Above: Arabescato Corchia marble plays foil to natural light in the primary bathroom of a San Francisco home designed by Nicole Hollis.
Although the past couple of years are not entirely in the rear view mirror, as a whole, humanity seems to have rebounded. But one aspect of the long isolation—that the primary bathroom became a refuge when everyone was always home—has remained. We’ve developed an unyielding need for personal space, and that’s not something we’re apt to give up quickly.
Bathrooms as we know them are a relatively recent phenomenon. Ancient Romans and medieval Europeans, for example, used public