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    Contemporary Asian Kitchens and Dining Rooms
    Contemporary Asian Kitchens and Dining Rooms
    Contemporary Asian Kitchens and Dining Rooms
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    Contemporary Asian Kitchens and Dining Rooms

    By Chami Jotisalikorn, Karina Zabihi and Luca Invernizzi Tettoni

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    With over one hundred full-color photographs, Contemporary Asian Kitchens and Dining Rooms looks at a wide range of inspirational cooking and dining spaces.

    Few rooms in the house depict the changing aesthetics of design as radically as kitchens and dining rooms. The growing trend toward modern fixtures and fittings in kitchens calls for more interactive and creative dining areas, a trend that is redefining the Asian home. Innovation and quality leap from every page of this book, which features the work of some of the best architects and designers from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Bali.

    Special sections on all fresco dining as well as tips on how to create the ultimate in table settings give this book an up-to-the-minute edge. Every design is modern and appropriate for homes from Asia to America.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeriplus Editions
    Release dateDec 3, 2012
    ISBN9781462906529
    Contemporary Asian Kitchens and Dining Rooms

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      Contemporary Asian Kitchens and Dining Rooms - Chami Jotisalikorn

      contemporary asian kitchens and dining rooms: culinary yin and yang

      To quote American writer Arnold Lobel, All's well that ends with a good meal.If the dining room is the heart of the home then the kitchen is the pulse that feeds it. Today's kitchens are finally making their own bold design statement: stylish, streamlined and full of character. Innovations in quality products and materials make the modern kitchen a functional yet visually stunning space. And, just as paintings and artwork contribute greatly to the harmony of a dining room, so the plethora of modern gadgets and utensils are introducing an artistic element to the workspace of the house. Few kitchens today would be complete without at least one modern designer accessory.

      The concept of an open-plan kitchen and dining room is a relatively new one in Asia. Historically, the kitchen was seen as a no-frills, utilitarian place where maids and cooks rushed around preparing meals, and where little thought was given to the decor. It was a place to be hidden from view, away from the guests.

      The 1950s saw a transformation in kitchen design in America, and Europe. Overnight, women whose apron strings had been securely tied to the kitchen sink had access to all the mod cons they could wish for and both food preparation and mealtimes underwent something of a revolution. The dream kitchen of the '50s had all a woman needed for an easy, streamlined lifestyle and as more women worked outside the home in America, the TV dinner gradually became the quick and convenient way to eat.

      Not all cultures embraced this American dream. In the more traditional countries of southern Europe and in Asia, where an extended and strong family unit was the norm, mealtimes—and by default the kitchen and dining rooms—were still the core around which family life was focused.

      In the past, many Asian homes featured two kitchens—the working kitchen often situated outside or behind the house where messy stir-frying was done and the dry kitchen where plates and utensils were kept and food was assembled before serving. This is sometimes still the case today.

      Over the years, the kitchen has evolved from being just a functional adjunct to the main house to an entertainment center and showpiece. And where once Asian designers and architects were very much influenced by the West, many firms featured here, including aKTa-rchitects, HYLA and Eco-id, are now creating kitchen and dining spaces with a more Asian sensibility while exploiting western technological inventions.

      Beginning in the 1980s, major innovations were introduced in restaurant design. Fusion cuisine and celebrity chefs—television's new heartthrobs—changed the way we thought about eating and cooking. Terence Conran helped revolutionize the modern restaurant with his cutting-edge kitchens on view such as those at Quaglino's and Mezzo in London while Ed Tuttle created a graceful and new Asian style at the Aman resorts. Increased global travel and changes in restaurant design naturally had a trickle-down effect on how domestic kitchens were designed.

      More recently, Japanese designers like Super Potato's Takeshi Sujimoto and his protege Yasuhiro Koichi have been instrumental in creating restaurants that are both the ultimate in contemporary design yet also reflect their eastern locale. Mezza9 in Singapore's Grand Hyatt, La Scala at the Sukothai in Bangkok and The Cliff at the Sentosa Resort and Spa in Singapore are just some examples of the groundbreaking new Japanese style of restaurants.

      Changing trends in Asian cooking have also determined how kitchens are designed. Where once a gas stove would have sufficed for wok cooking, more people are turning to cleaner options such as electric hobs and specially—and often aesthetically—designed gadgets including electric woks and rice cookers. This development has in turn affected the culture of dining and entertaining in Asia. As one Singaporean homeowner said, "when we first met with our architect to talk about the house that we wanted to build, one of the

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