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Gerund and Agan, on being pulled into a fight that isn’t theirs. Written for Blasetober, day eighteen: Gods.

“In my day,” says Agan, “we didn’t have gods. We had fans.”

Gerund snorts. “We’ve got both, lucky us.”

When Agan speaks it’s slow; when Agan looks at her it’s searching, a gaze that tries to cut through her bones. Gerund tries to steel herself against it. “You’d rather have neither.”

“I just wanted to play a game,” Gerund answers. “I just wanted to have a team.”

There is a presence in the back of her mind, low and deep like a sustained note on a cello, a buzz that never quite fades. The other Firefighters have said that they’re used to it. For Gerund, it feels like a metaphysical headache, in the most literal sense. Like part of her brain no longer belongs to her.

“Are you angry?” she asks. Agan looks at her, and she clarifies, “That she brought you here.”

Because it is a certainty that Mx. Chicago pulled Agan Espinoza onto the Firefighters. Agan got redacted and then wandered onto the field days later, only to be snapped up by Mx. Chicago. Gerund hasn’t asked the city-god or the team about it, but she’s certain that this is not a coincidence. This city wants to be in charge. This city wants control and she doesn’t care who she has to turn into a game piece in order to get it.

Agan doesn’t answer at first. Gerund remembers visiting Chicago after Lance was redacted. He’d seemed fine here, reasonably happy, but a little blank around the eyes while he was an attractor. Agan looks that same way, hands twisting together, fingers tying themselves in knots.

“Chicago has her ways,” Agan says at last. “I’m not going to doubt them just because I don’t understand them. I’m here to fight fires.”

Gerund has fought fires. It’s the one thing she doesn’t hate about Chicago: the sense of purpose. The mission. The ways to help people. She and Mx. Chicago aren’t on speaking terms, but they don’t need to speak to agree about this much. Some ideologies transcend others; helping people is more important than spiting gods.

“But this isn’t about doubt,” she says, trying to keep the frustration out of her voice. How would Stijn say these words? She can almost hear his cadence in the back of her head, and she forces herself to mimic it. “This is about you. Chicago shouldn’t use you as a pawn.”

“The fans put me on the idol board to keep their favorite players from dying,” Agan says. It’s so completely matter-of-fact that it pulls her up short. “I appreciate your concern. But this is not new to me. Chicago has no obligation to love me, but she brought me to a place where I can do something. I’d like that to hold meaning.”

“You are more than what you can do,” Gerund says, more automatic than anything.

Agan smiles, albeit a little dimly. “I am. But I do as much as I can anyways.”

#blaseball #blaseball fic #blasetober #chicago firefighters #gerund pantheocide #agan espinoza #waveridden.fic #i know enough about firefighters lore to know this is probably wrong but i'm taking wild swings anyways #i'm truly just trying to get this one done. so here you go!

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The Bunker Apartment Tower Eindhoven

The Bunker Apartment Tower, Eindhoven Architecture, Dutch Residential Project Images

The Bunker Apartment Tower in Eindhoven

Hugh Maaskant Building in The Netherlands – Dutch Housing design by Powerhouse Company Architects

post updated 15 October 2021

Construction photos by Christian van der Kooy

The Bunker Apartment Tower Topping Out

Design: Powerhouse Company

Location: Eindhoven, North Brabant, The Netherlands

The Bunker in Eindhoven – Topping Out Milestone

Yesterday Powerhouse Company celebrated a major milestone for the Bunker Tower in a topping out ceremony together with developers RED Company and Being Development. Alderman Yasin Torunoglu of the Municipality of Eindhoven, construction company Van Wijnen, investor Pensioenfonds Rail & OV, and office owner GoodHabitz were also present for the celebration. An elegant addition to the Eindhoven skyline, the Bunker Tower is the adaptive reuse of a 1970s Brutalist student center, and is set to become a new hotspot for working, living, and leisure in Eindhoven – a magnet for young professionals and families keen to live in a green and dynamic urban environment.

