inspiration
Bathrooms are ripe for bright ideas and experimentation. Think beyond the everyday and yours can be transformed into a luxurious personal wellness space or an explosion of colour that makes your daily routine a joy
Monolithic marvel
Bathroom fittings can be works of art in their own right, like this sculptural vanity unit by architect Crina Arghirescu Rogard. Boldly bichromatic, the piece is made of a single block of black marquina marble cantilevered on a foot carved from polished white marble. The same two stones have also been used to clad the large cabinet above (crina-architecture.com).
The vanity unit is a bespoke design crafted using Calacatta Lincoln and Nero Marquina, both price on application from ABC Stone and New York Stone (abcworldwidestone.com; newyorkstone.com). The tap is the ‘121’ by Vola, £963, TattaHome (tattahome.com). For similar marble trays, try the ‘Spa’ trays by FiammettaV, from £115, Artemest (artemest.com)
Clash course
The Memphis Group’s irreverent and rule-bending designs were a key influence on architecture studio Jean Verville when creating this home (called MEV) in Laurentides, Canada. And nowhere is the design movement’s 1980s style more apparent than in this bathroom, with its clashing geometric tiles displaying joyful abandon (jeanverville.com).
All of the tiles in this bathroom are from the ‘Mattonelle Margherita’ collection by artist and founding member of the Memphis Group Nathalie Du Pasquier, £176 per sq m, Mutina (mutina.it). The blue basin is the ‘Aura Double’ by Kast Concrete Basins, £3,558, CP Hart (cphart.co.uk), and the tap is the wall-mounted ‘Litze’, from approx £455, Brizo (brizo.com)
Out of this world
Bathrooms, just like the rest of your home, should reflect your unique interests and obsessions. For architect and designer Anthony Authie, founder of Zyva Studio, that meant including bright colour and playful cultural references, such as this bespoke 3D-printed light and pink tootbrush holder inspired by Spinies, the spiky menacing turtles in Mario Bros (zyvastudio.com).
‘Jojojo On Fire’ stool, price on application, Alix Coco (alixcoco.com/thecocopopshop). For similar grey terrazzo, try ‘TE127’, £174 per sq m, Diespeker & Co (diespeker.co.uk)
Inky iridescence
The glossy blue of this bathroom (like the colours on the body of a beetle) is a defining element of this Madrid apartment by architect and artist Raúl Almenara. Tasked with designing for homeowner Antonio Najarro – dancer, choreographer and director of the National Ballet of Spain – he created spiralling internal walls that are a visual representation of pirouettes, with the ridged design of the tiles emphasing the fe
