The Contemporist shows off a remodel by Kariouk Associates

Aside from the slick kitchen, the bathroom has a urinal specifically designed as a water dish for the dog to drink out of. While outrageous at first, the logic behind the decision does make a little bit of sense.

Whereas the initial bathroom (like most bathrooms) required a sort of private circulation space between its fixtures and the shower, the new layout recuperated that “lost” space by removing the shower from the bathroom altogether. Without the shower and its attendant circulation space, a toilet and sink are fit into depth of the long storage wall. Near the entry, a urinal, (bathroom technology engineered to minimize splashing) is the solution to providing a drinking bowl for a very large dog with sloppy drinking habits.