‘It is a great honor to revitalize the Bunker, the Brutalist cultural icon designed by Rotterdam architect Maaskant, with the addition of a new residential tower in this unique redevelopment.’

Nanne de Ru

Restoration of the original Bunker, behind it the new tower:

The post-war Bunker, which as a student center of the Eindhoven University of Technology stood at the cradle of technology, design and knowledge; is given a second life with its transformation into a vibrant multi-use development by adding a striking new residential tower. For Powerhouse Company, the key to the project was keeping the contemporary intervention in the spirit of the original structure, designed by leading postwar Dutch architect Hugh Maaskant. Rather than adding contrast, we studied Maaskant’s design language and repeated the same architectural themes: slanting walls, strong horizontal lines and – of course – stark detailing and rugged materials.

The existing parts of the Bunker are renovated according to Maaskant’s design principles. For example, the characteristic ‘heads’ of the Bunker are restored in all their spaciousness and allure. On the outside, the brutalist concrete is thoroughly cleaned and treated, and on the inside, characteristic elements are appropriately restored, such as the wooden wall cladding, the red steel fencing and the hard stone floors and fireplaces. Combining old and new, we created a unified, layered design, celebrating and restoring the building’s original glamor.

Discover the making of Bunker Tower

Urban Vitality

The transformation of the old Bunker contributes to a more vital Eindhoven. On the one hand, the Bunker Tower is committed to preserving cultural and social heritage.

On the other hand, the residential tower responds to the strong housing need in the city. All 212 apartments have since been sold, of which 127 have been purchased by pension fund Rail & OV for rental purposes. After completion, the ground floor, basement and first floor of the building will form the new headquarters of GoodHabitz, market leader in the Netherlands in the field of online training.

Involved Parties

The Bunker Tower is a development by RED Company and Being. The building design is by Powerhouse Company, while landscape design is by DELVA Landscape Architecture & Urbanism. Construction is in the hands of Van Wijnen. The Bunker Tower is scheduled to be completed in 2022.

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28 May 2021

The Bunker Apartment Tower News

Architecture: Powerhouse Company

The Bunker in Eindhoven – Reinvention of a Relic

The Bunker in preparation for its renovation:

‘As part of the University of Technology, the Bunker is essential to Eindhoven’s heritage and the city’s growth into a center of technology, design, and knowledge.’

Stijn Kemper

Restoring and retaining Hugh Maaskant’s Bunker, a former student center, was a huge priority for us. Through reuse and retrofit we rescued the Brutalist icon from the brink of ruin, and extended its life for many decades to come.

A closer look at the natural stone facade:

While many historic building restorations emphasize a sharp contrast between old and new, we chose to retrofit the existing structure and extend it with an architectural homage to Maaskant. The 100-meter residential tower reflects the design language of the original building with strong horizontal lines and slanting vertical lines. The new extension’s facade in Marone Caramello – a grey and white natural stone – echoes this play of lines.

The Bunker in the process of restoration:

Shooting up into the sky:

Now under construction, the Bunker Tower is set to become a new hotspot for working, living, and leisure in Eindhoven. Developed by RED Company and Being Development, it will be a magnet for young professionals and families keen to live in a green and dynamic urban environment.

Discover more about the Bunker Tower rising into the sky, speeding upwards at one level a week to create 210 new homes in this video by Marcel IJzerman:

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While studying at Eindhoven University, Stijn Kemper knew the Bunker well in its former life as a student center and campus social hub. Read what it’s like to now be leading its restoration: article

Reflections on Reviving a Brutalist Beast:

Photos by Marcel IJzerman & Christian van der Kooy.

Previously on e-architect:

20 + 19 Dec 2016

The Bunker Apartment Tower

Architecture: Powerhouse Company

Location: Eindhoven, North Brabant, south of Holland

The Bunker in Eindhoven – Dutch residential tower

The Bunker in Eindhoven will be redeveloped and extended with a high-rise residential tower

The Bunker, the former student centre of Eindhoven University of Technology, will receive a full renovation and will be extended with a high-rise residential tower.

Late 2015, the development combination RED Company & Being Development, along with architectural firm Powerhouse Company, won the competition for the redevelopment of The Bunker. The winning plan has been further developed in the past year in close collaboration with the Technical University and the municipality of Eindhoven.

The plan provides for a careful renovation and extension of The Bunker, a striking and monumental brutalist building designed by the renowned architect Hugh Maaskant the late period of post war reconstruction. The Bunker, located on the north side of the Central Station, will be extended with a tower that extrapolates the character of The Bunker. Several architectural elements of the current building have been reused by Powerhouse Company (winner of the Maaskant Prize for Young Architects in 2011) in the design of the tower, which creates an inseparable whole and the treats the original design of Maaskant with respect.

The development will eventually have a comprehensive mix of functions, mainly housing, offices and a grand café. Plans are being discussed to add a short-stay hotel. The building will be equipped with the latest technological applications and will therefore be an example of an innovative mixed-use development. With this development, the preservation of The Bunker will be guaranteed and a new and special landmark will be added in the city of Eindhoven.

Vice Chairman mr. Jo van Ham, TU/e Eindhoven For the university, there is one crucial element: maintaining The Bunker as a cultural and social heritage. Thousands of (former) students have memories of evenings, concerts and meetings, back in the AOR (General Recreation Area). This also applies to the numerous associations that where being housed, something “TU/e attaches great importance to,” explains Vice President Jo van Ham of the Executive Board of the University. “Furthermore, the building itself has become an integral part of Eindhoven and the architectural heritage. These are all arguments to bring this project to a successful completion and to preserve for the city in the years to come.”

Nanne de Ru, Powerhouse Company “The architecture of the Bunker marks a very important period in the history of post-war architecture. The brutalist nature of the design of Maaskant requires a strong approach in the design of the added tower,” said De Ru. “Instead of the standard design solutions for monuments to either place the new development within a remote distance, or to leave it as ‘Fremdkorper’ contrast, we designed the new tower on The Bunker as a continuation of the design language of Maaskant.

The result is a building that can be interpreted on different scales. First, as an icon on the Kennedylaan, on the other hand a culmination of volumes reaching to the Vincent van den Heuvellaan.

By adding the tower we simultaneously can realise all parking underground and restore The Bunker, and bring back the spirit of the original glamor of the building. The new Bunker is a hybrid blend of form and function, located in a beautiful park and in this way the entire complex will be shown to its full advantage.”

The plans were recently approved by the Municipality of Eindhoven, with final delivery scheduled for 2019.

The Bunker Apartment Tower – Building Information

Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Developers: RED Company & Being Development Architect: Powerhouse Company

RED Company is a Rotterdam based developer and is driven by a constant quest for quality and innovation in real estate development in order to maximise value for its clients.

As a developer, we have a unique combination where the complementary expertises of development and design are combined. We are driven by an ongoing commitment to quality and innovation in property development where value optimization is central to both the building and the area.

Buildings should be smart and also anticipate the social, economic, environmental and technological trends, which are of great importance for the project in the broader sense of the word. The best buildings are buildings that add value to the owners, users and the city up to the length of years. www.realedc.com

About Being Development Being Development is an ambitious and innovative real estate developer focussing mainly on both new construction and redevelopment of hotels, offices and homes. The office Handel Amsterdam and The Pavilion on the Amsterdam Zuidas, are some recently completed projects. Recently the construction has started of the 650 rooms large nhow Amsterdam RAI hotel. www.beingdevelopment.nl

About Powerhouse Company Powerhouse Company has offices in Rotterdam, Munich and Beijing and is working on various national and international projects ranging from interior design to architecture, planning and research. Powerhouse Company has achieved international recognition with, among others, the Dutch Design Award, the Maaskant Prize and the NAI / AM Award.

