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Guy Savoy
Wood themes run throughout The Cove Spa in Idaho, including
the cedar-lines sauna and outdoor immersion pool. The Spa pools
were also built with 62,000 pounds of local granite.
PHOTOS: © DEBORAH HARDEE
Wellness, as a concept, can be complex.
We know wellness when we feel it, but
the processes involved in spa design and
how the feeling of wellness is achieved are
rarely explored. It is understood, however, that through space and materials,
great spas have the power to embody and
sustain feelings of peace, mindfulness and
cognitive flow – all root systems of the
wellness experience.
The two spas noted here have very different external environments and architectural landscapes, yet both use their setting
– one in the Rocky mountains of McCall,
Idaho, the other in the high Sonoran desert
outside of Tucson – as a starting point for
their wellness journeys.
Experience ‘Life in Balance’
in Idaho and Arizona
by Susan Kime
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T H E C O V E S P A is associated with
the historic Shore Lodge on Payette
Lake, and the Whitetail Club in
McCall, Idaho. Mark Natale, one of
the spa designers, says, “It seemed
only natural that this spa would be
one based on a sense of adventure,
given the fact that McCall is such
a year-round sports destination.
McCall is set on Payette Lake – glacial water surrounded by the western edge of the Rocky Mountains.
Outdoor enthusiasts come for the
skiing, summer hiking and winter
cross-country and snowmobiling.
Yet along with that sense of adventure, we wanted to have that sense
of sanctuary also.”
Designers built two immersion pools, one indoor and another
outside. “They needed to feel like
natural hot springs,” Natale says.
“To accomplish this we excavated
68,000 pounds of local granite boul-
ders, hand-selecting the right size and
shaped them for the design, placing
each one individually as borders to
the immersion pools. The floor-toceiling glass wall that separates the
indoor and outdoor pools can be
opened to create an open air space in
the warmer months. In the winter,
the outdoor immersion pool is a
refuge, a sanctuary really, reflecting
the extreme natural mountain/lake
beauty of this area.”
In addition, the spa lobby is built
with pine logs that run from floor
to the ceiling, and moving into the
walkway, organic scents of natural
wood, eucalyptus and oak calm further, even before entering treatment
rooms and immersion pools. The
Pacific Northwest antique oak walls
in the spa impart deeper fragrances,
all designed to impart a sense of
mountain calm, long before any
treatment begins.
real estate
A giant symbol made of oxidized steel and copper with a turquoise stone
center welcomes guests, copper being a cleansing metal and turquoise being a
PHOTOs: © Ken Hayden
spiritual Native American stone. Relaxation awaits in the Spa Suite Lounge
In May 2012, Miraval unveiled its
new Life I n Ba la n c e S p a
w it h Cla rin s , using the Clarins
product line. With a deeper focus
on sustainability, the new spa’s focus
defines the ideals of its world famous
designer, Clodagh, whose mantra
involves the idea of life enhancing
minimalism. In this spa there is no
clutter, opulence or excess. The spa
mirrors the authentic experience of
the high Arizona desert, through its
design, materials and history.
On the entrance wall of the spa
building, is a giant symbol made of
oxidized steel and copper with a turquoise stone center, copper being a
cleansing metal and turquoise being a
spiritual Native American stone.
Other features instill a sense of
calm, even when walking to the spa. A
trough filled with tactile pebbles, and
a giant bowl of round stones, encourages guests to build cairns, personal
markers, similar to those found on
the Sonoran landscape. The welcome
walkway moves toward a reflecting
pool, with fragrant native plants like
sage, lavender and deer grass. In the
evening, a fire bowl is lighted, symbolizing the glow of Miraval mindfulness
and desert minimalism.
Other examples of great design, all
from the desert, are part of the Miraval Spa with Clarins experience. One
side the orientation desk has a 20-foot
slice fallen cedar tree. A huge glass wall
offers views of the nearby Catalina and
Tortolita Mountains. A long hallway
lined with aged reclaimed cedar leads
to the treatment rooms.
With natural scents, textures and
colors of the Sonoran desert creating
unique wellness architecture, Clodagh
says, “Design and architecture are not
just disciplines, but also healing arts
that support and enhance the spirit as
well as the body.”
Mir aval
Life In B al an ce
with Cl ari ns Spa
Tucson, Arizona
(800) 232-3969
miravalresorts.com
T h e Co ve S p a ,
S h or e Lo d ge
Whitetail, McCall Idaho
(800) 657-6464
shorelodge.com
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