Creating elevated bathrooms is one of the areas where the Sonya Cotter Studio approach is most clearly expressed. These spaces are conceived as rooms for living, shaped through proportion, spatial clarity, and architectural intent.

When bathrooms are treated as a destination, they become spaces of pause and restoration. The experience of a bathroom is immediate and physical. Light shifts across the room, sound softens, temperature settles, and the space responds to the body as it moves through it. These heightened sensory conditions shape how the room is experienced at the beginning and end of each day.

Within the Studio’s projects, bathrooms sit at a unique intersection within the home. Often integrated within a larger bedroom or walk-in wardrobe suite, they support moments of transition and retreat. The way a space holds warmth, reflects light, and supports movement becomes as important as its layout. When proportion and circulation are resolved with care, bathrooms feel composed and intuitive.

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Function and form are inseparable in a well-resolved bathroom. Circulation feels natural, each element is positioned with intent, and the space supports daily use without drawing attention to itself. Considered lighting, discreetly integrated storage, and finishes and textures chosen with care contribute to design clarity. The result is a bathroom that feels calm, assured, and composed in use.

Bathrooms are spaces of daily ritual. They are returned to repeatedly and often experienced in moments of pause. Longevity here is not defined by durability alone, but by how the space continues to feel over time. Proportion, comfort, and spatial calm contribute to environments that remain nurturing and restorative through years of use.

Recognition, including a Bathroom of the Year award, reflects an approach that has been refined across many projects. It reinforces a consistent way of shaping bathrooms as rooms for living, guided by spatial intelligence, proportion, and architectural clarity.

When bathrooms are designed with longevity in mind, they do not announce themselves. They feel settled and intuitive. A considered bathroom becomes part of the natural rhythm of the home, continuing to feel right long after completion.

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