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Sculptural elements in this bathroom contrast with the landscape through the windows

an arched window connects this master bathroom and architecture, daylighting, door, furniture, home, interior design, table, window, brown, gray — an arched window connects this master bathroom and exercise area with the woods outside

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The designs of many homes and their interiors are influenced by their location. While city homes often have an internal focus, houses in rural areas are more likely to connect with their natural surroundings.

Architect Nic Holland designed this master bathroom and its adjoining exercise area to connect and contrast with the heavily wooded, semi-rural outlook.

"Sculptural elements help to connect the different spaces and to create privacy or visual openness, depending on which is appropriate," he says.

An arched, floor-to-ceiling window in the exercise area frames views of the woods outside, while a curved, stone-tiled partial wall provides some privacy for the shower and tub.

Both the bathtub and shower enclosure are oval in shape and are drawn together by a third ellipsis on the ceiling above.

To create a transition between the oval on the ceiling, and the double ellipses of the shower and the bathtub at ground level, a spiral bulkhead flows in a gentle curve down the shower wall before finishing at the edge of the tub. Small, square windows in the wall form a contrast to these curves.