18th December 2019 | IN KBB DESIGN | BY SBID Share Tweet Pinterest LinkedIn Project of the Week: SBID Awards Winners 2019 This week’s instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features the SBID Award winning project for KBB Design. Masterwood Joinery designed this kitchen with a delicate fusion of Oriental and commercial modernity within this magnificent Queenstown home. Clean, straight lines, natural materials and simple monochrome tones set the scene. With traditional Chinese sliding screens separating the kitchen from an informal lounge area, heavy duty steel box section legs support two islands with a commercial stainless steel kitchen extractor suspended above the chef’s island. The chef’s island has a cantilevered teppanyaki grill mounted in Ceasarstone, while the pastry island has an outstanding marble work surface, while the self-contained coffee station affords sweeping views of the range. Storage was also effectively integrated into the design with a glass fronted display cabinet and fully equipped pantry areas. True to the Oriental theme, form and function are in perfect harmony throughout this contemporary kitchen design scheme. SBID Awards: KBB Design winner sponsored by VitrA UK Company: Masterwood Joinery Project: Slopehill Road Location: Otago, New Zealand What was the client’s brief? Our Client was specific and very focused during the brief for this project. Being a Hong Kong born, British subject he was wanting a very oriental feel, yet still trying to retain the beauty of the New Zealand landscape within this magnificent home. Both he and his wife are avid cooks so every aspect of culinary creating had to be achieved. Perfection was a prerequisite with no tolerance for anything but. What inspired the interior design of the project? Basically, the clients love of Hong Kong and the orient, and the challenge of achieving this by using modern techniques to give the oriental elements a contemporary twist. What was the toughest hurdle your team overcame during the project? Definitely the installation. There was a significant use of steel beams and panelling which required precision placement internally without the use of cranes. What was your team’s highlight of the project? The first highlight was standing back at the end and seeing what we had created and looking at the faces of our very happy clients. The second was winning the SBID International Design Awards in London. Why did you enter the SBID Awards? We were advised by the judges of the 2019 NKBA awards that our design had won convincingly, so they suggested that we enter the SBID Awards. And now here we are! We couldn’t be more proud of what we have achieved with this project. Questions answered by Jim Cleveland, General Manager of Masterwood Joinery If you missed last week’s Project of the Week featuring SBID Award winners for Healthcare & Wellness Design with the quirky and artistic aesthetic for a halotherapy Salt Room, click here to see more. We hope you feel inspired by this week’s KBB design! Let us know what inspired you #SBIDinspire SBID Awards 2019 | KBB Design Winner sponsored by VitrA UK