When designing a kitchen, the biggest issue for most people is where to place the appliances to ensure an effective work triangle. However, when matters of faith get added to the mix, the issues are compounded in the case of the kosher kitchen featured on these pages, they were literally doubled.
The Jewish faith declares that a kosher kitchen be designed to keep separate the items used in the storage, preparation and serving of meat and dairy meals.
For designers Linda McLean and Mary Lynn Rockwell who had previously only designed one other kosher kitchen the first step was to get some expert advice.
"Being Gentiles, we enlisted a rabbi to give us a crash course on the Jewish religion and the qualities of a kosher kitchen.
"As the necessity of separate dairy and meat areas became apparent, the notion of two separate kitchens began to take shape," says Rockwell.
The most pressing concern for the pair was trying to incorporate all of the equipment required into the available space, while ensuring the design aesthetic was not compromised, says McLean.
"The contemporary architecture for the rest of the house, with its dramatically high ceilings, offered the opportunity to go up to the full 3.65m height.