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finalist

bask spa by exhale
atlantic city, N.J.
ICRAVE, New York

Why it's a stanDout "The communal theme,"
says judge Ong Chih Ching. For their first-ever spa
project, the designers deliberately bucked what
they saw as a trend toward solitary, sedate spaces.
Instead, they melded the social components of
Roman baths and Eastern hammams into a 32,000sq.-ft. spa at the Revel resort. Guests get the
message as soon as they enter into the black-andwhite marble oculus that doubles as a reception
area and space for late-night parties and social
events. "That oculus, plus the curved geometry of
the bathhouse, enhance the flow of the spa," adds
Ong. Special touches change the mood deeper into
the space. For example, terraced steps lead to an
emerald-green swimming pool in a stylized grotto
topped by a reflective vinyl ceiling.
the takeaWay Specify outside the box. One of
the main reasons this spa has a modern feel is the
materials. Throughout the space, the designers

BRandon BaRRe

Honor able Mention

Miraj HaMMaM spa by Caudalíe
Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto
B+H CHIL Design, Vancouver

Mike Foley, Goat Rodeo

Designer

incorporated a variety of surface materials that
could withstand the humidity of the spa, like
Jadrana limestone, tiles crafted with porcelain and
glass mosaic, vinyl floors and wallcoverings, and
glass fiber-reinforced gypsum. Then they
introduced a few flourishes, like the gold plaster
with a sprayed catalyzed lacquer topcoat and
accents of textured oil-rubbed bronze.

SouRceS

accessories: Urban Acces-

sories (metal grate in grotto);
carPet: Lees (men's and
women's locker room carpet
tile); Luzern (co-ed dry lounge
carpet, men's and women's
dry lounges carpet inset);
FaBrication: Amuneal
(infusion bar, main reception);
Cascade Coil (infusion bar
back wall); Formglas (metal
cast panels in main reception,
fire lounge); FLooring:
Amtico Flooring (dry and
treatment lounges, co-ed
corridor); Ardex SD-T (retail);
Chilewich Vinyl Flooring
(locker room corridors,
treatment rooms, treatment
corridors); Furniture:
American Atelier (women's dry
lounge sideboard base);
Beaufurn (infusion bar table
base); Bright Chair Co.
(women's grooming); Powell &
Bonnell (women's attendant
station benches); Twentieth
(men's and women's attendant
station lounge chairs); gLass:
Bendheim (men's and
women's attendant stations);
Selch and Co. (co-ed dry
lounge round table); Schott
(retail); Lighting: Aton
(treatment room wall sconces,
retail); Luceplan (women's
grooming and toilet); Oty
Lighting (co-ed dry lounge
wall sconce); surFacing:
3form (cast resin panel spa
pool feature, retail); Aton
(co-ed dry lounge suspended
ceiling panels); Barrisol
(stretched spa pool ceiling);
Corian (men's and women's
lockers, grooming, toilets, wet
treatment rooms); DEX
Studios (infusion bar table top,

women's dry lounge sideboard
table top); Federal Stone
Industries Inc. (spa pool and
Jacuzzi concrete coping);
Formica (main reception,
men's and women's attendant
stations; massage/facial/body/
combo treatment rooms);
Wilsonart (linen storage and
linen handling); stone:
Manhattan Stone (stair B & C,
men's and women's showers);
M. Teixeira Stone (sink
counter); Stone Source (spa
pool, men's and women's wet
lounges); tiLe: Ann Sacks
(lockers, locker corridors,
grooming, restrooms,
showers, wet lounges, co-ed
dry lounge); Barcelona
Showroom (locker corridors);
Creative Materials (wet lounge
pools pool interior); Dal-Tile
Corp. (linen storage and
handling, closets, service
pantries, back of infusion bar);
Hastings Tile and Bath
(mosaic tile in grotto spa pool
and Jacuzzi); Manhattan Stone
(men's and women's showers,
treatment rooms); Nemo Tile
(all treatment rooms except
wet treatment rooms);
Prospec (spa pool, shower and
Jacuzzi, infusion bar, fireplace
lounge, salt grotto, bar
restrooms, steam rooms);
Sicis (mosaic tile in bath house
lounge); Town and Country
Flooring (infusion bar back
wall and bar front); WaLLcoVerings: Evergreene
Painting Studio (fire lounge,
fire and co-ed dry lounges,
main reception, infusion bar,
retail); Koroseal (men's and
women's dry lounges); Wolf
Gordon (massage/facial/body/
combo treatment rooms)

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