Given the choice between modern and traditional kitchens I think it would depend on the basic architecture of the house . In the two choices that you give I clearly prefer the modern. But i live in a traditional colonial house and my galley kitchen is both modern and traditional. One side of the cabinets are wood mode syle manhattan
With a Newport door, (traditional ) and the other side of the kitchen
Has a clean flat contemporary door style. But it looks great to mix them.