Aesop's Paris offices converted into temporary treatment rooms
The Rue Saint-Honoré offices of skincare brand Aesop have been transformed by Benjamin Paulin into a temporary space for facial appointments and treatments. More
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Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa photographed by Fernando Guerra
These images by Portuguese photographer Fernando Guerra offer a tour of Peter Zumthor's thermal baths at Vals, which celebrate their 20th anniversary this year (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma completes Chinese spa resort with pixellated stonework
The pieces of multi-tonal stone used to construct this spa resort in southwest China by Kengo Kuma give the complex a pixelated appearance (+ slideshow). More
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MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple adds timber-clad spa to its House 22 in Nova Scotia
A wooden boardwalk leads inside this timber-clad gym and spa building, designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects to accompany a residence on Nova Scotia's Atlantic coast (+ slideshow). More
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Tailor Made Arkitekter merges an archetypal barn with a glasshouse for lakeside spa in Sweden
Half greenhouse, half rust-coloured barn, this spa and events space by Tailor Made Arkitekter stands on the edge of Lake Vättern in southern Sweden (+ slideshow). More
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Vo Trong Nghia adds bamboo restaurant and beach bar to spa resort in Vietnam
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has added three bamboo buildings with thatched roofs to the Naman Retreat in Vietnam, including a restaurant filled with huge trumpet-shaped columns (+ slideshow). More
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Students use scaffolding to build Urban Spa in a Mexican park
Students from the Institute of Architecture and Design Chihuahua have used scaffolding, wood and fabric to turn a disused park fountain into a shaded urban spa for local residents (+ slideshow). More
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Vietnam spa by MIA Design Studio features latticed walls, hanging gardens and pools of water
White latticed screens and trailing planting shade the glazed facade of this Vietnam day spa, by MIA Design Studio, from the midday sun (+ slideshow). More
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Aim Architecture constructs spa resort around hot springs in rural Sichuan
A glass walkway wraps a steamy geothermal pool at the heart of this spa resort in rural China, while timber-clad villas create sleeping quarters among the vegetation (+ slideshow). More
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João Mendes Ribeiro expands a wine-tasting hotel in rural Portugal
Raw concrete and timber boxes create rooms inside these gabled blocks, added to a hotel on a vineyard in rural Portugal by architect and set designer João Mendes Ribeiro (+ slideshow). More
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The Barking Bathhouse by Something & Son
These hand-drawn illustrations by Hackney design studio Something & Son explain the designs for a temporary spa that opens tomorrow in Barking, east London. More
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Spa Atrapa Árbol by LAND Arquitectos
A herb garden surrounds this glass-fronted spa in Santiago by Chilean studio LAND Arquitectos. More
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Concept villas for golf and spa resort, Dubrovnik, by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have designed two prototype villas for a site overlooking the historic town of Dubrovnik in Croatia. More
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Therme Wien by 4a Architekten
Colourful ceiling mosaics mark areas for different activities at this thermal spa in Vienna by 4a Architekten of Stuttgart. More
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Ananda by Doshi Levien
London studio Doshi Levien have designed this domestic spa for Italian brand Glass Idromassaggio. More
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Floating gardens by Anne Holtrop
Dutch architect Anne Holtrop has collaborated with green technology firm Studio Noach and botanist Patrick Blanc to propose an artificial floating island containing gardens and a spa. More
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Kanebo Sensai Select Spa by Gwenael Nicolas
Tokyo designer Gwenael Nicolas of Curiosity has completed a spa in Interlaken, Switzerland, with silk panels hanging in layers from the ceiling. More
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Super Sense Spa by KUU
Shanghai architecture and design studio KUU completed this spa late last year. More
