The Kitchen Studio

Typology: Residential & Commercial / Cabinetry
Context: The Kitchen Studio
Location: Johannesburg
Date: 2023 — 2025

Two years of built work: cabinetry and interiors taken from the first client consultation through factory production to final handover.

Hall of Diamonds kitchen — dark joinery, stone worktop and integrated appliances — Hall of Diamonds, The Towers — Sandton

Hall of Diamonds — island and tall unit elevation

Hall of Diamonds — office joinery with open shelving

Hall of Diamonds — detail of cabinetry junction and hardware

Shahaboodien House — master dresser with fluted fronts — Shahaboodien House

Shahaboodien House — bathroom vanity with stone top

Shahaboodien House — bedroom joinery elevation

Shahaboodien House — outdoor kitchen run

Shahaboodien House — office desk and shelving

Vawda House — kitchen with island and tall bank of units — Vawda House

Vawda House — television unit and cloakroom joinery

Achary island in timber and stone — Achary island

Achary dining table — stone top on a fluted timber base, seating for six — Achary dining table

Achary dining table — frontal elevation showing the fluted base

Kiara bar — dark marble back panel, glazed shelving and slatted returns — Kiara bar

Kiara bar seen down the length of the room, stools at the counter

Kalpana kitchen with light cabinetry — Kalpana kitchen

Eckelmann sideboard with slatted timber front — Eckelmann sideboard

Padayachee study with built-in desk and shelving — Padayachee study

Jeewa coffee station set into a run of cabinetry — Jeewa coffee station

Narrative

Across residential and commercial projects, briefs were translated into high-end joinery — space planning, cabinetry configuration, presentation renders, and the material, finish and hardware selections that follow.

The technical half of the role carried equal weight. Shop drawings prepared for factory production, designs reconciled against what manufacturing and installation could actually deliver, site measurement, snag lists, and final quality checks before handover.

It is the part of the practice that keeps the drawings honest: a detail is only good if the factory can build it and the installer can hang it.

Key decisions

Hall of Diamonds, The Towers, Sandton — kitchen and office joinery
Shahaboodien House — bathrooms, bedrooms, master dresser, office and outdoor kitchen
Vawda House — kitchen, TV units and cloakroom
Eckelmann sideboard, Achary island and dining table, Kiara bar, Kalpana kitchen, Padayachee study, Jeewa coffee station

Scope and services

Consultant and designer — consultation
documentation
factory liaison
installation

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