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Like a little chapel on the prairie, architect Jean-Baptiste Barache’s simply elegant retreat in the tiny Normandy town of Auvillier is a modern play on centuries-old forms and technology. Here, a sliding door opens to reveal a hidden bathroom on the other side of bookshelves.
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Originally appeared in Modern Wooden A-Frame Retreat in France
When Cecilia Tham and Yoel Karaso of Habitan Architects bought their first-floor apartment in an 1894 block of the Fort Pienc neighborhood of Barcelona, they knew they were taking a risk. "When this building was constructed the toilets would have been outside... We planned this grand freestanding bathtub-and-sink unit with the same materials as the kitchen - plywood and slate."
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An Auckland couple creates a striking modern home designed around an ancient Japanese principle. The traditional Japanese bathroom is located just off the central passageway between the two parts of the house.
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Originally appeared in This Japanese-Style Box Home Boasts a Two-Story Bookcase
Two and a half hours northwest of Tokyo in the Chichibu mountain range, Setsumasa and Mami Kobayashi’s weekend retreat may look like a primitive lean-to at first glance. But it is fully equipped with electricity, hot water, and a kitchen, not to mention the ultimate luxury: a hot bath in the clawfoot tub.
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Originally appeared in A Platform for Living
Inspired by tansu chests and raw materials that show patina, a pair of Sydney-based architects renovated their own home—slowly. Like many traditional Japanese bathrooms, John Wilkin and Susanne Pini’s is clad almost entirely in wood.
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Originally appeared in Almost Perfect
When designer Joel Contreras decided to renovate his 1927 bungalow in Phoenix’s Coronado Historic District, he wanted to respectfully preserve the building’s past while also incorporating his love for contemporary architecture. Jonah Busick of Foundry12 happened to live in the same neighborhood, so Contreras hired the architect to help him reach that vision.
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Originally appeared in Amazing House is Half Historic and Half Modern
Architect Irene Sævik’s summer retreat lies an hour’s drive from bustling Oslo. In true Scandinavian form, principles of simplicity and respect for nature govern the house’s design. Sævik designed the wood tub in the bathroom, which features an adjacent sauna.
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Originally appeared in Japanese Inspired Summer Retreat
Architect Piers Taylor's renovation of an old gameskeeper's cottage, complete with a castellated roof and sweeping meadow below, is an exercise in dramatic modernization. In the master bathroom, the Tokyo roll-top bathtub from victoriaplumb benefits from an epic view.
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Originally appeared in Taylor Made
Self-taught designer, Tom Givone embarks upon a solo mission to resuscitate a 19th-century homestead. Salvaged pieces contrast with modern touches at every turn, including a 19th-century wood-and-zinc soaking tub rescued from a New York City tenement building, which Givone wrapped in shiny stainless steel.
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Originally appeared in Hope Floats
In a leafy residential area a few miles from downtown Kansas City, Missouri, architect Christian Arnold saw opportunity where others saw trouble. He took a sloping, triangular lot and designed a new home for his growing family. The house displays subtle nods to both Christian’s and his wife Julie's rural Kansan roots, like the walnut countertops in the bathrooms sourced from a tree Julie's grandfather cut down.
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Originally appeared in A Lot to Love
Like a little chapel on the prairie, architect Jean-Baptiste Barache’s simply elegant retreat in the tiny Normandy town of Auvillier is a modern play on centuries-old forms and technology. Here, a sliding door opens to reveal a hidden bathroom on the other side of bookshelves.
Photo by Céline Clanet.
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