BestProfessionallyDesignedBath:EtelamakiArchitecture-Remodelista

Best Professionally Designed Bath: Etelamaki Architecture - Remodelista

The winner of the Remodelista Considered Design Awards Best Professionally Designed Bath Space is Etelamaki Architecture of Brooklyn, New York.
Take a look at the project and read what firm principal Jeff Etelamaki has to say about introducing warmth to a featureless space and using inexpensive elements to create a cohesive whole.
Etelamaki Architecture’s Design Statement: Located on the top floor of a wood-frame townhouse in South Park Slope, Brooklyn...
...this master bathroom is connected to the adjacent master bedroom by an oversize doorway with a steel and glass sliding door that, when fully open, blurs the boundaries between the two rooms and creates an interconnected space.
Q: What were your practical goals for the project?A: The challenge of the whole project, a gut renovation, was to create a modern and bright yet comfortable home for a family of four on a fairly limited budget.
Q: What solutions did you find to your design problems? Incorporating the chimney introduced a strong visual component...
...and the rest of the finishes were chosen as complements not only to the red-brown color, but also the rough-around-the-edges texture of the brick.
Q: What was your biggest splurge? Even for the nonstandard items, we managed to get good value: The custom steel door was made by a kitchen shop on the Bowery, and all of the teak millwork was built on site by our carpenter.
Q: What are your favorite features of the project?A: It’s a real luxury to have a shower large enough that a door or curtain becomes unnecessary!
We had debated closing off the window in favor of a skylight, but the window gives the space a more human scale, and it’s nice to be able to crack the window and let in a little crisp, cool air while you take a hot shower.
Q: Who worked on the winning project?A: Jeff Etelamaki oversees all projects for the firm, and was assisted on this project by Shenier Torres and Mayumi Tomita.
Q: What is your dream project or who is your dream client? I also try to maintain a sketchbook to record ideas or things that inspire me.
Q: What is your next project?A: We are currently working on several townhouse renovations in Brooklyn...
...furniture design for a Manhattan apartment renovation we recently completed, and restoring an architect-designed midcentury modern home in the country.
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