.<\/p>\n

The counters are organised along a wall that is partially subterranean, with\u00a0the multi-level house conceived by the architects as a “vertical cave”.<\/p>\n

Find out more about House of Seven Floors \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Brutalist<\/a>
Photo by Jan Voigt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kier, Germany, by Demo Working Group<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

German architecture studio Demo Working Group chose to use cool tones and reflective surfaces to provide a subtle contrast to the heavy concrete walls inside this apartment<\/a> in Cologne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the kitchen, this takes the form of a mirrored backsplash, a lab-style green plastic countertop and glossy white tiles, as well as frosted-glass partition walls.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Kier \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Casa<\/a>
Photo by Adri\u00e0 Goula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Casa 1736, Spain, by\u00a0H Arquitectes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A large timber storage unit softens the rough-hewn gravelly concrete walls and steel kitchen island in Casa 1736, a house in Barcelona<\/a> designed by Spanish studio H Arquitectes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In one direction, the kitchen opens onto a triple-height atrium that serves as a living room, while in the other a large walled garden is accessible via folding doors.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Casa 1736 \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Kitchen<\/a>
Photo by French + Tye (also top)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trellick Tower flat, UK, by Archmongers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This duplex flat, inside London’s famous Trellick Tower, received a makeover from architecture studio Archmongers<\/a> that sought to emphasise the building’s brutalist character \u2013 especially in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

Here, speckled brown-and-cream terrazzo<\/a> combines with brushed stainless-steel counters, white cabinets and matte-black linoleum flooring.<\/p>\n

Find out more about this Trellick Tower flat \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Kitchen<\/a>
Photo by Ishita Sitwala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pearls on Swine, India, by Multitude of Sins<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Multitude of Sins<\/a> founder Smita Thomas elected to inject a touch of whimsy into the brutalist leanings of her apartment in Bengaluru<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grey was used for the kitchen floors, walls, ceilings, worktop and some of the cupboards, but the oven is blue and the knee-height units and skirting boars are pink, while a railed ladder adds a further element of fun.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Pearls on Swine \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Putney<\/a>
Photo by Jim Stephenson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Putney Riverside, UK, by VATRAA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

London studio VATRAA<\/a> took a brutal-yet-gentle approach to the kitchen in its extension to this Victorian terraced house in Putney.<\/p>\n

The floor is polished concrete, as are the waterfall countertop and kitchen island<\/a>, but the walls were rendered in pale plaster and the cupboards are stained oak, ensuring that the overall effect is serene rather than industrial.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Putney Riverside \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Villain<\/a>
Photo by Jos\u00e9 Hevia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Villain House, Spain, by Architecture Office Claudia Raurell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Textures collide in the kitchen at Villain House, a concrete home<\/a> in \u00a0Barcelona<\/a> by local studio Architecture Office Claudia Raurell.<\/p>\n

A large, sleek metal island dominates the split-level space, contrasting with a roughly furrowed concrete wall and spongey ceiling panels.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Villain House \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring kitchens that are colourful<\/a>, fitted in metal<\/a> and finished with brick floors<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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