Three bespoke bathrooms

摘要

Anyone for a flamingo pink basin? Or a green concrete bath? Expressive bathrooms are alive and well judging by the projects featured over the next few pages. In these, we feature three bright and bold bathrooms realised through deft use of retro elements and imaginative, bespoke design. In two of the projects, concrete plays a starring role. MW Architects has incorporated twin cast pink basins into a mid-century modern cabinet as part of a lavish 9m long space. At Studio Ben Allen's The House Recast, the 2.5m long, the serene, hammam-inspired bathroom may be small but it is high on impact thanks to its extensive use of green concrete panelling and bespoke basin and bath. In Charles Holland's house, the similarly modest-sized bath and shower rooms are a triumph of retro sanitary ware, vintage wallpaper and bold colours, with a playful tiling reference to Superstudio thrown in for good measure. 'Essentially we were playing a lot. The whole thing is abox of surprises,' says Ben Allen of his practice's The House Recast, atransformed end-of-terrace Victorian house in north London that won the main prize at this year's New London Architecture's Don't Move, Improve! Awards. He's certainly right about the remarkable bathroom, a tranquil, top-lit space inspired by a Turkish hammam. The new room, part of a two-storey rear extension, is small in space at 1.8m wide by 2.5m long but big on impact courtesy of the vivid green concrete that not only forms the bath and basin, but also lines the floor and lower wall.