Glistening interiors feature in our latest lookbook, which spotlights eight kitchens and dining rooms lined with glazed concrete floors.
Aside from their seamless appearance, polished concrete floors are a durable option for cooking and eating spaces within the home, where surfaces are prone to mess and spillage.
Often neutrally-toned, concrete floors also offer versatility – serving as a backdrop that can complement a range of materials, hues and finishes.
Highlighted among this list of projects is a home renovation finished with green-toned concrete floors in Belgium and an almost entirely concrete home with a pared-back interior in the Czech Republic.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring living rooms that use Ligne Roset’s iconic Togo sofa, dental clinics with inviting interiors and homes with stylish shelves for book lovers.
Concrete Plinth House, UK, by DGN Studio
DGN Studio introduced a sunken concrete floor to maximise the ground-floor ceiling height of this Victorian terrace house in London.
Named Concrete Plinth House, the extension sought to create a bright, open kitchen and dining space, which is complete with polished concrete floors and a neutral colour scheme.
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House of Seven Floors, Czech Republic, by Malý Chmel
Exposed surfaces feature throughout this home in the Czech Republic composed of staggered concrete floors.
Completed by local studio Malý Chmel, the home’s ground floor living, dining and kitchen areas share a polished concrete floor and a pared-back finish.
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House Y&A, Belgium, by Memo Architectuur
Green-hued polished concrete flooring unites the ground floor of this home in Moetsel, Belgium, renovated by local studio Memo Architectuur.
Raw concrete and wooden furniture bring cool tones to the home’s interior, which is set off by colourful accents and leafy plants.
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Campo Atelier, Spain, by Ibiza Interiors
Local studio Ibiza Interiors renovated and converted the 200-year-old building of Campo Atelier into a vacation home in Ibiza.
Renewed as part of a group of rentable guesthouses, the single-storey structure was finished with wood-panelled cupboards and a polished concrete floor that extends from an external patio to the interior spaces.
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The extension of this Victorian maisonette in London saw the expansion of its ground floor and the addition of a full-width skylight to draw light into the space.
Architecture studio DHaus used polished concrete flooring throughout the interior, which is wrapped with oak panelling.
Find out more about Datum House ›
Queen’s Park House, UK, by Rise Design Studio
Also in London, local practice Rise Design Studio completed side and rear extensions to this Victorian house in Queen’s Park.
Illuminated by large windows, the design saw the addition of an open-plan kitchen and dining room, which sit against a backdrop of polished concrete floors and bricks.
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Sofie, Belgium, by Madam Architectuur
Brussel-based studio Madam Architectuur used green-pigmented concrete to create the base for a green-tiled extension to a home in Dilbeek, Belgium.
In contrast to the existing white house, the polished concrete base forms both the flooring for the home’s dining space and an external terrace.
Hoj House, UK, by Studio Merlin
Scandinavian design informed the design of this concrete home extension completed by architecture practice Studio Merlin.
Connecting the extension to the garden, polished concrete flooring extends from an external patio into the dining space, which is illuminated by a large roof opening.
Find out more about Hoj House ›
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring living rooms that use Ligne Roset’s iconic Togo sofa, dental clinics with inviting interiors and homes with stylish shelves for book lovers.
