Our newest lookbook explores eight bogs with hanging concrete interiors, starting from a Mexico Metropolis lavatory that additionally incorporates a rough-hewn stone bathtub to a UK lavatory constructed round a “concrete sculpture”.
Concrete is a sensible selection for lavatory interiors for the reason that materials is water resistant, hardwearing and straightforward to wash. It may also be an ornamental possibility – the fabric has a rugged, industrial look that provides lavatory interiors a brutalist really feel.
That is the most recent in our lookbooks sequence, which gives visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks that includes interiors that show beige does not should be boring, tidy kitchens with slick storage options and save-saving pocket doorways.
Untitled Home, UK, by Szczepaniak Astridge
This residential extension in south London was designed round a “concrete sculpture”, a concrete-walled void that travels by means of the home from the kitchen as much as the toilet.
Right here, concrete was poured in situ to kind the foundations, flooring, partitions and ceilings. A monolithic bathtub, additionally constituted of concrete, provides to the brutalist really feel of the toilet.
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Cloister Home, Australia, by MORQ
The virtually-windowless Cloister Home in Perth surrounds a plant-filled courtyard and was designed to have a way of privateness.
Created from thick concrete, its inside partitions solely have skinny, arrow-slit openings. Within the house’s lavatory, the rammed-concrete end of the partitions was left uncovered and softened with a ground constituted of wood slats and a pink hardwood ceiling.
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Sunken Bathtub, UK, by Studio 304
Sunken Bathtub is a glazed lavatory that native studio Studio 304 designed for a London flat to create house for Japanese ritual bathing – a leisure follow.
The bathe and bathroom are separated from the concrete bathtub, which is enclosed by glass partitions and a glass roof and gives views of the peaceable bamboo-filled backyard.
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Home and Studio Lambeth, UK, by Carmody Groarke
Structure workplace Carmody Groarke designed Home and Studio Lambeth to fit inside the material of an outdated warehouse. Its design combines a brick “pores and skin” with a clean concrete inside.
A concrete lavatory unit completed with a big shadow hole beneath the ceiling divides one of many house’s 4 bedrooms. That is contrasted with an ornamental marble sink and copper-hued faucets and particulars.
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Unit 622, Canada, by Rainville Sangaré
Moshe Safdie’s well-known brutalist Habitat 67 in Montreal is house to this condo, which is one in all 158 properties in 354 stacked, prefabricated concrete “containers”.
Its lavatory incorporates a bathe fronted by dichroic glass that modifications color relying on which angle it is seen from. Vertical concrete wall tiles had been designed in a nod to the brutalist constructing’s construction.
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Pedro Reyes Home, Mexico, by Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez
This Mexico Metropolis house was made primarily from concrete, utilized in various levels of coarseness, and was designed for and by a Mexican sculptor and dressmaker.
Within the lavatory, the sink was moulded right into a form that resembles pottery and the bath is constituted of stone to appear to be a rock pool. The rough-hewn shapes match the tough really feel of the concrete partitions and ceiling.
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Artwork Villa, Costa Rica, by Formafatal and Refuel Works
The Artwork Villa is nestled into the Costa Rican jungle and was designed to reference the tropical panorama and buildings by architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, that are recognized for his or her monolithic concrete kinds.
The concrete partitions and ceilings in its lavatory match the big stone bathtub and distinction the wooden used for the ground. Massive floor-to-ceiling home windows provide views of the verdant countryside.
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S-M-L Loft, US, by BC–OA
Situated in a cast-iron constructing relationship from 1880 in New York’s Soho district, the S-M-L Loft attracts on its previous as a warehouse.
The practical, industrial vibe of the flat may also be seen within the lavatory, which has stable walnut millwork paired with uncooked concrete panels and white porcelain tiles.
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That is the most recent in our lookbooks sequence, which gives visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks that includes interiors that show beige does not should be boring, tidy kitchens with slick storage options and save-saving pocket doorways.
