Rough-hewn stone basins and smooth marble sinks are featured in our latest lookbook, which showcases bathrooms with monumental stone sinks.
Stone basins, whether made from marble, travertine or more rustic unpolished stone, are often used in hotels and restaurant bathrooms since they add a luxury feel, but can also create impactful designs in residential interiors.
Here, we have collected eight stone sinks in homes and venues from Mexico to Poland.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring low-light bedrooms and interiors with gold and silver accents.
Vallirana 47 apartments, Spain, by Vora
The sleek marble sink inside this Spanish apartment has two wash basins, a practical solution for couples who want to use it at the same time.
Local studio Vora designed the bathroom – like the other spaces in the renovated Barcelona flats – to blend old and new elements.
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Untitled House, UK, by Szczepaniak Astridge
It’s all about the textures in architecture studio Szczepaniak Astridge‘s Untitled House, a concrete and timber extension to a London home.
Designed for the VP creative of a major British fashion house, the home features a concrete-walled void that leads from the kitchen up to the bathroom, where it sits next to a solid sink in veiny marble.
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Off Grid Home, Spain, by Ábaton
A crumbling stone stable in western Spain was turned into a family home by Madrid studio Ábaton, which used renewable energy sources, including hydroelectricity, to power it.
The home’s rustic feel continues in the bathroom, where a long stone sink was designed with two levels to provide plenty of space for washing.
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308 S Apartment, Brazil, by BLOCO Arquitetos
This renovation of a 1960s apartment in Brasília saw local studio Bloco Arquitetos create the bathroom sink using Branco São Paulo, a matte-finished granite that it also used as flooring.
The stone sink, which sits on top of a plywood cabinet, was designed in reference to typical Brasília architecture from the 1960s and 70s.
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The Loma Residence, Mexico, by Esrawe Studio
Almost more of a sculpture than a practical bathroom design, this stone sink was made from Tikal marble and designed by EWE Studio, which aims to promote Mexico’s craft heritage.
Marble was chosen throughout the home to “provide the space with a sober and contemporary atmosphere”. The basin’s dark hue matches the rest of the moody bathroom, which is lined in green quartzite.
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Palma apartment, Spain, by OHLAB
Architecture studio OHLAB designed this apartment block in Palma, Mallorca, with thin wooden slats that provide ventilation and shade.
In the bathroom, expanses of wood are contrasted with a rough-hewn stone sink. Brass taps add a gleaming metal detail to the otherwise organic interior.
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Small House with a Monumental Shower, Portugal, by Fala Atelier
The unusual design of this home in Amarante, Portugal, features a “shower tower” designed by architecture studio Fala Atelier.
Housed in a skinny chimney-style tower, the shower is clad in pale green tiles. Next to it, a smooth marble sink in a sculptural bowl shape adds a touch of luxury.
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Botaniczna Apartment, Poland, by Agnieszka Owsiany Studio
A calming mix of marble and wood was used throughout this apartment in Poznań by Agnieszka Owsiany Studio.
Both the bathroom and the kitchen feature slabs of creamy travertine marble.
“I really wanted to create something timeless, hence the idea to use materials such as wood and travertine which age beautifully,” studio founder Agnieszka Owsiany told Dezeen.
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This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring low-light bedrooms and interiors with gold and silver accents.
