Spa Suites — Blake and Blake Architects
An interior spa suite precedent demonstrating how warm, textured materials and floor-to-ceiling glazing connect a private room directly to an exterior landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The asymmetric placement of the oval mirror on the left wall balances the heavy drapery stack on the right.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- textile
- plaster
- upholstery
Visual identifiers
- sliding-glass-door
- timber-flooring
- pendant-light
- armchairs
- landscape-view
Style tags
- contemporary
- warm-minimal
- coastal-modern
Visual tags
- hospitality
- spa-suite
- warm-interior
- natural-light
- cozy
- Geometry
- Symmetrical room layout with a centered large floor-to-ceiling sliding glass opening leading to an exterior deck, balanced by furniture groupings on either side.
- Facade system
- Full-height sliding glass door system with sheer and heavy layered drapery.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam or concrete frame with non-loadbearing interior partitions.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential or hospitality suite, roughly single-room depth with high ceilings.
- Lighting
- Direct, warm low-angle sunlight enters from the right, casting long highlights and soft shadows across the interior surfaces and furnishings.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and sunlit, combining cozy upholstery with expansive outdoor views.
- Environmental context
- Interior hotel or spa suite looking out onto a lush, rolling hillside landscape under daylight.
- Spatial experience
- A warm, grounded room that opens visually to the expansive outdoor landscape through expansive glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal floorboards and draped curtains frame the central vertical opening to the exterior.
- Style reading
- Warm contemporary hospitality interior
- Program
- Hospitality spa suite
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, glass, textile, plaster, upholstery
- Visual identifiers
- sliding-glass-door, timber-flooring, pendant-light, armchairs, landscape-view
- Style tags
- contemporary, warm-minimal, coastal-modern
- Visual tags
- hospitality, spa-suite, warm-interior, natural-light, cozy
- Geometry
- Symmetrical room layout with a centered large floor-to-ceiling sliding glass opening leading to an exterior deck, balanced by furniture groupings on either side.
- Facade system
- Full-height sliding glass door system with sheer and heavy layered drapery.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam or concrete frame with non-loadbearing interior partitions.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential or hospitality suite, roughly single-room depth with high ceilings.
- Lighting
- Direct, warm low-angle sunlight enters from the right, casting long highlights and soft shadows across the interior surfaces and furnishings.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and sunlit, combining cozy upholstery with expansive outdoor views.
- Environmental context
- Interior hotel or spa suite looking out onto a lush, rolling hillside landscape under daylight.
- Spatial experience
- A warm, grounded room that opens visually to the expansive outdoor landscape through expansive glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal floorboards and draped curtains frame the central vertical opening to the exterior.
- Style reading
- Warm contemporary hospitality interior
- Program
- Hospitality spa suite
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior