Diane, Author at Bathroom Review

Duravit publishes Sustainability Report

July 1, 2026

Duravit has published its latest sustainability report, outlining the manufacturer’s progress, targets and strategic approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.

Prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and the requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the report provides a comprehensive overview of the company’s sustainability activities. It also includes double-materiality data-collection software from Tanso.

Covering all of Duravit Group’s manufacturing facilities, the report features an ESRS index and is structured around the five key areas – climate, water, people, resources, and governance. Together, these priorities provide the strategic framework for sustainability initiatives across the company’s entire value chain.

Duravit says sustainability remains firmly embedded within its corporate strategy and plays a central role in the company’s global business development. The company aims to integrate environmental, social and economic responsibility while continuing its transition towards climate neutrality.

A key milestone highlighted in the 2025 reporting period is the commissioning of the new production facility in Matane, Canada. Designed to support low-emission manufacturing, the site uses electric roller kilns powered almost entirely by hydroelectric energy.

Alongside investment in production, the company continues to strengthen its governance and reporting processes while expanding stakeholder engagement in preparation for CSRD reporting requirements, which will apply to the 2027 reporting year.

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Duravit delivers design-led bathroom specification for Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool

June 30, 2026

Bathroom manufacturer Duravit has supplied sanitaryware for the redevelopment of Liverpool’s iconic Royal Albert Dock, where historic warehouse buildings have been transformed into modern workspaces while retaining their industrial heritage.

Designed by Studio MUTT, the project reimagines the Grade I listed dock buildings, creating flexible office environments that sit alongside the destination’s established mix of restaurants, leisure attractions and cultural venues. Original brickwork, cast-iron columns and other industrial features have been carefully preserved, celebrating the site’s history while introducing a fresh contemporary aesthetic.

A key element of the redesign is the bathroom scheme, where Duravit’s Vero Air washbasins and ME by Starck toilets provide a calm, minimalist contrast to the bold interior palette. Clean geometric lines and softly rounded forms bring balance to spaces defined by rich terracotta, oxide red, salmon orange, basalt grey and ivory tones.

Inside the building, Studio MUTT has reorganised the interiors to create adaptable workplaces with open collaboration areas, central kitchens and communal transition spaces that encourage interaction between occupants. Colour and graphic wayfinding inspired by maritime signage provide clear navigation while referencing the dock’s historic past.

Material choices also reinforce the connection to the building’s former use, with light plywood finishes recalling traditional shipping crates and complementing the retained industrial architecture.

Within the sanitary areas, Duravit’s ceramics introduce a sense of order and refinement, ensuring the bathrooms feel calm and functional despite the vibrant surrounding colour scheme. The crisp, architectural styling of the Vero Air collection is paired with the understated curves of the ME by Starck toilets, creating a balanced design that reflects the overall vision for the redevelopment.

The project demonstrates how contemporary bathroom specification can sit comfortably within heritage architecture, supporting the transformation of one of Liverpool’s most recognisable waterfront landmarks into a modern workplace without compromising its historic character.

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Statement Panels added to Kinedo’s Kinewall Range

June 29, 2026

Ever fancied a Highland cow in your bathroom? Or perhaps a preening peacock, a glorious lion, or a giraffe with serious design attitude? Now you can.

Kinedo has expanded its Kinewall range with a new portfolio of animal-inspired wall panel designs under its Signature collection. The new Highland Cow, Peacock and Lion panels join the distinctive Giraffe design launched last year, creating a bold new line-up for homeowners and designers looking to bring real personality into the bathroom.

The Signature collection has been created for those who want to make a lasting impression. Designed to stand out, these eye-catching panels bring colour, character and style to everyday spaces, helping to transform bathrooms, cloakrooms and utility rooms into statement interiors. Whether used as a single feature panel in a shower, a standalone decorative panel in a cloakroom, or as part of a larger feature wall, Kinewall panels offer exceptional flexibility, durability and ease of installation.

In addition to the new animal-inspired designs, Kinedo has also expanded several of its existing Kinewall collections with fresh new patterns. Tangram is a new abstract oak-coloured wood-effect design, while Royal Foliage introduces a striking, large gold-leaf pattern to the Nature collection. Also joining Nature are Botanical Beige, Botanical Green and Exotic.

The Minerals & Metals collection has been enhanced with Marble Haze and Corten Copper Stone, while the playful Hills design adds a splash of blue and orange in a flowing wave pattern. Hills joins the Patterns & Geometric collection alongside the new Mandala design, which brings a nostalgic decorative feel to the range.

