Neutral layers

Balancing volume and proportion with layered materiality, the kitchen of DAHA’s Glyn House in Brisbane is an exercise in refinement.

GILLIAN SERISIER

Entering Glyn Street through a vestibule walkway with a vaulted ceiling, the space opens immediately to a large, voided living space filled with light from the adjacent double-height outdoor room. At the centre, a magnificent steel helical staircase brings drama and grandeur, while stacker doors disappear into walls to blur the divide between indoors and outdoors. All of which is a direct response to the sub-tropical Brisbane setting. Within this warmly natural interior, which pairs timber with large expanses of minimal white, the kitchen occupies the space much as a bespoke piece of furniture, which in fact it is. Built as a fine piece of cabinetry, the kitchen starts to take shape from just adjacent the stairs, where a small cellar and bar is set into the side of the…

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