Poliform Unveils Revamped L.A. Showroom
The Italian furnishings manufacturer completely overhauled its nearly 8,000-square-foot space on Beverly Boulevard.

Hansgrohe/Axor Compliant With Low-Lead Legislation
The kitchen & bath fixture manufacturer announced that all relevant products under these brands meet California's and Vermont's new regulations which limit the lead content of pipe and plumbing fixtures and fittings that handle water for drinking or cooking.

The New Face of Pattern
It's everywhere, from walls to fixtures Sources Tile File The New Face of Pattern

The Power of Two
Fixtures are ceramic. Running just below the outside rim of the tub, offered freestanding or built in, is a channel glowing with LEDs or highlighted by a strip of red or black lacquer, ebony veneer, or aluminum to coordinate with the cabinetry...

Pot Luck
For those who can't keep their minds away from the kitchen—even while in the bathroom—Rapsel offers Chef.

Tile File
At the Cersaie fair in Bologna, Italy, 1,000-plus exhibitors went green in many colors

Bulthaup Relaunches Toronto Showroom
Originally opened by the kitchen manufacturer in December 2005, the space has been reconceived as a quartet of new installations with a focus on contemporary art.

Mod Squad
Contemporary geometric looks channel modern art

Top Chef
Sleek kitchen essentials make any amateur feel like a pro

Blonde Ambition
Pale woods aspire to brighten any space

Henrybuilt Launches Affordable Kitchen Company Viola Park
The modular kitchen system features interchangeable components and a wide range of colors and forms in the $15,000 price range.

Wonder Twin Powers
Tokyo's neighbor to the north, Saitama receives limited attention from the capital. This large, sprawling suburb, a city unto itself, is hardly the kind of place where you'd expect to find architecture that's one-of-a-kind—or, perhaps even more unlikely, two-of-a-kind. Twin Bricks, a pair of linked residential buildings by Atelier Tekuto, might look familiar if you've ever encountered a s...

While You're at It. . .
An oven on the fritz got the renovation ball rolling in this apartment in a postmodern building on the Upper East Side. After happily living there for nearly two decades, the owners reasoned that, if they were going to start replacing appliances, it might also make sense to address some of the apartment's deficiencies: the scarcity of counter space in the kitchen, the gigantic never-used whirlp...

See and Be Seen
When you buy a condominium in two of the West Village's three famed glass towers by Richard Meier & Partners Architects, you might do it for the prestige. But not for the interiors—the apartments were delivered as raw space. And certainly not for the privacy. As Mark Zeff says, "It's all about the view.

Kitchen & Bath Products: Black and White and Red all Over


Kitchen & Bath Products: Let's Give a Hand


Kitchen & Bath Products: Tea for Two


Kitchen & Bath Products: An Explosive Imagination


Kitchen/Bath Products: Master Pieces


The Great Divide
In space-challenged New York, full kitchens are a luxury that many passionate chefs learn to go without. Instead, you become creative. You use your dining table as a prep area and keep your pans in the front closet. Yet there's a point when enough is enough. That was the case for an older couple whose children and grandchildren visit often.