116 | Top award crowns a brilliant career Created as an entertainer’s retreat within an architectural holiday home by the water, this impressive kitchen took out the 2025 NKBA Supreme Kitchen Design Award. JOINERY Fyfe Kitchens T T Kim Newth “I have strived for this particular award throughout my career and have finally made it. I’m beyond thrilled for myself, my clients and all involved in the process.” Kira Gray, of Fyfe Kitchens Auckland, has won national acclaim for her design of New Zealand’s leading kitchen at this year’s National Kitchen and Bathroom Association (NKBA) Excellence in Design Awards. Created as an entertainer’s retreat within an architectural holiday home by the water, this impressive kitchen took out the 2025 NKBA Supreme Kitchen Design Award. It stood out for exceptional spatial planning, refined material selection and seamless integration of form and function. At the awards, Kira’s kitchen was praised for its clear creative vision, executed with precision and purpose. The end result is sophisticated, balanced, practical and elegantly detailed. Beautifully connecting indoor and outdoor living space, a continuous stone-clad bench runs from interior to exterior with integrated dining and bar areas. Expansive glass doors and high ceilings create a generous sense of volume, space and light. Warm rustic timber flooring combined with cool-toned cabinetry and striking porcelain worktops present an inspiring palette of tones and materials consistent with the project’s interior design philosophy of ‘Wabi Sabi’, a Japanese principle of specifying materials that have an aged patina and rustic simplicity, encouraging a calm and soothing environment. Lighting was selected with care – spots, ribbons and colour-changing features – to enhance both functionality and ambience. An expertly planned scullery and laundry keeps the clutter out of sight, leaving the main kitchen to shine. This award celebrates one of New Zealand’s top kitchen designers and her ongoing contribution to excellence in New Zealand design. For Kira, this outstanding achievement marks a defining moment in her illustrious kitchen design career. “It has been an absolute honour to win the 2025 Supreme Kitchen Design Award and be recognised by industry leaders,” says Kira. “I have strived for this particular award throughout my career and have finally made it. I’m beyond thrilled for myself, my clients and all involved in the process.” Fyfe Kitchens is equally proud of Kira’s success in winning this prestigious award. As the NKBA has observed, this award not only celebrates a standout design, but the years of experience, dedication and creative leadership that made it possible. Over the past three decades, Kira’s passion for creativity in design, function and colour has forged multiple award-winning project successes, along with lasting relationships with clients, who also value her vast experience, project-management skills, commitment and dedication. Many of her creations – for homeowners, architects, builders, celebrities and even overseas clients – regularly grace the pages of home and build publications. “Kira is a true asset to Fyfe Kitchens. We’re so proud of her and this amazing kitchen design that has now been recognised as New Zealand’s supreme kitchen design of 2025,” says David Lee. At Fyfe Kitchens, award-winning design is backed by strong supplier and trade relationships, as well as the latest technology. Fyfe expertly manufacturers complete cabinet solutions to support the full package on custom-built kitchens. With over 50 years of design and manufacturing, this New Zealand owned-and-operated frontrunner is stable and well-respected, both for its care of clients and high-quality solutions. Fyfe Kitchens Auckland is renowned for tried-and-true craftsmanship. This latest award winner only adds to its leading reputation when it comes to the design, build and delivery of outstanding kitchens, bathrooms and living spaces for New Zealand homes. Local AwardWinning Master Builder Proudly Supporting Fyfe Kitchens Design & Build | Project Management | New Homes | Alterations | Extensions PO Box 42,Whitianga • Mob: 027 222 2286 info@ohlsonandwhitelaw.co.nz • ohlsonandwhitelaw.co.nz Ph: 09 271 5790 | www.stonebydesign.co.nz | Email: enquiries@stonebydesign.co.nz Proudly Supporting Fyfe Kitchens. Award-winning fabricators trusted by homeowners and designers alike, to create stunning stone benchtops and bespoke surfaces. Get in touch today and let us turn your vision into reality. Stone By Design are a multi award-winning New Zealand fabricator, specialising in Porcelain, Engineered Stone and Natural Stone benchtops. Our experienced team combines quality craftmanship and innovation to create beautifully finished surfaces for kitchens, bathrooms and all types of living spaces that truly are worthy of New Zealand’s top fabrication awards!
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