For our latest lookbook, we’ve rounded up eight bedrooms where exposed concrete surfaces add character to their minimalist interiors.
While bedrooms are often designed with a warm-toned material palette, this roundup offers a different approach – showcasing bedrooms sat on a backdrop of concrete surfaces ranging from rough and textured to smooth and sleek.
Among this list of projects is a bedroom wrapped in rippled concrete walls in a Melbourne home and another encased by board-marked concrete walls in an open-plan Tokyo home.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring homes that feature tactile plywood panelling, homes where staircases fulfil additional functions, and interiors where gridded ceilings serve as a decorative element.
The Cabin House, India, by Taliesyn
Indian architecture studio Taliesyn used rough textures and vernacular elements to complete this weekend home in Bangalore.
The main bedroom is located on the home’s mezzanine level overlooking the living area, is wrapped entirely in concrete surfaces and completed with wooden furniture.
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Northcote House, Australia, by LLDS Architects
This home situated on a narrow urban plot in Melbourne is characterised by a curved roof and textured concrete walls.
Completed by local studio LLDS Architects, the compact home features bedrooms wrapped in textured concrete and topped with barrel-vaulted ceilings.
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Villain House, Spain, by Architecture Office Claudia Raurell
This concrete home designed by local studio Architecture Office Claudia Raurell is built on the original footprint of a dilapidated townhouse in Barcelona.
Named Villain House, the home is contained within a new concrete volume with exposed walls throughout the living and bedroom spaces.
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Pacific House, Australia, by Alexander & Co
Pacific House in Sydney was overhauled by Australian architecture practice Alexander & Co to make its spaces more suitable for family life.
The use of rendered concrete walls and ceilings complemented by oakwood is used throughout the home and extends to the bedrooms.
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Casa Alférez, Mexico, by Ludwig Godefroy
In keeping with this brutalist home’s exterior, its interior spaces are similarly defined by its raw concrete structure.
Serving as a holiday home in Mexico’s Alférez region, the residence features a minimalist bedroom sat atop a concrete base.
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AM House, Vietnam, by Nguyen Huu Duy, Nguyen Duy and Bui The Long
Located in a rural area of Long An Province, Vietnam, AM House is as a holiday home that opens up to views of a surrounding pond.
The home’s walls were cast using rough boards to create wood-imprinted concrete complemented by concrete floors.
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House in an Olive Grove, Greece, by Piers Taylor
British architect Piers Taylor completed the House in an Olive Grove for his family in Corfu, Greece.
The home’s reinforced concrete structure was left exposed throughout the pared-back interior, which extends to the bedroom spaces.
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Building Frame of the House, Japan, by IGArchitects
Designed as “one big room”, this Tokyo home by Japanese studio IGArchitects provides a space for both living and working and is divided by stepped living areas.
Board-marked concrete walls wrap around the interior and are set off by wooden floors and metal detailing.
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This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring homes that feature tactile plywood panelling, homes where staircases fulfil additional functions, and interiors where gridded ceilings serve as a decorative element.
