I think a stainless steel benchtop and an induction cooktop is a wonderful combination ! Very modern and sleek! Here are some examples of the combo!

Could you swap the fridge with the wall oven, going by your photo both fridge and Wall Oven would fit side by side. I would definately have the fridge on the cook top wall and not on the other side of the kitchen. I see by the photo that the timber beam could be in the way, I would speak to your plumber who should have a simple solution on ducting the range hood. A simple one built into a special cabinet above the cooktop can recirculate or be ducted outside by either exposed stainless tube for your industrial/country look or have the ducting boxed in, the ducting can be flexable so no problem avoiding beams.

I've been playing around with a pantry location. Originally, I was going to move the pantry into the laundry with some custom shelving and cut the laundry space in half. Now, Im thinking of cutting into the study area and building a wall there, and converting the new space into a long and narrow walk in pantry. Either that or build half a wall and put built in shelving in the study. Building the extra wall will reduce the need to cover in the door way that is currently in place and instead utilising it. Thoughts? p.s. this isnt too scale.

That is a really long piece of glass to manufacture and is going to be really expensive to make and install. It may need to come from interstate. I hope access to your kitchen is good enough to manhandle a 4.630m piece of glass! One possibility may be to use two different materials as your splashback to reduce the length of the glass. For instance use a stainless steel splashback behind your stovetop that is matched in width to the stovetop, then a smaller sheet of glass on either side of the stainless steel, such as in the kitchen in the photo. You can see it is a smiliar length of bench to yours, but by putting in the stainless steel "break", the length of glass is much shorter and manageable, and the joint looks more natural between the change of materials. It will be a much cheaper option as well. Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls