Trending design movements in society and our spaces

Finally, as an architectural practise, it was important for James to ensure their space not only reflects their style but does display trending movements and products within the industry. And upcoming movements is the use of thin surfaces, matt black colours, open layouts that nourish open collaboration with teams and spaces with no heavily defined purpose but can double up for collaboration, cooking or dining.

Ultimately, it is all about the flexibility of a space, with products and materials to back up this flexibility required. And especially in workspaces like the Solari Architects kitchen, the need to be able to accommodate their ‘Friday night sessions’, as well as everyday work life where some colleagues have their full breakfast at work while others may barely set foot in the kitchen for cooking but use it solely for socialising. Such requirements have made trends such as combing the benchtop as a breakfast bar unit popular. This gives the end-user a seemingly new table, that is still a part of the kitchen. In home or residential use, where breakfast bars are doubled into a kitchen benchtop, their uses are wide and varied...homework desk, breakfast bar, drinks bar when entertaining or food prep during the week. And with the beautiful mitred and waterfalled edge in Solari’s kitchen, the beauty of the surface is undoubtable.

As society changes, our spaces will too. Work-life balance is a growing movement which may cause members to be working in their work environments from a wide and varied range of times. We are becoming to recognize the importance of happy healthy employees which become productive employees. And, a critical factor in employee satisfaction, is their workspace. A workspace can drastically improve the moods, the atmosphere and functionality of the practise, helping, or not helping to improve the productivity of employees.

By building this modern and spacious kitchen for his team shows James Solari, the founder, is truly grateful for his employees. It also stems back to Solari Architects own vision who define themselves as ‘experts in the multi-unit residential space.’ James stated openly that, ‘We are passionate and believe in creating great living environments for people across a variety of densities...we create great places for people to live in those environments with each other in a comfortable and cohesive manner.’ With a true passion of creating ‘great living environments for people’ is a value that is truly applaudable will ensure Solari Architects as a practise will stay sustainable for years to come. With ‘people’ at the core of the business will be a binding ethos within the practise...and now, they have a beautiful space to grow as a company in this vision.