The full Kinewall collection can be viewed on the Kinedo website and in the new downloadable brochure.

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House of Rohl redesigns website to unify brands and improve specification journey

June 29, 2026

House of Rohl has unveiled its newly redesigned website, https://houseofrohl.design bringing together Victoria + Albert Baths, Shaws of Darwen and Perrin & Rowe within one cohesive digital destination for the first time.

Designed to provide a more seamless experience for homeowners, designers, specifiers and retail partners alike, the new platform features enhanced navigation and improved product discovery. The website introduces a newly updated Project Builder, allowing users to save and organise products across brands in one place to support the design and specification process, while also enabling customers to curate complete bathroom and kitchen schemes across multiple collections and categories.

Visitors can also explore real-life interior projects for inspiration, alongside a hospitality section showcasing House of Rohl products within luxury hotel and commercial environments.

In addition, each brand now benefits from its own enhanced support hub, designed to provide easier access to technical information, installation guidance, product care advice and specification support.

Fran Aukland, head of digital marketing at House of Rohl, says “The new House of Rohl website has been created to better reflect the way our customers and partners approach design today. By bringing our brands together within one digital destination, we can offer a more seamless and inspiring experience, while still celebrating the individual heritage and craftsmanship behind each brand. The platform has been designed not only to inspire, but also to support the specification journey with enhanced tools, project planning functionality and technical resources.”

The website will also enable customers to purchase Perrin & Rowe spare parts directly online, streamlining access to aftercare and replacement components.

About House of Rohl

House of Rohl brings together a collection of globally recognised luxury kitchen and bathroom brands, each with its own distinctive heritage and design language. Victoria + Albert Baths is renowned for sculptural freestanding baths and basins crafted from its signature Quarrycast™ material, while Shaws is celebrated for handcrafted fireclay sinks made in Britain using traditional techniques dating back more than 125 years. Perrin & Rowe is known for beautifully engineered brassware, combining precision manufacturing with classic British design and hand-finished detailing.

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Bathrooms to Love expands modular KUBA Range with new configurations & finishes

June 25, 2026

PJH has expanded its popular KUBA Modular Furniture range from its Bathrooms to Love Collection, with the introduction of a new Matt White finish, additional wall-hung units, and brand new floor-standing units.

Developed in response to customer demand and joining Kuba’s two textured woodgrain finishes, the sleek new Matt White, flat surfaced finish adds further design versatility to the furniture family. Featuring the same signature curves and handleless styling, the expanded Kuba range continues to combine generous bathroom storage with contemporary design.

A firm favourite amongst Bathrooms to Love customers, the extended Kuba range has been developed to offer even greater flexibility in design and layout. The addition of the Matt White finish provides a clean, fresh alternative, and the wider choice of basin units enhances functionality across a variety of bathroom spaces.

Featuring soft curved edges, the Kuba basin units are supplied complete with generously sized inset ceramic basins and spacious drawers or cupboard storage below. Joining the existing one-drawer wall-hung basin units are six new wall-hung and floor-standing options featuring two drawers (available in three widths: 500mm, 605mm and 805mm). Also new to the range is a space-saving cupboard basin unit with a slim depth of just 300mm, making it ideal for smaller bathrooms and cloakrooms.

The Kuba family also includes a 350mm wall-hung tall unit with shelves and a 550mm floor-standing WC unit. The luxurious furniture range boasts a highly durable construction, built to last, with silent, soft-close fittings. It can be easily coordinated with the comprehensive choice of matching metallic finishes available across Bathroom to Love’s portfolio of taps, showers, mirrors, enclosures, overflow rings, push button covers, wastes and accessories.

See the Kuba video here: ALL-NEW KUBA VIDEO

As featured in the current Summer 2026 Bathrooms to Love brochure (See it Here), the expanded Kuba furniture range comes with a Five-Year Guarantee and is available to order via the PJH Partners Portal™ on a Next-day Delivery service. For further information, including showroom POS and attractive display deals, contact PJH now.

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Bette extends washbasin portfolio with BetteAlva countertop basin

June 25, 2026

Bette has expanded its countertop basin range with the launch of BetteAlva, a new rectangular countertop washbasin designed to combine refined aesthetics, precision engineering, and greater design flexibility.

