1 HEART OF STEEL
A family collaboration resulted in a strong design signature with a perfectly balanced mix of raw and refined
the inspiration Glenn Lamont had a very particular vision for the kitchen of his industrial-inspired home in inner-city Melbourne, designed with architect John Mercuri of ODR Architects. “I wanted to replicate the raw steel finish I have throughout the house in the kitchen, with work benches and cabinets you might find in a steel-fabrication workshop,” Glenn says. “I wanted a simple, open and flexible working kitchen without integrated joinery or complexity.”
Glenn collaborated with his brother, Justin, founder of custom furniture and interior-design firm LifeSpaceJourney, on the manufacture of the blackened and waxed mild-steel cabinets. The rustic and handmade feel continues with a burnished concrete floor, raw concrete blockwork, exposed piping and an unfinished hoop-pine ceiling. To balance the grey and black tones, richly draped curtains in jewel-toned Warwick fabric bring softness while hanging plants add
