Leslie Lane Residence, Los Angeles
Grand, best kitchen in a single-family detached remodeled home, 2,000 to 3,000 square feetBy Nigel F. Maynard
It turns out that even an old contemporary house may be plagued by some of the same problems as an old traditional house. The kitchen in this 1960s modern, for example, failed to take advantage of its site and lacked the open floor plan that today’s home buyers have come to love. “The spaces were compartmentalized,” architect David Thompson says, and slightly out of sync with the modernist ethos.
Opening up the space created visual access to an adjacent garden and pool, and allowed the kitchen, dining, and living rooms to read as one cohesive volume. “The goal was to modernize while keeping some of the 60s sensibility,” Thompson explains. Warm and subdued colors are offset by a white epoxy terrazzo floor, walnut cabinets, and a white CaesarStone quartz countertop. “The [countertop] material is almost bulletproof and picks up the terrazzo nicely,” he says.
Entrant/Architect: Assembledge+, Los Angeles; Builder: Above Board Construction, West Los Angeles
- Dishwasher: Bosch
- Garbage disposal: InSinkErator
- Range/oven: Viking
- Range hood: Viking
- Refrigerator: Viking
- Cabinetry: Custom by Miecke Construction
- Countertop: CaesarStone
- Faucets/fittings: Blanco
- Flooring: Terrazzo
- Sinks: Blanco