Distinguished by a delicate, finely crafted edge design, BetteAlva introduces a sense of lightness to the washbasin area while creating a strong architectural presence. The precise edge detailing and balanced proportions give BetteAlva a modern, timeless appeal, while its visible material thickness marks a first for Bette’s angular washbasin range.

Designed to suit a variety of bathroom environments, BetteAlva offers versatility across commercial and residential spaces. In family bathrooms, it helps create a clean and organised aesthetic, while in cloakrooms, it delivers striking style, even where space is limited. The washbasin is also well suited to hospitality projects, where durability, design individuality and premium material quality are key considerations.

Bette Alva is available in a broad range of colour options, allowing designers and specifiers to tailor bathroom schemes to a range of styles. The manufacturer’s collection includes more than 30 Key Colours across its enamelled product portfolio, as well as 40 bespoke colours. As a result, BetteAlva can be integrated seamlessly into interiors ranging from understated and natural to bold and expressive.

Manufactured from glazed titanium steel, BetteAlva benefits from the durability and performance associated with Bette’s enamelled products. The non-porous surface is hygienic, hard-wearing and easy to clean, making it suitable for private and semi-public bathrooms.

Made from material that is 100 per cent recyclable, BetteAlva is backed by a 30-year guarantee on the glazed titanium steel. In this way, BetteAlva combines delicate design with lasting practicality for everyday use, and confirms its commitment to sustainability.

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Kudos introduces new ULTIMATE metallic finishes

June 25, 2026

Kudos has introduced new metallic colour profiles to its ULTIMATE range of showering panels – warm brushed copper and contemporary brushed gunmetal grey profiles are now available to order at the same price as chrome.

The Ultimate collection started as a comprehensive range of 8mm flat showering panels but has been significanlty extended and is now available in 10mm and with 8mm curved glass panels. Kudos introduced roller deflectors to the range and glass-to-glass corner posts to enable greater design flexibility and personalisation. Aspiring to be ultimately versatile Kudos also included interconnectors that allow multiple glass panels to sit side by side to create larger enclosures and a mirrored décor panel too.

The Ultimate Reeded glass panels were also introduced to the collection earlier this year in line with the latest home design trends. This range now includes two new metallic profile colours with brushed copper and brushed gunmetal finishes now available alongside their core profile finishes: chrome, matt black, brushed brass, and brushed nickel. These two new metallic colour options would normally cost a premium, but they are available at the same price as their core finishes.

Ultimate 10mm flat panels come in 13 sizes, Ultimate 8mm flat panels in 11 sizes, and Ultimate 8mm curved panels in 3 sizes, all standing 1985mm high, including fittings. Shower trays are available to suit all ranges. The Ultimate rectangular shower tray, specifically designed to suit the flat panels, can be ordered in 19 standard sizes plus bespoke sizes too. A great alternative to a shower tray, Kudos also manufactures the Aqua4ma Evolution wet room shower deck, providing a seamless, waterproof finish to the bathroom, and perfectly complementing the Ultimate collection.

All Ultimate options offer a flexible array of Ultimate showering choices providing the ultimate in versatility.

Kudos Shower Products has been designing and manufacturing shower products at its Cumbria facility since 1999. Now part of the Ronal Bathroom Group, its portfolio includes shower enclosures, shower trays, over-bath screens, and wet-room solutions sold via KBB showrooms and merchants across the UK.

Visit their website kudosshowers.co.uk.

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Houzz Pro simplifies project documentation with AI-powered mobile tools

June 24, 2026

Houzz Pro has launched a range of AI-powered mobile tools designed to help construction and design professionals improve project communication, documentation and productivity on site.

The latest update includes AI note-taking for meetings, enabling users to record conversations with clients and prospects and automatically generate transcripts and summaries. A new two-way video daily logs feature allows teams to capture site progress and narrated updates, which are automatically transcribed and organised within project files.

The release also introduces multilingual messaging to support communication across language barriers, alongside an offline mode that allows professionals to access project information and create notes in areas with limited or no internet connectivity.

Alon Cohen, co-founder and CEO of Houzz, said: “Every project depends on clear communication, yet critical decisions and details are often buried in phone calls, text messages or handwritten notes. By centralising communication and documentation directly within the project workflow, Houzz Pro helps reduce missed details, improve accountability and keep projects moving forward.”

Josh Brown, CEO and president of Brown Design and Construction, added: “Now we can capture jobsite updates directly in Houzz Pro, and everything is automatically organised within the project. It saves our team time, keeps clients informed and gives us confidence that important details won’t slip through the cracks.”

