Ultimate Kitchen Design (Ultimate Books) [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2005 | Series: Ultimate Books

State-of-the-art kitchen design strongly reflects the 21st century lifestyle. Now, more than ever, the kitchen really is the heart of the home, and there's a kitchen to suit every personality and design sensibility. The aim of this comprehensive selection of new designs is to showcase the best of what is happening in kitchens today. This book features the innovative use of materials by brands like Boffi, as well as original and alternative use of space by architects such as Messana O?Rorke. ? This survey explores the limits of what's possible in kitchen design ? A thorough sourcebook combining the practical and the aesthetic aspects of designing a kitchen

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About the Author

Encarna Castillo has worked as an editor for Spanish magazines and is currently employed by Loft Publications. Last spring, she edited Fireplace Design (3-8327-9035-7) for teNeues.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: teNeues; Mul edition (August 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 383279056X
• ISBN-13: 978-3832790561
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #558,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #47 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > How-to & Home Improvements > Remodeling & Renovation > Kitchens

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource, November 13, 2006

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Merope (New Mexico, USA) - See all my reviews

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Whether you are working with a designer, building a house or just looking for ideas, this is an important and valuable book. NOTE: it is 99% photos of different styles and designs of kitchens. It is broken up into modern, country, minimalist, etc, and each section has about 30 photos of different kitchens. It contains no descriptions of materials or how toos. The photos are fabulous and the ideas are varied. I guarantee that you will find a kitchen that fits your style in this books. Good luck!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 500 beautiful pictures of unique kitchens, February 4, 2007

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John M. Danskin (Cranston, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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I think the kitchens are all european. The pictures are mostly full page. There is almost no text. There is very little sourcing (names of some designers in tiny type on the side of the picture, you'll have to google to find contact information, and then they'll be somewhere in europe.). This isn't a guide to fixtures. This is a book you'd use to communicate what you want to architects.

I love this book, but again, there is no sourcing, and you can't use it as a guide to fixtures.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great source of ideas, October 14, 2007

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Jan Schultink (Tel Aviv, Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Kitchen Design (Ultimate Books) (Hardcover)

Some comments about this book:

1) It's all pictures, not text. Something which I like (personal preference though). 700 pictures/500 kitchens.

2) Most of the kitchen (including the "romantic/traditional" ones) are really modern ("European" as some would call it here), not a book for people looking to create the "traditional" kitchen. Something I like, but again a personal taste.

3) I actually do not like most of the kitchens layouts in the book (again personal taste), but it helped me a lot to decide about combinations of materials (dark floor/light floor, corian/stone, metal/wood, etc.). I now know what NOT to do.

All in all, a good source of ideas.