Kitchens

What piqu designs

A kitchen planned around your home — not picked from a catalogue.

Many kitchen conversations begin with products. A piqu kitchen begins with the room, the people using it and the decisions that need to be made in the right order — where people gather, how you cook, what the space has to do at 8am and at 8pm. From there the layout, cabinetry, worktops, sinks, taps, lighting, appliances and storage are planned together, so the finished kitchen reads as one piece of design rather than a series of separate purchases.

Most piqu projects are kitchens proper — family kitchens, social kitchens, apartment kitchens, and renovations where the room has to change shape as well as finish. Some carry on into the space around them: a connected media unit, a laundry, a wardrobe wall or a dressing room, planned in the same conversation so the rooms keep talking to each other.

Adrian's role

One designer, from the first conversation to the final fit.

Adrian leads every piqu project personally — the first conversation, the specification, the ordering, the installation and the final sign-off. His background is practical and manufacturing-informed, so he understands how cabinetry is made, how appliances behave, how worktops fabricate and how a kitchen has to be installed for the finished room to hold together.

There is no separate sales team and no handover halfway through a project: the person you meet first is the person on the phone when your kitchen is being commissioned. That continuity is what keeps the design conversation honest about where a kitchen is really won or lost.

Where the decisions matter

The choices that move a kitchen most.

A handful of decisions shape a kitchen more than all the others: where the layout sits, which cabinetry finish suits the room, which appliances match the way you cook, what the worktop and storage have to do, and where the budget earns its place. Adrian works through these with you in the showroom, with the materials and finishes in front of you.

The cabinetry comes from Leicht, the studio's lead German partner, because it gives a dependable, precise system to design from — matt lacquers, woodgrains, real-wood veneers, glass fronts and Fenix surfaces all inside one range, with hardware and storage interiors engineered for daily use. piqu is an authorised Leicht retailer. Leicht at piqu →

Gaggenau appliances are planned into the cabinetry from the start, so cooking, cooling, extraction and wine storage sit inside the design rather than being fitted around it. A Bora downdraft cooktop is specified where overhead extraction would compromise the room, and Siemens supports the project where a different appliance brand suits the brief. piqu is an authorised Gaggenau retailer. Gaggenau at piqu →

Worktops in stainless steel, quartzite, Dekton or stone are chosen alongside the cabinetry, never after it — and so are the lighting, sinks, taps and utility access. Where a project extends into connecting furniture, those pieces are coordinated under the same plan.

Why German cabinetry

Precision you stop noticing — because it just works.

German systems suit the way piqu plans: tall single-elevation runs, concealed appliance integration, considered detailing, and a consistency that lets the studio plan twelve months ahead and still trust what arrives on site. For you, that shows up quietly — drawers that stay true when fully loaded, finishes that hold up, and a kitchen that still feels resolved years after it goes in.

Relevant projects

Six featured case studies show the range.

The studio's signature case studies cover different homes, layouts, finishes and appliance specifications — each planned around the way the home would actually be used.

Hever Colour & Stainless Steel Kitchen — a Kent family kitchen with a stainless steel peninsula, Fenix Boreal Green Leicht cabinetry wall and a concealed Leicht passage door.

Clapham Quartzite & Timber Kitchen — a new-build apartment kitchen with soft white Leicht, oak routed timber and a Cosmopolitan Quartzite worktop.

Keston Dark Timber & Gaggenau Kitchen — a family-first kitchen and living-area redesign in Leicht Bahia dark timber, light bronze, Platino quartzite and a full Gaggenau line-up.

Hammersmith Stainless Steel Island Kitchen — a compact London terrace built around a handmade stainless steel island, matt black Fenix Leicht cabinetry and mostly Gaggenau.

Eltham Dark Gaggenau Kitchen — a dark social kitchen with a dedicated drinks area, designed for serious cooking and entertaining.

Oxted HUF HAUS Kitchen & Laundry — a repeat-client project in a HUF HAUS home, integrating the timber columns and beams with a white-and-bronze main kitchen, a compact basement kitchen and a refined laundry.

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