{"id":2518,"date":"2025-08-29T08:44:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/08\/29\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-london-architects-sky-lit-compact-kitchen\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T08:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:44:51","slug":"kitchen-of-the-week-a-london-architects-sky-lit-compact-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/fr\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-london-architects-sky-lit-compact-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen of the Week: A London Architect\u2019s Sky-Lit Compact Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We love every inch of this compact 14-by-10-foot kitchen in the Peckham neighborhood of London. Designed by architect Jonathan Nicholls and his partner, Alex Randall, a lighting designer, it occupies the rear extension of their Victorian home. While many architects find the experience of designing their own home an existential nightmare, Nicholls found it be quite the opposite:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an architect, working on your own house is great fun. Because of time constraints, I didn\u2019t get a chance to do full, proper drawings, so a lot of the time I\u2019d scribble some plans on the wall at night for the builders to interpret a few hours later,\u201d he told The Modern House. \u201cBecause it was our own house, I could experiment a lot more with things I wouldn\u2019t risk at work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nowhere is that playful spirit more on display than in their artful kitchen.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a tour. (To see the rest of their house, see the listing at The Modern House.)<\/p>\n


Above: When the couple moved in five years ago, the kitchen was on the top of their list of rooms to redesign as they both love to cook.
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Above: The cabinets are one of Nicholls\u2019 \u201cexperiments.\u201d \u201cWe weren\u2019t entirely sure how it would turn out, but it\u2019s beautiful,\u201d he said of the engineered-ash plywood joinery.
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Above: The most whimsical feature in the kitchen, though, may be the skylight that not only funnels in natural light but also offers a glimpse at the wildflowers growing on the roof garden.,

Above: In lieu of upper cabinets, a single wall-mounted shelf holding cooking tools and decorative touches extends across the length of one wall.
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Above: A stainless steel sink with an integrated draining board. (See The New Art Gallery: 12 Favorite Kitchens with Paintings on Display.)
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Above: Steel and glass doors by Crittal usher in even more natural light from the patio.
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Above: Limestone tiles extend from the entrance, down the hallway, and into the kitchen. The rest of the house enjoys oiled-oak floorboards.
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Above: The patio just beyond the kitchen has a surprisingly tropical feel thanks to a palm tree and bamboo. (See 10 Things Nobody Tells You About Bamboo.) <\/p>\n

For more plywood kitchens, see:<\/p>\n