{"id":2677,"date":"2025-10-02T20:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/10\/02\/kitchen-of-the-week-brave-new-eco-design-for-a-low-impact-home\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T20:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:40:12","slug":"kitchen-of-the-week-brave-new-eco-design-for-a-low-impact-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/kitchen-of-the-week-brave-new-eco-design-for-a-low-impact-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Keuken van de week: Dapper nieuw ecodesign voor een milieuvriendelijk huis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1264322973055791098.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">    <\/p>\n<p>Truth in advertising? Brave New Eco is a design studio based in Brunswick, Australia, that, as its name implies, marries sustainable practices with daring modern style. A few years ago, the firm was brought on to conceive thoughtful finishes and custom millwork for a new build in West Bend\u2014and make it all planet-friendly to boot.<\/p>\n<p>The house, oriented for passive solar heating and cooling, had been designed by MRTN Architects with energy efficiency in mind: \u201cfully electric, with heat pump in-slab heating and a battery backup solar system,\u201d writes BNE founder Megan Norgate. Given the structure\u2019s seriously green creds, it was only fitting that the interiors be just as environmentally sound.<\/p>\n<p>Below, Megan gives us a tour of the kitchen\u2014and outstanding example of, if you will, brave new eco design.<\/p>\n<p>Photography by Peter Bennetts, styling by Megan Norgate and Bea and Co, courtesy of Brave New Eco.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6016239034419190877.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: \u201cSustainable materials are used throughout, including eco-certified spotted gum, locally made brass tapware, low VOC paints, and locally made lighting fixtures,\u201d says Megan.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4455452265970365430.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: The wall here is a mix of spotted gum wood, terra-cotta tiles from Artedomus, and green tiles from Academy Tiles. The terra-cotta Tile Linear pendant light is from South Drawn.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9106158889035433382.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: The view to the den. A battened wood partition keeps the dishwashing station (at left) concealed.,<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2717442967041694312.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: The drawers in the window seat are used for \u201cbedroom repatriation\u201d; each family member is assigned one for corralling mislaid items that need to be returned to their proper storage spots.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2297913106266239156.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: The counters are a mix of marble and tile. The induction stove is by Fisher &amp; Paykel.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/891479195821137405.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Sliding mesh brass panels offer a lighter take on the standard wood cabinet door. \u201cThis is important in large open-plan spaces so that joinery elements don\u2019t feel monolithic,\u201d says Megan.   <\/p>\n<p>Zie ook:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steal This Look: A Penny Tile Bath in Australia<\/li>\n<li>Above &amp; Beyond: A Sensitive Remodel That Celebrates the \u2018Undercroft\u2019 in Brisbane, Australia<\/li>\n<li>Kitchen of the Week: A Sensitive and Considered Renovation, by Australian Kitchen Maker Cantilever<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waarheid in reclame? Brave New Eco is een ontwerpstudio gevestigd in Brunswick, Australi\u00eb, die, zoals de naam al aangeeft, duurzame praktijken koppelt aan een gedurfde moderne stijl. Een paar jaar geleden werd het bureau ingeschakeld om doordachte afwerkingen en op maat gemaakt freeswerk te ontwerpen voor een nieuwbouwproject in West-Bend - en dat alles ook nog eens milieuvriendelijk. 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