Super Sense Spa by KUU

Shanghai architecture and design studio KUU completed this spa late last year.

The Super Sense Spa is arranged over three levels.

Here’s a bit of info from KUU:

This is a 3-level spa in Shanghai by KUU completed in late 2007.

An additional floor in steel was added and the staircase leading up lands at several platforms which are for the spa’s complementary purposes: consultation, beauty treatment, manicure and pedicure.

When walls are thin, they are worked on to give decorative effects with light. When they are deep, they become shelves or form spaces.

Basque health department headquarters

While frank gehry’s guggenheim museum made the spanish town of bilbao an international destination, a slew of new projects are continuing to add to its reputation. one of the most recent additions to the cities landscape is the health department headquarters designed by coll-barreu arquitectos. the young firm’s creation is most recognizable for its cubist façade of glass. the glass sheets are placed on irregular angles reflection the city into the building. the façade is also part of the structure’s double skin frame, which helps insulation. most of the building will be home to offices while the basement will house a 150 seat auditorium.