The new tools are available to all Houzz Pro subscribers and integrate with the platform’s wider project management and design software.

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Laufen launches Vitreon Steel washbasins to the UK

June 24, 2026

Laufen has introduced Vitreon Steel to the UK market, making the first time British consumers, designers and specifiers will have access to the Swiss manufacturer’s innovative glazed washbasin material.

Combining a steel body with a glass-based glaze, Vitreon enables the production of ultra-thin washbasins with a depth of colour that cannot be achieved using traditional ceramic manufacturing techniques. It is scratch-resistant, won’t fade and is easy to clean.

The launch represents a significant development in basin design with LAUFEN positioning Vitreon steel as a new material category within the bathroom sector.

“Vitreon Steel opens a completely new design language for the wash area,” says Emma Mottram, head of marketing and product for LAUFEN. “It allows homeowners to choose a basin not just for its function or even its form, but for the feeling it creates in a room. That is a genuine step forward.”

Produced at LAUFEN’s facility in Goslar, Germany, the launch consists of four collections: AQUA, TEMBO, NIB and RIVO.

Designed as a statement piece, AQUA features a fluid, sculptural shape, inspired by water in motion. The basin is handcrafted by specialist craftsmen and hand-glazed, meaning each piece is unique.

Available in Deep Indigo, Deep Blue and Deep Green, this range showcases the colour possibilities offered by Vitreon Steel.

TENDO (pictured top) is characterised by a tilt – the basin is angled towards the user – an ergonomic decision that gives the wash area an unexpected sense of movement. In a certain light, the inclined surface reads as a calm, clean shadow line. Water follows the angle naturally, filling even an ordinary moment with intention. TENDO is a basin that is both beautiful to look at and rewarding to use. Available in White, Dark Iron and Black Matt.

With a slim, minimalistic aesthetic, NIB (pictured left) has been designed for contemporary interiors where clean lines take precedence. If your design brief is serenity, NIB is the basin.

RIVO introduces stainless steel to the family. It is softer and more textural than the other collections, with an almost weightless profile. Available in Brass Brushed, Titanium Brushed and Copper Brushed, all durable and beautiful PVD coatings, it brings genuine warmth and material richness to the wash area. This is the basin for a bathroom that wants to feel both sophisticated and genuinely welcoming.

All Vitreon Steel collections are manufactured at LAUFEN’s established facility in Goslar, Germany. They are now available at all LAUFEN UK showrooms.

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The Bathroom Association & British Institute of Fitted Interiors Specialists strengthen alliance

June 22, 2026

The Bathroom Association confirmed today that it had strengthened its longstanding strategic alliance with the British Institute of Fitted Interiors Specialists (BIFIS), cementing both organisations’ intentions to collaboratively promote standards, professionalism, and advocacy, and to support growth across the fitted interiors and bathroom sectors.

The refreshed agreement provides a formal framework for collaboration between the two organisations in areas of common strategic interest, including industry leadership, standards, skills, consumer confidence, policy engagement, stakeholder collaboration and the promotion of best practice, and builds upon an existing foundation between the two organisations spanning 20 years.

The organisations will also seek to raise awareness of the value of quality bathroom design, supply, and installation, while encouraging collaboration that enhances trust, innovation, and sustainability across the market.

Daphne Doody-Green, CEO at the Bathroom Association, said: “This agreement marks an important step in strengthening collaboration across the bathroom and fitted interiors sectors. By working more closely with the BIFIS, we can support higher standards, promote professional competence and speak with a stronger collective voice on the issues that matter to our members and the wider industry.

“Quality bathroom design, supply and installation are central to consumer confidence and long-term market growth. This alliance gives both organisations a clear framework to share insight, align activity where appropriate and support best practice across the sector.”

Damian Walters, CEO at BIFIS said: “We have enjoyed a healthy and longstanding relationship with the Bathroom Association over two decades, which has already included significant collaboration on key initiatives, both here in the UK and overseas. This week’s formalisation of our relationship refreshes the alliance, providing clear opportunities to further collaborate on matters of shared interest.

“Our renewed commitment to working in collaboration with reputable associations is not only part of our institute constitution, but on a more practical level, is simply a sensible move. Associations miss opportunities if they choose to work in isolation and that has a negative effect on their ability to influence broader matters – working together makes a difference and our relationship with the Bathroom Association should be a shining example of how combined efforts and a shared vision can culminate in a unified and powerful force”.

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