A Grotto Sauna on the Lake

 

Perched at the north-west edge of San Souci Island on Lake Huron, the 800 sq. ft. Grotto Sauna is a free-standing structure situated on a large-scale rock formation designed by Partisans. The selected concept for the Grotto prescribed a solid, simple presence on the exterior, while the interior followed dynamic air movements in curvature forms.

The Grotto uses two high performance ovens and there are vents and fans in-place that allow the building to breathe seasonally and prevent rot or mold in the structure. Cedar was selected for its resistance to rot, aroma, colour, local sources, and quality. The openings were fabricated in Ontario, Canada using double and triple glazed high-efficiency annealed glass. Be sure to check out the timelapse of the build below along with additional photos of this beautiful sauna.

[Partisans via Contemporist]

 

 

 

 

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Grotto Sauna

Architect: PARTISANS
Contractor: Jordan Construction, Chantler Barging
Wood Fabrication and Installation: MCM Inc

 

 

 

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Photograph by UROS PETROVIC

 

In this morning photograph we see a tiny house on the Drina River, near Bajina Basta, a small town in Western Serbia. The Drina is a 346 km long river that forms much of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps. [Source]

The Sifter has actually featured this property before, but it’s such a unique home, I had to share another capture of it. It’s even smaller than the adorable cottage on ‘Just Room Enough Island‘!

The photograph was taken by Uros Petrovic who has a very impressive gallery of landscape photos in his Flickr stream. Even more impressive is the fact that Petrovic is a famous Serbian writer that has authored over ten books and won countless awards! See his author profile on laguna.rs and Wikipedia.

 

Uros Petrovic on Flickr via Cabin Porn

 

 

 

Picture of the Day: Just Room Enough Island

 

JUST ROOM ENOUGH ISLAND

 

Photograph by Omegatron on Wikimedia Commons

 

Located on Just Room Enough Island is this quaint little cottage; the island is touted as one of the smallest (if not THE smallest) islands in the world (the lone tree gives it island status). It was built by the Sizeland family in the 1950s as a weekend getaway.

Just Room Enough is part of the famous Thousand Islands, an archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada-U.S. border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. They stretch for about 50 miles (80 km) downstream from Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario, the U.S. islands in the state of New York.

Just Room Enough Island is well-known due to its close proximity to Boldt Castle, a popular tourist attraction in the Thousand Islands. To see this place on Google Maps, click here.

 

via Omegatron on Wikimedia Commons