black tothe future Story: Gabrielle Chariton Photos: Anjie Blair Smart joinery solutions The HIA Kitchen of the Year is a sleek, HIA Conference, and were absolutely thrilled to win and high-tech sophisticated space that has attractedthe National Kitchen of the Year award.’ plenty of industry recognition and taken itsThe kitchen forms a visually striking focal hardware are flawlessly Tasmania-based creator, Rod Huizenga ofpoint within a contemporary, U-shaped house integrated within this Impact Kitchens, abroad not once, but twice.designed by architect Cumulus Studios and built award-winning kitchen’s Part of an architect-designed new home projectby McCullagh Building. The client – who Rod in Launceston, the kitchen initially won the twohas worked with several times before – wanted bold monochromatic major HIA Tasmania kitchen awards for 2017:practical, easily concealed and clutter-free work colour scheme. Kitchen Design and Kitchen of the Year. Rod sayszones; a streamlined aesthetic and space for it then went on to win the 2017 Häfele Australiaentertaining. In meeting the brief, Rod designed Studio Partner Design Competition. The prize: asome clever joinery solutions to maximise two-week tour of Europe including attending thefunctionality throughout the space and deliver the EuroCucina Design show. requisite balance between form and function. ‘Following this, my wife (and partner in theA flexible, hide-away breakfast zone, for example, business) Kirsten and I travelled to Singapore for theis cleverly incorporated between the kitchen and the EASILY Häfele CONCEALED AND Free-up CLUTTER-FREE flap doors WORK ZONES AND A STREAMLINED AESTHETIC flexible, hide-away breakfast zone 62 HOUSING SEPTEMBER 2018