NATURAL ROOMS

A tour through six of the most inspiring living spaces on the planet, where organic materials and handmade elegance rule.

By Noah Johnson with Matthew Browne

Reception House Bathroom Mira Nakashima LOCATION: New Hope, Pennsylvania, U.S. Who designed this room and what was the concept? My father, George Nakashima, designed the room to feature a Japanese sunken bathtub heated by a wood-burning boiler imported from Japan. He knew it was going to be his last building on the property and wanted to make it the culmination of his architectural and aesthetic ideals. Since in 1975 he was acutely aware that human beings should reduce their consumption of fossil fuels, he went to the trouble of finding, importing, and installing the wood-burning boiler. What materials were used, and how was it constructed? The shell was poured of reinforced concrete and coated with Japanese penny-round tiles in colours that Nakashima himself selected. He invited my brother and my four children to write their names…

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