A Modernist's Outdoor Kitchen: Low-Tech, High Style from WWOO in the Netherlands - Gardenista
A Modernist's Outdoor Kitchen: Low-Tech, High Style from WWOO in the Netherlands - Gardenista
Our favorite outdoor kitchen design of all time? We devoted a chapter in our Gardenista book to Netherlands-based WWOO Kitchens (now available in the US) and here’s why.
Our favorite outdoor kitchen design of all time? We devoted a chapter in our Gardenista book to Netherlands-based WWOO Kitchens (now available in the US) and here’s why.
Photography by Matthew Williams for Gardenista.
Photography by Matthew Williams for Gardenista.
Although it looks custom when assembled, a WWOO outdoor kitchen is actually multiple anthracite or light gray concrete units, each 1.5 meters wide, customized with an array of add-ons.
Although it looks custom when assembled, a WWOO outdoor kitchen is actually multiple anthracite or light gray concrete units, each 1.5 meters wide, customized with an array of add-ons.
A communal dining table (shown in kiln-dried oak) and chairs are also manufactured by WWOO, as is the sailcloth canopy with beechwood supports.
A communal dining table (shown in kiln-dried oak) and chairs are also manufactured by WWOO, as is the sailcloth canopy with beechwood supports.
WWOO’s concrete shelving is designed with the Big Green Egg in mind because the company’s founders consider the updated Japanese kamado grill the “best outdoor cooker available.”
WWOO’s concrete shelving is designed with the Big Green Egg in mind because the company’s founders consider the updated Japanese kamado grill the “best outdoor cooker available.”
If you’re not a fan of the Egg, an outdoor tabletop grill will fit into the setup; the modular units provide plenty of storage space for charcoal and hardwood.
If you’re not a fan of the Egg, an outdoor tabletop grill will fit into the setup; the modular units provide plenty of storage space for charcoal and hardwood.
The most practical kind of plumbing: The stainless-steel WWOO sink, whose faucet recalls our favoriteChicago Faucets rigid gooseneck spout, is designed to connect to a garden hose.
The most practical kind of plumbing: The stainless-steel WWOO sink, whose faucet recalls our favoriteChicago Faucets rigid gooseneck spout, is designed to connect to a garden hose.
A WWOO Cutting Board is $115.
A WWOO Cutting Board is $115.
In the Netherlands, Piet-Jan van den Kommer (L) and partner Martijn Vree constructed models to show the range of WWOO outdoor kitchens.
In the Netherlands, Piet-Jan van den Kommer (L) and partner Martijn Vree constructed models to show the range of WWOO outdoor kitchens.
A detail of the sailcloth canopy with beech framing.
A detail of the sailcloth canopy with beech framing.
WWOO outdoor kitchen units also are available in a dark anthracite finish.
WWOO outdoor kitchen units also are available in a dark anthracite finish.