October 30, 2017

Sub-Zero and Wolf has named the global winners of the 2015-2016 Kitchen Design Contest at its “Best of the Best” Winners’ Summit & Gala awards dinner in San Diego. The contest’s panel of judges evaluated more than 1,500 entries from 24 countries worldwide to determine 25 finalists, from which 10 global winners were selected.                  

“The winners of the Kitchen Design Contest are truly design professionals to watch,” said Jack Palazzolo, vice president of marketing for Sub-Zero and Wolf. “They set the tone for kitchen design trends and raise the bar for the industry as a whole.” “Kitchen design professionals are integral to the creation of a beautiful kitchen, and we are proud to recognize their contributions and learn from their work.”

View a gallery of the winning projects HERE.

Eligibility for the Kitchen Design Contest required that all design and construction be fully completed within the contest period of Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2016. Qualifying designs had to include at least one full-size Sub-Zero refrigeration unit, built in or integrated, and at least one Wolf cooking appliance as the primary food preparation equipment, including ranges, range tops, ovens and cooktops. Both indoor and outdoor designs required submission of a floor plan, elevation or perspective drawings and a minimum of three color photographs of the completed design.

First Place Contemporary Kitchen Winner: Fergus Scott of Sydney, Australia-based Fergus Scott Architects
First Place Transitional Kitchen Winner: Miriam Fanning of South Yarra, Australia-based Mim Design
First Place Traditional Kitchen Winner: David Heide, with Chris Christofferson and Mark Nelson, of Minneapolis-based David Heide Design Studio
Second Place Contemporary Kitchen Winner: Eduardo Carrera, with Andrea Wolff, Elizabeth Shapiro, Magda Kuskowski, and Mira Katnick, of Westmount, Quebec-based ARCHITEM
Second Place Transitional Kitchen Winner: David Armour, with Scott Schneider, of San Francisco-based David Armour Architecture
Second Place Traditional Kitchen Winner: Brandon LeRoy, with Jeremy Jackson, of Salt Lake City, Utah-based Jackson & LeRoy, and Elizabeth Wixom and Kimberly Rasmussen of Salt Lake City-based Establish Design
First-Time Entrant Award Winner: Tony Chenchow, with Stephanie Little, of Surry Hills, Australia-Chenchow Little Architects
Small Spaces Kitchen Award Winner: Idan Naor, Shuji Suzumori of Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Naor Suzumori Architecture D.P.C.
Outdoor Kitchen Award: Scott Gjesdahl of Belize City, Belize-based Ja’Qor Properties with Sandra Gjesdahl of JaQor Properties
Student Winner: Alessio Abignale