Taxi II: Zeppelin Kitchen w/cat.JPG
The kitchen in Kyle and Andra Zeppelin's penthouse unit in the Taxi II building. The huge island/bar extends the kitchen and functions beautifully for entertaining. The rough hickory grain is a welcome organic element that contrasts with hard, industrial surfaces of metal and concrete. "It's almost like a tree flowing through the loft," says Zeppelin. Shu Shu is sitting on a corrugated cardboard bar stool designed by Frank Gehry, "Its very representative of the materials we tried to incorporate--very basic, yet a unique application that is also recycled and therefore sustainable."