Case Study — Private Residence

Cedar Sauna.

A private commission — clear western red cedar, white quartz, stainless steel and a HUUM heater. A quiet recovery room set inside the home.

Client

Private

Scope

Design · Build

Timber

Clear WR Cedar

Heater

HUUM

— Brief

A residential sauna with the calm of a hotel spa.

The brief: a quiet, glass-fronted sauna paired with a wet zone, built into an existing home. Clear-grade western red cedar throughout, white quartz on the wet wall, stainless fixtures and a HUUM heater for a soft, even heat. Concealed perimeter lighting keeps the room feeling weightless after dark.

View through window into cedar sauna and quartz shower

Cedar bench and concealed perimeter lighting inside the sauna

— Exterior

A small building, built right.

White epoxy stucco envelope, black standing-seam tin roof, and blacked-out cedar soffit and fascia. Deep-set black-framed windows let the cedar interior glow at night.

Sauna building exterior at night — white stucco, black roof, glowing cedar interior

Window detail — view through black-framed window into cedar sauna

— Materials

Built from four things.

Clear Western Red Cedar

Hand-selected, knot-controlled cedar — walls, ceiling and benches.

White Quartz

Seamless wet wall and shower surround — soft, bright, low maintenance.

White Epoxy Stucco

Hand-troweled epoxy stucco envelope — crisp, durable, weather-tight.

Black Tin Roof

Standing-seam tin roof with blacked-out cedar soffit and fascia.

Stainless Appliances

Brushed stainless rainfall shower and trim — quiet, durable, timeless.

HUUM Heater

Estonian-engineered heater — soft, even löyly with a clean profile.

— Note

"A private hotel sauna, fitted into the rhythm of a home."

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