Wood – this technique for matching cabinet veneers called

custom-cabinetrywood

Check out this picture of a kitchen cabinet:

picture of kitchen cabinet

Notice how the veneers of the cabinets match up perfectly! What's this technique called? My architect said we should just specify "book-matched veneers" but that doesn't quite capture what I'm seeing here where the individual cabinet and drawer faces appear to be cut out of a single piece of wood.

Best Answer

Those veneers are without doubt book-matched, but I would say in a very specific method, "Architectural end matching" (End or Butt Matching):

P.S. That is some top quality veneering, the attention to detail is almost pure art (the cabinet maker that did that work is an artisan).

This morning on twitter, I asked a few woodworking experts (at least I consider them experts) to take a look at your question: