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May 12, 2023

Ten bathrooms where marble lines the walls

Our latest lookbook shines a light on homes where marble and similar natural

Our latest lookbook shines a light on homes where marble and similar natural stones have been used as the primary material in the bathrooms.

Marble can be a great solution for bathrooms, as it is durable enough to withstand a wet environment better than alternative materials such as wood or concrete.

Many homeowners opt to use the same material across all surfaces, creating a uniform aesthetic that extends from the sink and shower areas across the walls.

Read on to see 10 different examples, featuring a range of marbles that include Carrera and Verde Aver, as well as similar natural stones such as travertine and quartzite.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. Other recent editions showcase Scandinavian kitchens, outdoor showers and eclectic interiors.

Habitat 100, Sweden, by Note Design Studio

Note Design Studio used two types of marble in its renovation of this 1920s Stockholm apartment, echoing the tones of an Italian marble floor in the hallway.

For the main bathroom, the designers opted for a pale Swedish marble known as Ekeberg. Some slabs were polished, while others were milled in different directions to create a subtle chequered pattern.

Elsewhere in the home, green-toned Brännlyckan marble offers a striking counterpoint.

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Eastern Columbia Loft, USA, by Sheft Farrace

Tasked with redesigning an apartment in Los Angeles' Eastern Columbia building, a block with an iconic turquoise art-deco facade, architecture studio Sheft Farrace decided to work with the same palette in the main bathroom.

The architects did this with a statement wall of Verde Aver marble, an Italian stone with a similar green hue.

The marble forms a counter that spans the width of the room, integrating two basins, and also forms a splashback that extends all the way up to the ceiling.

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Botaniczna Apartment, Poland, by Agnieszka Owsiany Studio

A warm-toned travertine features in the bathroom of this apartment in Poznań, which was renovated by Agnieszka Owsiany Studio for a professional couple.

While travertine is a limestone, so not technically a marble, it has a similarly patterned finish.

The stone wraps the walls and the bath, and also forms a cuboidal washbasin. The same stone also features in the home's kitchen, where it was used to create an island counter.

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The Village, Germany, by Gisbert Pöppler

Wood and marble are combined throughout this apartment renovation by Berlin designer Gisbert Pöppler, in the city's Mitte district, but the juxtaposition is particularly striking in the bathroom.

The room features a bathtub set within a niche that is lined with highly variegated South American marble.

The warm tones of the stone are echoed by the wooden flooring, as well as by a basin unit that combines dark oak with white-glazed lava stone.

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Flat #6, Brazil, by Studio MK27

Studio MK27 chose highly textured materials for this renovation of a four-bedroom flat in São Paulo, home to a couple and their three teenage sons.

For the washrooms, the designers selected grey Armani, a Mediterranean marble that combines dark tones with white accents.

The stone has been carefully arranged to ensure the white streaks run through niches set into the walls, which provide space for storing soap and shampoo.

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D2 Townhouse, UK, by Jake Moulson

Multi-coloured stone offered a good fit for the eclectic interiors of this renovated townhouse in Dublin, designed by architect Jake Moulson.

The most striking example can be found in an under-stairs toilet, where a Brazilian quartzite called Azul Imperial combines shades of purple, blue and gold.

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ER Apartment, Brazil, by Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos

This family home in São Paulo, designed by Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos, features different types of Brazilian stone.

In the bathroom, white Parana marble forms the walls and floor, and also provides surfaces within a trough-shaped bronze sink that was custom-made to echo the curves of a mirror above.

Elsewhere in the home, panels of jade-coloured onyx serve as surfaces and also conceal an in-wall light fixture.

Find out more about ER Apartment ›

Twentieth, USA, by Woods + Dangaran

A marble known as Bronze Vena, or "bronze vein", is the focal point of the en-suite in the main bedroom of this Santa Monica home by Los Angeles-based Woods +Dangaran.

Large-format slabs of this stone cover the walls, floor and ceiling of the bath area, toilet and walk-in shower.

The slabs were cleverly book-matched at the centre of the room for a symmetrical effect. Slabs effectively mirror each other, creating zigzags within the vein patterns.

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West 76th Street, USA, by Messana O'Rorke

This apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side is home to the founders of the skincare brand Malin + Goetz, so special attention was naturally paid to the bathrooms.

New York-based studio Messana O'Rorke combined brass fittings with Carrera marble – the hugely popular Italian stone – with the ambition of creating a "spa-like" feeling.

One bathroom features a marble recess with an integrated sink and mirror, while the other boasts a shower that is illuminated by a hidden pocket in the ceiling.

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Villa Waalre, Netherlands, by Russell Jones

To match the minimal aesthetic of this woodland home in Waalre, near Eindhoven, bathrooms are finished in Statuario, a white marble quarried in Italy.

The effect works particularly well in the main bedroom, where a free-standing partition wall divides off part of the space for an en-suite. This volume incorporates a marble basin, as well as timber-fronted drawers.

Find out more about Villa Waalre ›

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. Other recent editions showcase Scandinavian kitchens, outdoor showers and eclectic interiors.

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