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Bathing Beauties® A linear gallery of seaside architecture on the Lincolnshire coast, UK.

These bold new Bathing Beauties® Beach Huts are permanent installations on the Lincolnshire coast, UK between Mablethorpe and Anderby Creek. They are commissions from the international art and architecture competition led by Michael Trainor to 'Re-imagine the Beach Hut' and they are art installations for public enjoyment. These permanent constructions are all now owned by East Lindsey District Council who will be in charge of hiring out the huts on a daily rental basis.

Mablethorpe Camera Obscura

Come Up and See Me

Eyes Wide sHut

Halcyon Hut

Jabba

Mablethorpe Camera Obscura
Designed by Willett and Patteson, Lewes, UK.
An amazing new Bathing Beauty based on the popular Victorian attraction; a darkened chamber with a moveable lens and mirror through which live images of the coast are projected onto a viewing surface.  Ideal for photographic enthusiasts, or just the plain curious.  An octagonal painted timber structure located on Mablethorpe Central Promenade, (South side).

Come Up and See Me
Designed by Michael Trainor, Manchester, UK.
Inspired by a gin and tonic, perfect for cocktail sipping at sunset and situated on Mablethorpe Central Promenade, (South side). This Bathing Beauty original is made of vitrified tiles, mirror, laminated ply-wood and galvanised steel.

Eyes Wide sHut
Designed by Feix and Merlin, London, UK.
A glamorous ‘picture frame’ hut designed to frame the landscape when open and give privacy to occupants when closed by way of a special one-way viewing mirror. An original Bathing Beauty made from GRP, timber and polycarbonate and located at 37 Mablethorpe South Promenade.

Halcyon Hut
Designed by Atelier NU, Montreal, Canada.
Paying homage to the traditional beach hut form, this original Bathing Beauty is expertly crafted from western red cedar and uses acrylic panels to allow shafts of light to travel through the walls and roof.  Light dances through the interior during the day and when night falls, light from inside travels out creating an abstract glowing beacon.  Located at 68 Sutton South Promenade, Sutton on Sea.
Jabba

Designed by i-am associates, London, UK.
The world’s first contemporary cave, located in an idyllic spot in the Sand Dunes by the Sea View Car Park at North Mablethorpe.  This original Bathing Beauty is perfect for families but has limited access due to unique location in the dunes on the beach.  It is made from laminated ply-wood, paint and acrylic.
 
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The following Bathing Beauties commissions are artists scale models or impressions of huts and structures which will be permanently installed on the Lincolnshire coast, UK during 2009
Scale Model: A Hut for Gazing and Canoodling
Scale Model: Oyster Pleasance
Artist Impression: The Round and Round House
Artist Impression: The Cloud Bar

A Hut for Gazing and Canoodling
Designed by we made that, London, UK.
A winning commission, conceived as a piece of furniture for the promenade this original hideaway Bathing Beauty houses a plush patterned interior, printed glazed wall and a second storey contemplative seat. It will be sited on the Lincolnshire coast in 2009

Oyster Pleasance
Designed by The Beach Hut Salon, London, UK.
Based on an oyster shell, this original Bathing Beauty is a full-scale commission and currently on UK tour with the Hub Touring Exhibition. This beautiful shell opens to reveal a circular seating area and the whole structure can be rotated to face the sun. In due course, it will be permanently situated somewhere on the Lincolnshire coast.

The Bathing Beauties® project has also spawned additional small structures on the coast of Lincolnshire including a new bird hide and the UKs first permanent cloud watching structure, both situated in the quiet district of Anderby Creek, Lincolnshire, UK.

The Round and Round House (Bird Hide)
Designed by Kingston and Weber of Soma Design, Morecambe, UK.
This original small building was selected from the international Bathing Beauties® competitions as ideal for the purposes of bird-watching. It is made from curved laminated plywood and will be open all year round and round when located later in 2009 off-track at Anderby Creek. Accessibility will be limited due to its unique location in dunes off the beach and up a narrow wooden pathway. Additional information is available in Future Projects.

The Cloud Bar
Designed by Michael Trainor, Manchester, UK.
The UKs first permanent cloud watching outpost. A unique small building made from larch, acrylic and concrete and featuring a cloud-spotting menu, specially designed cloud-viewing seating and self-operating parabolic cloud-mirrors to magic the sky down to the earth. It will be situated in an isolated spot at Anderby Creek, adjacent to the beach at the top of the pull-over from the car park which is located about 30 metres from the structure. The Cloud Bar be completed in Spring 2009 and will be officially endorsed by the Cloud Appreciation Society. www.cloudappreciationsociety.org
Additional information is available in Future Projects.
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Image Copyright: All photographic images on this webpage © Michael Trainor (with the exception of Halcyon Hut © Quinlan Osborne). Images cannot be reproduced for publication without prior consent of Bathing Beauties®. Publication quality images can be obtained from press@bathingbeauties.org.uk

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