One of the 3 bathrooms at the Byrnes Residence.

Photo Credit: Matthew Momberger

Inspired by the two original windows, the bathroom's symmetrical layout is finished off with a painting by Laura Wood. Encased in Statuario marble, the bathtub makes a dramatic statement. Photo by Michael Graydon Photography http://www.michaelgraydon.ca/

The Bain Ultra Elegancia soaking tub echoes the shape of the vanity across from it in this St. Louis modern master bathroom remodel. The cherry wood tub surround is topped by Cambria Whitehall quartz, which moves into the glass-enclosed walk-in shower to form a bench seat. Both tub and shower have Hansgrohe chrome fixtures. The porcelain tile on the heated floor also moves up the walls, accented by iridescent glass tiles. Pella windows bring abundant light to the new space.

Construction: Naikoon Contracting

View for the master bedroom to the open bath.

Shelley Gardea Photography © 2012 Houzz

ASID Design Excellence First Place Residential – Kitchen and Bathroom: Michael Merrill Design Studio was approached three years ago by the homeowner to redesign her kitchen. Although she was dissatisfied with some aspects of her home, she still loved it dearly. As we discovered her passion for design, we began to rework her entire home--room by room, top to bottom.

Newly unveiled C6, a sustainable pre-fab home, by LivingHomes on display during Modernism Week in Palm Springs. Photography by Izumi Tanaka

For this house “contextual” means focusing the good view and taking the bad view out of focus. In order to accomplish this, the form of the house was inspired by horse blinders. Conceived as two tubes with directed views, one tube is for entertaining and the other one for sleeping. Directly across the street from the house is a lake, “the good view.” On all other sides of the house are neighbors of very close proximity which cause privacy issues and unpleasant views – “the bad view.” Thus the sides and rear are mostly solid in order to block out the less desirable views and the front is completely transparent in order to frame and capture the lake – “horse blinders.” There are several sustainable features in the house’s detailing. The entire structure is made of pre-fabricated recycled steel and concrete. Through the extensive use of high tech and super efficient glass, both as windows and clerestories, there is no need for artificial light during the day. The heating for the building is provided by a radiant system composed of several hundred feet of tubes filled with hot water embedded into the concrete floors. The façade is made up of composite board that is held away from the skin in order to create ventilated façade. This ventilation helps to control the temperature of the building envelope and a more stable temperature indoors. Photo Credit: Alistair Tutton

Greg Richardson

Photos Courtesy of Sharon Risedorph