Visible the moment you enter this two-storey, 2,300 sqf, three-bedroom penthouse unit in Bukit Batok is its centrepiece, the dry kitchen. Featuring a large kitchen island with an integrated 90cm-wide induction hob, this is where the cooking enthusiast-homeowner can be found and where his family gathers.

Design: Museum Homes

The central timber-finished column holds the TV set (behind sliding louvred panels), a wine chiller, the pantry, a fridge and storage space. When the door is closed, the built-in pantry situated in between the dry and wet kitchens blends seamlessly into the panelling of the living area.

Design: Museum Homes

By reducing the size of the wet kitchen, a streamlined wall of cabinets could be built into the dry kitchen, which also feature easily accessible built-in ovens.

Design: Homeowner's own

These glass doors can open to sit against either the dry kitchen countertop or the wet kitchen sink, depending on which area is being used.

Design: Homeowner's own

The dry kitchen is a great place to include extra storage.

Design: The Scientist.

The homeowners had requested for a wet and dry kitchen, so the designer delivered by separating the two spaces with sliding glass doors. Though most dry kitchens are not equipped with sinks (hence, the term dry kitchen) this one does. The refrigerator was placed in the dry kitchen for easy access.

Design: Aiden T

The door to the kitchen yard was torn down to create a spacious wet kitchen.

Design: Aiden T

The dry kitchen adds to the welcoming ambience at the foyer.

Design: Eightytwo

The curved walls of this dry kitchen take their cue from the rounded forms of the furnishings in the living area, and evoke a softer and warmer ambience.

Design: Design Intervention

In the wet kitchen, there are brushed gold strips set into the grey veneer – derived from a single tree to ensure a consistency of colour and grain. These accentuate the curvature of the wall and provide an interesting contrast of textures and finishes, with the soft sheen of metal against the matte veneer.

Design: Design Intervention

The design of the dry kitchen incorporates Arabescato marble countertops and blue and grey laminates. Large pendant lamps in brass anchor the space.

Design: E&A Interiors

For this kitchen, the homeowners chose a lovely shade of grey and minimal, yet classic trimmings that give the kitchen some depth. To contain cooking fumes, we installed glass sliding doors that close off the wet and dry kitchens.

Design: Homeowner's own and Country Concept