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Plants are vanishing from California's deserts, and 'nothing's replacing them'

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Plants are vanishing from California's deserts, and 'nothing's replacing them'

In normal times, it’s easy to assume that desert plants will weather tough periods. These hardy organisms evolved to survive bouts of prolonged heat and dryness, after all. They can take it.

These are not normal times, though. A new study analyzing over 30 years’ worth of satellite imagery captured over southern California reveals that plant life in parts of the giant Sonoran Desert has declined by over one-third in recent decades.

In the period of 1984 to 2017, vegetation cover in Anza-Borrego State Park – California’s largest state park – diminished by 35 percent, the measurements suggest.

“Plants are dying, and nothing’s replacing them,” says project scientist Stijn Hantson from the University of California, Irvine. “It looks to be a striking loss for shrubs.”

(Sicco Rood/Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center)

Above: An ocotillo forest in Anza-Borrego Desert in Southern California.

While the findings are concerning, they are not altogether unexpected.

In recent years, a number of studies have charted drought-related vegetation loss in arid regions of the Southwestern US – including in the Sonoran Desert specifically, which straddles California, Arizona, and parts of Mexico.

“These vegetation mortality events seem to exceed natural variability in background mortality rates, as some [dryland plant] species have experienced up to 100 percent mortality, possibly leading to local extinction,” Hantson and his co-authors explain in their new paper.

Despite these grim signals, it’s still not yet fully understood how climate change might be driving plants to die off in dryland ecosystems, which cover over 40 percent of Earth’s terrestrial surface.

To investigate within the Sonoran Desert context, the researchers analyzed Landsat satellite imagery, looking for spectral patterns in the Anza-Borrego State Park landscape, where sunlight reflected by plant leaves gives an indication of how green an area is.

The results showed a particularly widespread decline over the past four decades in perennial vegetation cover in lowland deserts – populated by creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), various cactus species, and mesquite (Prosopis sp.) in some areas.

Comparably lower losses were seen in higher elevation areas, which are covered by montane woodlands, juniper and pinyon woodlands, chaparral, and high desert vegetation, the researchers say.

Overall, 87.1 percent of the study area showed a downward trend, the researchers say, with the die-offs attributed to a combination of warmer temperatures and lower rainfall in prolonged drought conditions – both linked to human-caused global warming.

“The observed trends are consistent with the hypothesis that warming temperatures have caused a long-term increase in water limitation,” the researchers write.

“This is especially clear across the lowland deserts, which are the driest areas of the study domain, and is superimposed against high levels of interannual variability in precipitation.”

The findings suggest that plants typically growing in hot, arid places – known for their ability to withstand extreme environmental conditions – are now being pushed beyond their considerable limits, with their harsh habitat making them early plant casualties on the frontlines of climate change.

“They’re already on the brink,” Hantson says.

Indeed, the research indicates that lowland desert areas may have already crossed an “ecological threshold” around the turn of the century, leading to mass vegetation mortality in response to new temperature extremes paired with lower precipitation.

Exactly what that means for the future of dryland plants remains unknown, but the signs are not encouraging so far, and threaten to challenge our confidence in the resilience of arid ecosystems everywhere.

“The desert might be more fragile than people assume,” Hantson told The Academic Times.

“It really seems like the vegetation is going to take a long time to recover, if it ever recovers, under the new climate conditions.”

The findings are reported in Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences.

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Cavendish and Hodeg lead Deceuninck-QuickStep at the Vuelta a Andalucia

Mark Cavendish is in Spain for this week’s rescheduled Vuelta a Andalucia, sharing team leadership with Alvaro Hodeg as both sprinters look to continue their run of recent sprint success.

Cavendish and Hodeg lead a maillot cycliste Deceuninck-QuickStep squad that also includes Shane Archbold, Ian Garrison, Stijn Steels, Bert Van Lerberghe and Jannik Steimle who is making his first appearance since a crash at the Nokere Koerse in March.

Cavendish took his 150th pro victory at last month’s Tour of Turkey, winning four stages as he returned to success after his long fight with the Epstein-Barr virus. Hodeg was expected to ride the Giro d’Italia but the team was instead built around Remco Evenepeol. However, the young Colombian showed his form at the weekend by winning the GP Vermarc Sport in Belgium.

Cavendish has not raced since his success in Turkey but recently spent ten days in Greece, training with team coach Vasilis Anastopoulos.

The Vuelta a Andalucia takes place three months later than was originally planned, with a May date instead of its traditional February slot. The 66th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucia will be one for the climbers, with the first three days very likely to decide the overall winner.

On paper, the last two stages will suit the sprinters, but their teams will have to work hard in order to bring back the attackers, who will be favoured by the rolling parcours.

“We have a chance of getting some nice results. There are a few breakaway opportunities in the first days of the race, while later in the week we’ll be looking to Mark and Alvaro, who can be among the contenders if the stages will come down to a bunch sprint,” maillot cycliste Deceuninck-QuickStep sports director Tom Steels said.

“We are happy to have Jannik back; it will be his first race in two months and he’ll take it day by day, as he builds up towards the second part of the season.”

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Entrevista con sorpresa. Estamos en la Vuelta a Flandes, donde este año ha triunfado el italiano Alberto Bettiol. La carrera, sin embargo, fue anónima para el belga Stijn Steels, quien terminó la en la parte de atrás, con el 110º tiempo. Pero el ciclista belga tuvo, a pesar de sí mismo, su momento de

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Awkward kiss with reporter has changed Stijn Steels’ life https://nyp.st/2P77sJ2

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inspirationistro · 6 years

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New Post has been published on Inspirationist

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Amsterdam house features brass facades with angled surfaces and glass sliding doors

This modern Dutch family house in the capital of the Netherlands by MOPET architecten is a jewel for the IJburg district. Striking are the brass facades with angled surfaces and glass sliding doors. Sophisticatedly detailed and aligned. The facade material is fully recyclable and colors range from gold to brown. Balconies on the front and rear façades ensure a coherence between inside and outside. Its geometric expression strengthens the plasticity of the facades.

Integrated solutions are designed for maximum openness in the house: the entrance hall, toilet, staircase, doors, and kitchen are combined in a long wall cabinet that runs from the front to the rear. It narrows and widens, creating places with a variation in atmosphere and perspective. A split-level offers overview from the kitchen. At the same time, it creates an intimate seat pit with a fireplace in the backyard.

The basic materials like oak, concrete, black steel and white stucco support the spaciousness and contribute to the serenity of the interior. Sustainable measures such as aluminium sliding doors with triple insulating glass, natural flax insulation, solar panels and LED lighting do not only save energy, but also ensure a comfortable indoor climate.

Design and info © MOPET architecten

Images © Stijn Poelstra

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Awkward kiss with reporter has changed Stijn Steels’ life

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Belgian rider Stijn Steels was left red-faced after the embarrassing end to his interview with journalist Linde Merckpoel. In the footage, Merckpoel, 34, put her arm around the 29-year-old before she leaned in to give him a kiss on…

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Long-awaited 3D-printed stainless steel bridge opens in Amsterdam

A 12-metre-long 3D-printed pedestrian bridge built by Dutch robotics company MX3D has opened in Amsterdam six years after the project was launched.

The bridge, which was 3D-printed from stainless steel, spans across the Oudezijds Achterburgwal in Amsterdam's Red Light District.

Top: MX3D Bridge is located in the Red Light District. Above: it was 3D printed from stainless steel

Named MX3D Bridge, it was designed by Joris Laarman Lab in collaboration with MX3D and engineering firm Arup.

The structure was 3D printed from 4,500 kilograms of stainless steel by four robots over a period of six months in a factory before been installed over the canal this year.

Its curving S-shaped form and balustrades cut with lattice-style perforations were created using parametric modelling software.

The bridge was constructed using robotic printers. Photo is by Adriaan de Groot

"This robotic technology finally allows larger optimized designs to be 3D printed in metal," said MX3D co-founder Gijs van der Velden.

"This causes significant weight reduction and reduced impact for parts manufactured in the tooling, oil and gas and construction industries."

It has perforated balustrades. Photo is by Jande Groen

The creators of the bridge hope that it will demonstrate how 3D printing can make be used to make structures that require less material.

"The industry is facing a huge challenge in becoming carbon neutral in 2050," said Arup structural engineer Stijn Joosten.

"By stepping up our game and the will to make a change as designers and engineers, we can bring the necessary innovation to make a difference in tomorrow's built environment."

However, architect Philip Oldfield pointed calculated that the stainless steel structure has an embodied carbon of 27.7 tonnes from its material use alone.

The bridge was fitted with sensors. Photo is by Thijs Wolzak

The Alan Turing Institute and Arup fitted the structure with a network of sensors that allows the bridge to collect data and build a digital twin to keep track of its performance and health.

The digital twin will monitor corrosion, load changes, environmental conditions and also pedestrian use in efforts to further data-centric design.

It was made from 4,500 kilograms of stainless steel. Photo is by Thijs Wolzak

The bridge has undergone multiple iterations since the project was launched in 2015. It was originally planned to 3D print the structure across the canal in a single piece and be open by 2017.

The structure was strengthened to be more in line with council regulations and to protect the structure against any potential boat collisions.

The final iteration saw the bridge built in two components at an off-site facility. Its main span was completed in April 2018 with the deck printed later that year in October.

Although this is believed to be the first 3D-printed stainless steel bridge, bridges have previously been 3D printed from other materials. In 2017, construction company BAM Infra built what they claimed was the world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge.

Photography is by Thea van den Heuvel unless stated otherwise.

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mundodeportivo · 5 years

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La cariñosa sorpresa que se llevó el ciclista belga Stijn Steels

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50 Wonderful One Wall Kitchens And Tips You Can Use From Them

You’ve got just one wall on which to set a run of kitchen cabinets… doesn’t really set the creative juices flowing – or does it? One wall kitchen designs often require us to get even more creative with our space to ensure that every culinary need is met in an arrangement that suits our personal style. The one wall kitchens in this collection each bring a unique flavour to the table and explore different layouts. Yes we did say layouts, because even though these kitchen ideas follow a straight run, there are multiple ways in which to situate appliances and accessories, plus accompanying kitchen islands and dining areas.

Designer: Kant-architecten Photographer: Stijn Vereeken Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest kitchen of all? Two mirror fronted cooking appliances are wall mounted above the counter in this single wall kitchen. Their reflective surface helps the large items to blend with a white wall. A single wall shelf runs the remaining length of the kitchen, with a track on its underside on which to hook a kitchen roll holder, a knife block and other kitchen accessories. The shelf itself is dressed with a considered collection of decorative items and cook books. A kitchen extractor unit is set flush into the ceiling above the stove to keep the look open and airy.

Source: Ikea Chalk it up to experience. A previous bad choice of wall cabinets can be given an easy fix with a lick of chalkboard paint or some chalkboard vinyl sheets. Doubling up the use of the cabinets like this is a particularly great idea for a small one wall kitchen layout since wall space is limited. Draw up the weekly menu, the kids after school class schedule, or just get creative with some temporary artwork.

Visualizer: Tharik Mohammed If your one available kitchen wall just isn’t long enough, look up. Make use of high ceilings by installing a double run of wall units to increase your storage space. The highest, less accessible units can be used for storing seasonal and occasional items. If you like the look of this space then check out these other industrial style kitchens.

