If you ve been designing and building homes for a while, you ve seen the. Aptly named The Oasis, this. master baths

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1 mstr ths th osis 2015 Hous Rviw Thms Novmr mr Infill Homs Bkyr Homs Lrg showrs, sp-svvy uilt-ins, n luxury touhs spk to urrnt uyr mn By Lrry W. Grntt, FAIBD, Hous Rviw L Dsignr If you v n signing n uiling homs for whil, you v sn th rmti volution of th mstr th. Your prnts (or your grnprnts) proly shr throom with th rst of th fmily. If thy i hv thir own privt throom, it ws likly si, with no frills. Fst forwr to th 1980s, whn mstr ths wr oftn lrgr thn th mstr room. Tus th siz of smll swimming pools longsi firpl m th rg. Toy s mstr th still onsums mpl squr footg, ut luxurious tils r now omin with funtionl storg sign, supr lighting, it rssing sps, n xptionl pluming fixturs. On i tht you ll hr out from our sign tm is growing movmnt towr liminting th tu n using tht sp for n xtr-lrg showr. Whil most mstr ths r in ig, I think you ll inspir y funtionl n unrstt th on ths pgs tht oupis just 76 squr ft. Ar w witnssing th strt of tiny-th trn? Arhitt Th Evns Group Donl F. Evns, AIA vns@thvnsgroup.om thvnsgroup.om Living r: 5,141 sf Mstr th: 600 sf Aptly nm Th Osis, this wr-winning show hom is sign roun n mzing ourtyr, with mstr room n mstr th tht srv s th ownr s privt rtrt. Th mstr th hs four istint zons: wrro, rssing, thing, n privt outoor sp (w nm it th Grn of En). Spil fturs inlu: sprt his-n-hrs vnitis, prprtion n rssing rs, n wtr losts; plnty of storg, with floting ints, hlo lighting, n ustom hrwr; wrro with n ssory isln, nh sts, n lr up to itionl storg; showr tht looks out on th grn n hs multipl showrhs. Wrro inlus n ssory isln, nh sts, n lr to uppr storg tht tks vntg of vry squr foot His-n-hrs rssing rs st luxurious ton Bth is sprt into four istint zons Outoor sp livrs vtionsp xprin, with n outoor showr, loungs, n whirlpool 70 Profssionl Builr Otor 2015 ProBuilr.om Profssionl Builr 71

2 quito rsin signr Clssil Progrssion Kvin Cozn lssilprogrssion.om No mttr how smll th hom, propr mstr th rquirs rtin mnitis to rn tht signtion. Evry inh of th Quito mstr th is strtgilly sign to ommot full rry of luxury mnitis, inluing oul sinks n sprt tu n showr. Using simpl, onsistnt pltt of mtrils rts th illusion of mor spious room. Lrg tils of silvr trvrtin wr instll on th ntir k wll n on th vnity. Trnquil olors, top-tir mtrils, n Europn-styl fittings omin to rt sp-lik xprin for this ompt yt lux mstr th tht joins mstr suit. Living r: 2,000 sf Mstr th: 76 sf To istinguish th mstr th from othr ths in th hous, th showr is sprt from th tu Th lr glss pnl twn tu n showr mks th th ppr lrgr Light-olor mrl til floor omplmnts th silvr trvrtin n is sy on th y A soffit ov his-n-hrs sinks onls LED lmps tht st inirt light through snlst glss pnl Lowr portion of winow is fix whil uppr prt is oprl, wning-styl f Eh sink hs its own mirror, ut winow sp isn t lost mirror mount on pino hing swings in front of th winow ov th right sink whn in us g A floting vnity llows th floor til to ontinu to th k wll f g Photo: Chwik Turnr 72 Profssionl Builr Otor 2015

3 syny; Lynn Arhitt TK Dsign & Assoits To Hlltt, AIA, CAPS tkhomsign.om Living r: 2,963 sf (Syny); 4,150 sf (Lynn) Mstr th: 164 sf (Syny); 198 sf (Lynn) Mstr th sign is gtting xiting gin. On rson is us mny uyrs r opting to lv th tu out of th qution, fring up mor sp. With goo rson: Th tu is typilly th lst-us lmnt in mstr th (s for sunkn tu ks, thy v gon th wy of th inosur). Sur, som of us still n n osionl sok. But in gnrl, tus r giving wy to spious showrs. Mny uilrs worry out offring tu-fr mstr th sying, not in my mrkt. My rspons? Not in your mrkt yt. Homuyrs in ll pri rngs r oftn opting to rpl th tu with rok-str showr (this on is mor thn 13 ft wi) Vnitis r simpl, ln, n ontmporry, liminting ontriv ngls This throom hs n option for frstning tu Lrg winows mit plnty of nturl light n r sily ssil 74 Profssionl Builr Otor 2015

4 Th Somrvll DESIGNER Lrry W. Grntt, FAIBD lrrygrnttsigns.om Living r: 4,075 sf Mstr th (inluing lost): 515 sf Th lgnt tils of th intry n rss roun hnlir omin with n unnt mount of storg for loths to rt this spious mstr th. Th ngl grn tu with glss-lok showr wll hin om th room s fol points. A oorlss wlkthru showr mintins privy n provis plnty of nturl light with th us of glss lok long th xtrior wll. Built-in ints in th th n lost limint th n for loths storg in th room. Doorlss showr sprt from tu with glss lok n ntr from ithr si 15-foot-y-12-foot mstr lost fturs ntr isln for pking luggg, with rwrs for loths storg low Aitionl rwrs n ints llow for storg in th throom r, liminting th n for rssrs in th room Photo: Chrls Lursorf 76 Profssionl Builr Otor 2015

5 th Bufor Arhitt GMD Dsign Group Sott Grnr, AIA Donni MGrth Living r: 3,100 sf Mstr th: 246 sf (Shm 1); 257 sf (Shm 2) Mstr th sign involvs mor thn th throom itslf: Conntions twn th, losts, n vn th lunry room r importnt. Flxiility is lso ky, n th Bufor pln is vill with hoi of two mstr th signs. Shm 1 is typil in th northst rgion of th ountry, whr uyrs oftn prfr not to ntr thir losts through th mstr th. Th ntry to th th is through orrior twn th losts n sts up strong visul xis to th tu s fol point, plus n xtr-lrg wlk-in showr. In Shm 2, th th ntry is irtly off th room n givs mor immit imprssion of spiousnss. Eliminting th orrior twn th losts llows for mor squr footg llot to th th n losts. Th tr-off is lss privy in th th itslf. Both plns offr lrg, sprt vnitis; omprtmntliz toilts; unnt nturl light; n irt onntion to th lunry room. Offring two vrsions of th mstr th mns ppling to wir rng of uyrs. Shm 1 Shm 2 Two th plns provi ontrsting ntris: Shm 1 hs mor privy, whil Shm 2 givs first imprssion of mor opnnss n rightnss Clost ntry is off th hllwy in Shm 1 n ss through th th in Shm 2 Both shms provi gnrous lost sp n sprtion vi losts (Shm 1) or prtition (Shm 2) Both shms mk th pltform tu fol point A lrg showr is ky in ny mstr th. Shm 2 s showr hs two sprt ntrns n n uilt without oors 78 Profssionl Builr Otor 2015