In the 1950s open floor plans began to appear regularly and were considered to be modern at the time. (University of Michigan Library / Ladies Home Journal) The semi-open interior of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1901 “Prairie” design. However, these floor plans still featured a separate kitchen. These ‘prairie style’ homes centred on communal gathering areas with fluid transitions from one space to the next. Here, Wright published plans for a home “in a prairie town”. Records of these first open plan living concepts can be found in the Ladies Home Journal, in particular the 1901 February and July issues.
Historically, the kitchen was considered a service area and not a space for socialising, partly for practical reasons with no electricity, running water or gas until the 1900s-1920s, the kitchen would be full of smoke and heat.Īrchitects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, began to challenge traditional domestic architecture in the early twentieth century and are often cited as early advocates of open plan living. These floor plans often placed the kitchen at the rear of the property behind closed doors. A brief historyĮxcept in ancient times, the majority of homes built before the second world war had a basic floor plan centred around the main hallway, which provided access to rooms serving specific functions. An open plan Extreme kitchen in a townhouse in Kensington, London.
FLOOR PLAN KITCHEN HOW TO
We share photos of some of the open plan kitchens designed by Extreme to inspire your design, along with insights from our team on how to create a successful open plan kitchen. In this article, we share a brief insight into the history of the open-plan layout and what makes it so desirable. However, as designers we feel it’s important to assess the history, merits and considerations of any design approach and we hope to pass some of these insights on to you in this journal. The open-plan layout is not a new concept and it is widely accepted as the architectural approach for most modern homes. If you are planning to renovate, extend or build your own home, it is likely that you are considering an open plan kitchen.
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