Visualizer: aTng 糖 & Dunqiang Chen A plus point for a single wall of kitchen units is that the plumbing job is made much simpler with one straight run of pipework. This apartment has the kitchen and bathroom vanity as one continuous arrangement for this reason.

Visualizer: Ollii Mi Open kitchen shelving can make a narrow space feel wider. Check out the way the kitchen shelves in this room create a unique divide in the backsplash.

Visualizer: Natalia Okolus The shelves in this kitchen hold a hundred different items, from indoor herb planters and crates to storage boxes, crockery and mixing bowls. There is a lot on display here, but a cohesive look is achieved by only selecting items of a peach, mint, wood or white colourway.

Visualizer: Grits Creative Group Break up a flat line of units with changing cabinet facias. These wooden sections add bags of visual interest to slab fronted cabinets.

Visualizer: Dina Kuzmenko Add a wow factor backsplash. A plain run of cabinets can take on an entirely new personality when teamed with a highly patterned colourful backsplash.

Visualizer: Ilkin Gurbanov Compose a clash of colours with bold cabinets and appliances, like this combo of green units, red oven and yellow refrigerator.

Visualizer: PLASTERLINA Fashion one solid colour block in the middle of your one wall kitchen to break the line.

Designer: Oksana Dolgopiatova Add a border of matching colour. The wall behind this green kitchen is painted the same dark shade, and the paintwork extends along the side wall to line up with the depth of the units.

Designer: Danny Broe Architect Find inspiration for a mixed colour scheme in nature. Muted green and blue cabinets meet an unexpected flash of vibrant yellow in this scheme – a colour palette surely inspired by a vista of frosty grass, wispy sky and morning sunshine.

Visualizer: Nikola Kungulovski Use large areas of stark contrast to create high impact decor. This solid yellow kitchen sits at the back of an entirely black dining room.

Visualizer: WISP Architects If you can’t have an L-shaped kitchen, create an L-shaped design. Knock back the look of wall units by selecting them in a dark colour, whilst arranging a tower of larder units and a horizon of base cabinets in a light finish.

Visualizer: Ihor Bednarchyk Unique kitchen pendant lights add glamour and curve to a straight design. This one wall kitchen with island has the pendants suspended in the centre of the room, but you could use them in a similar way over a kitchen sink and prep area. A breakfast bar can be created at the end of a single run of cabinets too, in lieu of a peninsula, by extending the countertop and adding a couple of kitchen bar stools.

Designer: Yael Perry Add a little life. A white kitchen always looks clean and fresh but can be a little sterile. If jarring colour and pattern isn’t your thing, then how about a few indoor plants to liven things up.

Designer: Piotr Matuszek & Gosia Czarny This minimalist kitchen disappears into the backdrop of an open plan living room.

Visualizer: Juanca Lagares Camouflaging a kitchen with the decor can be beneficial in a very small space.

Visualizer: Dmitriy Kurganov An outer framework holds a kitchen as a separate entity from the rest of the room.

Visualizer: Lera Brumina Use your kitchen to create a frame for your dining spot, like this symmetrical black and white kitchen design.

Visualizer: Leman A Another beautiful example of cabinet symmetry, this time in black and wood.

Visualizer: A&L Interior Design Although technically not a one wall kitchen, this subsequent black and wood kitchen design illustrates how the glow of a single strip light can crisply highlight a straight run.

Visualizer: Kyde Architects Shh, it’s a secret! If it wasn’t for the integrated oven, you could pass this row of cabinets and not know there was a kitchen there at all. Bifold doors retract to reveal a concealed grey kitchen complete with sink and hob.

Visualizer: Room Design Buro Lighting isn’t just for underneath cabinets, it can be used to create a welcoming glow along the top of units too.

Designer: Nicolaj Bo Hot zone your backsplashes. If you’re neat with your prep – ie. you don’t make a habit of splattering cake mix or smoothie juice up the wall – you could get away with just a couple of dedicated tiled areas around the stove and the sink. A smaller area of tiles means that you could opt for those high end, high price tag beauties you’ve had your eye on.

