Eight sensible and delightful concrete loos all over the world

Our newest lookbook explores eight loos with hanging concrete interiors, starting from a Mexico Metropolis rest room that additionally incorporates a rough-hewn stone bathtub to a UK rest room constructed round a “concrete sculpture”.

Concrete is a sensible alternative for lavatory interiors for the reason that materials is water resistant, hardwearing and straightforward to scrub. It will also be an ornamental choice – the fabric has a rugged, industrial look that provides rest room interiors a brutalist really feel.

That is the newest in our lookbooks sequence, which offers visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks that includes interiors that show beige would not should be boring, tidy kitchens with slick storage options and save-saving pocket doorways.

Photograph by Nicholas Worley

Untitled Home, UK, by Szczepaniak Astridge

This residential extension in south London was designed round a “concrete sculpture”, a concrete-walled void that travels via the home from the kitchen as much as the lavatory.

Right here, concrete was poured in situ to kind the foundations, flooring, partitions and ceilings. A monolithic bathtub, additionally comprised of concrete, provides to the brutalist really feel of the lavatory.

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Concrete bathroom in Cloister House — Photograph by Givlio Aristide

Cloister Home, Australia, by MORQ

The just about-windowless Cloister Home in Perth surrounds a plant-filled courtyard and was designed to have a way of privateness.

Made out of thick concrete, its inside partitions solely have skinny, arrow-slit openings. Within the dwelling’s rest room, the rammed-concrete end of the partitions was left uncovered and softened with a ground comprised of wood slats and a pink hardwood ceiling.

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Sunken Bath by Studio 304 — Photograph by Radu Palicica

Sunken Bathtub, UK, by Studio 304

Sunken Bathtub is a glazed rest room that native studio Studio 304 designed for a London flat to create house for Japanese ritual bathing – a leisure apply.

The bathe and bathroom are separated from the concrete bathtub, which is enclosed by glass partitions and a glass roof and provides views of the peaceable bamboo-filled backyard.

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House and Studio Lambeth by Carmody Groarke — Photograph by Gilbert McCarragher

Home and Studio Lambeth, UK, by Carmody Groarke

Structure workplace Carmody Groarke designed Home and Studio Lambeth to fit inside the material of an previous warehouse. Its design combines a brick “pores and skin” with a easy concrete inside.

A concrete rest room unit completed with a big shadow hole beneath the ceiling divides one of many dwelling’s 4 bedrooms. That is contrasted with an ornamental marble sink and copper-hued faucets and particulars.

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Concrete bathroom in Habitat 67 building — Photograph by Maxime Brouillet

Unit 622, Canada, by Rainville Sangaré

Moshe Safdie’s well-known brutalist Habitat 67 in Montreal is dwelling to this house, which is certainly one of 158 houses in 354 stacked, prefabricated concrete “bins”.

Its rest room 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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Bathtub in Mexico City concrete bathroom — Photograph by Edmund Sumner

Pedro Reyes Home, Mexico, by Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez

This Mexico Metropolis dwelling was made primarily from concrete, utilized in various levels of coarseness, and was designed for and by a Mexican sculptor and clothier.

Within the rest room, the sink was moulded right into a form that resembles pottery and the tub is comprised 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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Concrete bathroom in Costa Rica — Photograph by BoysPlayNice

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 rest room match the massive stone bathtub and distinction the wooden used for the ground. Giant floor-to-ceiling home windows supply views of the verdant countryside.

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Concrete bathroom in New York apartment — Photograph by Amy Barkow

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 useful, industrial vibe of the flat will also be seen within the rest room, which has strong walnut millwork paired with uncooked concrete panels and white porcelain tiles.

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