TRANQUIL ESCAPES - Elevating Bathrooms Luxury and Design
Dear readers,
Water frames our days. In the right space, it turns routine into ritual. Tranquil Escapes explores bathrooms as sanctuaries, calm, functional, and beautifully made where light, honest materials, and thoughtful planning elevate everyday life.
INTERCERAMIC AWARD
This curated selection brings together seven finalists and winners of the Interceramic Award, where the bathroom becomes a landscape of light, texture, and wellbeing. From intimate residential suites to high traffic commercial areas, each project tests ceramic materiality to solve floor-to-wall continuity, maintenance, ventilation, and lighting—without sacrificing character. A chapter to zoom into detail and see how design elevates the everyday.
LA CASITA DE FEMÉS
In Lanzarote, the island where fire carved the land and light sculpts the horizon, La Casita de Femés emerges as a sanctuary of intentional living. Once a farmhouse with stables and an agricultural warehouse, the property has been reimagined with the architectural vision of SAL Studio, transforming it into a boutique refuge where architecture and nature flow as one
THE SLENDER HOUSE
On the steep shores of Lake Memphremagog in Quebec, the Slender House by MU Architecture stretches across the landscape like a blade of light and stone. Completed in 2017, this 4,500-square-foot residence fuses precision, minimalism, and natural grandeur into a contemporary retreat that reinterprets the bungalow with bold elegance.
BRISBANE RIVER RESIDENCE
Set along one of Brisbane’s most prestigious streets, the Bris- bane River Residence is a two-level family home reimagined as a refined sanctuary. Completed in 2024 by CG Design Studio in collaboration with Mitchell Kemp and Unita, this ull-scale renovation transforms the property into a seamless dialogue between luxury, nature, and Mediterranean charm.
LAKE FRONT
In Toronto’s historic Beaches neighborhood, this elegant residence revealed a primary ensuite with generous proportions but little privacy or purpose. The design team at Isabel Clune Design reimagined the space as a serene, spa-inspired retreat, balancing contemporary functionality with the home’s timeless character.