Visualizer: Timothy Vishnjakov Trolleys aren’t just for supermarkets. Increase your worktop area and storage by getting yourself a kitchen cart. Since they’re on wheels, you can easily move them around the room whenever and wherever needed.

Designer: Ace Of Space If you’re worktop is situated under the eaves like in this grey and white kitchen, don’t stop wall cabinets short of the slope. Consider having bespoke cabinets fitted right into the waning wall to maximise your storage space.

Designer: Unicum Buro Visualizer: Yurii Hrytsenko Downsize appliances in small kitchens. This tiny one wall kitchen has a half-size hob to free up more prep space on the countertop.

Visualizer: Andriy Maheha Another kitchen with a half-size stove.

Visualizer: Filip Sapojnicov Peekaboo! The cabinets in this modern kitchen have tiny windows cut into the doors – handy as a neat little reminder of the contents without putting the whole messy lot on show.

Visualizer: Stanislav Borozdinskiy Less is more. If you’ve fallen in love with a huge piece of statement lighting to hang over an accompanying dining area, then a plain wall cabinets could be the way to go.

Visualizer: Thao Nguyen Louvre doors can add subtle interest to a plain white kitchen. A contrasting black extractor hood makes a nice finishing touch too.

Visualizer: Andriushchenko Alina If taking wall cupboards and shelves up to lofty heights like in this towering black kitchen, you might want to keep a ladder at hand.

Visualizer: Alex Dorokin This bright and breezy Scandinavian style kitchen plays up to the copious amounts of natural light from a generous window.

Visualizer: Ilkin Gurbanov Add rustic charm with a Belfast sink.

Source: Socooc An integrated microwave saves bench space.

Visualizer: Mikael Saikkonen A wood dining set warms the look of this single wall blue kitchen.

Designer: Atelier Daaa Wooden base cabinets make a calming combination with blue wall cabinets, even with an edgy tile addition. Use wood tone accessories to bridge the gap between, like wood cutting boards or a wooden fruit bowl.

Visualizer: Zrobym Install a unique kitchen backsplash to strike a stripe of colour across a straight layout.

Designer: Helen Baranova Visualizer: Vitaliy Bozhenov If you’re lucky enough to have a deep set window by your kitchen, then transforming the depth of the sill into a window seat can give a straight and narrow kitchen a more L-shaped appearance. Use the same material to create the bench as is used for the kitchen cabinets to make them link. The window seat can even become a banquette bench to increase the amount of seating at a small dining suite.

Visualizer: Nenad Jovanic A vertical stripe feature draws attention to an impressive ceiling height.

Visualizer: Afina Portobello Use an accent colour to paint the inside of a box shelf, or the space above the wall cabinets.

Visualizer: Michał Bartecki Use tiles to colour things happy.

Visualizer: MKCA Fashion a display case like this unusual little gallery box.

Visualizer: Patricia Bagienski Be playful with a two-tone arrangement. This elevated single wall kitchen with island uses horizontal volumes of wood and white to paint a pattern of stripes.

Visualizer: Phil Ryan Shine it up with a stainless steel backsplash.

Designer: Elena Ivanova Go glamorous with gold on grey.

Visualizer: Alvaro Cappa Make a colour cluster. A grouping of yellow cabinets and shelves float an eye-catching cluster of colour over shadowy black wenge wood units.

Visualizer: ArchiCGI Like Russian nesting dolls? How about nesting cupboards? This arrangement of kitchen cabinets is set within a bigger installation of home storage units. Keep colours completely contrasting to properly separate the layers.

Visualizer: The Render Revel in all that is rustic. This modern rustic kitchen uses a combination of wood tones to achieve an interesting layered look. Raw wood grain peeps out from open fronted cabinets and around side panels, whilst grey wood tone spans all of the doors. Grey veined marble tiles follow suit along the backsplash, and raw concrete washes over the floor.

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