NKBA Awards 2026Entry 242
Lumiere Noir
Bays Joinery·Nelson·Kitchen
Designed by
Helen Bush
Bays Joinery
OFFICIAL RESULT
Top of the South Kitchen Design Recognition
Lumiere Noir is a lesson in the quiet work behind bespoke joinery.
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Project story
Lumiere Noir is a lesson in the quiet work behind bespoke joinery. The design demanded precise connections, close alignment and a high level of coordination between the joinery team, site managers and other trades. Fixed plumbing locations set the framework early, making accurate measurement and clear sequencing essential.
The finished kitchen is shaped by that discipline. Cabinetry was developed around immovable services and detailed to sit cleanly within the new build, with every junction resolved before installation. It is a project where the refinement is not simply visual; it is built into the way the room was made.
Project record
- Entry number
- Entry 242
- Project
- Lumiere Noir
- Entered by
- Bays Joinery
- Designer
- Helen Bush
- Location
- Nelson
- Programme
- 2026 NKBA Excellence in Design
- Room type
- Kitchen
- Category entered
- Kitchen
- Photography
- George Guille
- Top of the South Kitchen Design Recognition
- Credits
- Blum, Fisher & Paykel, Hafele, Miele, Parex, Archant, Cosentino, Laminex
Official result
Official NKBA 2026 result.
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