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Bathhouses, hotels, spas, gyms, and clubs: openings, builds, and how the rooms are specified.

Basalt Architects is designing the Union Square bathhouse. Midjourney now targets early 2028 and defines its launch scanner as a body-composition tool.

The Danish operator combines 75-minute sauna sessions, optional cold immersion and its own facilitator-training system.

Chris Shenkle and Anders Hage describe the work behind Aufguss, the limits of short courses and the importance of staff recovery.

Basalt’s completed Mývatn expansion combines communal, private and VIP changing, with lessons for privacy and independent access.

Saunoa plans 90-minute waterfront sessions, with a river plunge in Ottawa this fall and a deck tub in Toronto from November.
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