Your architect doesn’t cook. And evidently doesn’t live in a well designed home either. You’ll get way more than your 10,000 steps. Or, invest in roller skates. The island is a blockade that interrupts work flow. It doesn’t help at all. It’s in the way, and violates a dozen or so Design Rules.

http://starcraftcustombuilders.com/kitchen.design.rules.htm#.WuZTSa9OnYX

Hire s Kitchen Designer. But first rethink hiring a different architect. The design failure of the kitchen is just a symptom of the rest of the house.

Your kitchen is very large but the flow isn't great. As Sophie pointed out, you'll get in lots of steps while making a meal.

However, I think a little rearranging of appliances and the addition of a prep sink to the island will fix that.

I moved the sink, dual DWs and windows to the top wall, creating a separate clean-up zone. It will take fewer steps to clear the table and put dishes in the DWs now.

I moved the range to the wide wall and added windows on each side of it.

I added a prep sink to the island with a trash pull-out to its right, accessible from island and clean-up sink. Your island now becomes your primary prep zone.

I also altered the fridge and pantry area, shifting the doorway to the pantry forward, even with the fridge cabinet, and moving it to the right, eliminating the small cab and counter in your plan.

I swapped out the counter depth fridge for a full size fridge that is recessed into the pantry wall. You've got the space to do this so it made no sense to me to spend the extra money for a CD fridge.

I added a MW drawer next to the fridge. This location is handy whether you use it while you cook, to reheat leftovers or to make MW popcorn.

I tweaked the pantry shape slightly, eliminating the awkward narrow angled area, opting to square it off to make it easier to access items.

I also tweaked the area next to the garage. Not sure how you intend to use this - mudroom? - but it looks like you have room to shift the garage entry door towards the cars so that you don't have 2 doors so close together. It's new position means that someone can go in and out of this room while someone else is going in and out of the people door in the garage.

I moved the sink to the window and added mudroom benches and lockers along the length of the room.

Do you really need a hallway door to this area? If you do, swap out the swing door for a pocket door so that you have one less door swing to contend with. But if you don't need a door, eliminate it. It's location and the angles prevent anyone from seeing inside the room unless they are a few steps away.

Forgot 3 things:

I recommend 48" aisles on all sides of your island, counter to counter, and no less than 45", counter to counter. The aisles will be 45" and 42" between island counter and fridge door, respectively, and about that between range (36" professional style?) and island counter.

Don't skimp on venting for a professional range, especially if it's gas. Make sure it's powerful enough to do the job.

I'm not able to read the dimensions on the drawing to know how long the island is. If you want to seat 4 people at the counter, you need an island a little longer than 100" to meet the 24" width per person with room for legs to support the counter. Aim for at least 15" seating overhang; 18" if you and family/friends are tall. You can get by with less but it's not as comfortable to sit at for long.

I hate a lot more than the kitchen with the windows badly placed. Typical arch mistake placing windows with no consideration of kitchen function to follow. Where is the home ? Children or no? If I'm a guest, I'm not using your powder room, sorry. Way too close to the dining function for me.

The improvements that could be made are a long list, depending the inhabitants and locale/climate.

thank you Lisa! Jan it will be Utah. Yes to teenager and pre-teen. What does typical arch mean (how do I fix that) ? How would you place the 1/2 bath ( I was worried about that also). I originally had the kitchen sink in the corner. I feel like the stove is way to far from the sink. I'll attach the front rendering of the home also (just because) - sigh..