Built back in the 19th century, the Krasnopresnensky baths have turned into a huge modern health complex, which carefully preserves all the bathhouse traditions of the past. In the early 2000s, a large-scale reconstruction and redevelopment of the premises was carried out here, and now there are many women's and men's departments of various categories, as well as Russian steam rooms, Finnish saunas, spacious swimming pools, hot tubs, its own gym, solarium, laundry and salon beauty. In terms of price-quality ratio, perhaps the best baths in Moscow. Perfect place for a male or female company, family vacation, youth and elderly people. Clean, cozy and very friendly.

A real palace of bath art, built in 1808 and still not losing its popularity among Muscovites and visitors. The interiors amaze with their splendor; you can come here as if on an excursion to a museum and immediately immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the century before last. There are three men's and two women's bathhouses, there are spacious relaxation rooms, many showers, deep pools under huge stucco vaults, and real Russian steam rooms. The Sanduny restaurant always serves cold beer, mead, rye kvass with horseradish, ice-cold vodka, and dishes of Russian, Uzbek and Chinese cuisine.

The oldest three-story bath complex in Moscow, which has been under reconstruction for a long time. But after the Gizma Project company acquired it and carried out major renovations, a restaurant was located on the ground floor. The women's department occupies the entire second floor, the men's department on the third. The bath rooms are huge and very clean. There is a small pool where you can take a dip after the steam room. Tuesday is a visiting day only for privileged categories of citizens. On other days, visits are at full price. And although the prices cannot be called low, you can purchase a subscription for 5 or 10 visits.

There are three bathhouse sections: women's and two men's (first and second category). The steam rooms are made of deciduous wood (oak, ash, larch, linden) and equipped with gas stoves with cast iron blocks, which create the atmosphere of a real traditional Russian bath. The establishment operates all year round without interruption, despite summer water outages, there is always hot water here. On Sunday mornings, they serve a special steam with eucalyptus, horseradish and hawthorn - the best remedy from a cold. There are containers with boiling water everywhere, you can brew tea for free. There is a swimming pool with ice water, massage tables and its own restaurant, where the food is very tasty.

The oldest baths in Moscow, built in 1888, are included in the list of “14 most interesting baths in the world”, according to Forbes. The soaring procedure has been elevated to a real ritual here. Thanks to the unique atmosphere of the vaulted steam rooms, which have not been rebuilt since their foundation, you can always try real “light steam” here. And thanks to our own boiler room, we can constantly maintain correct temperature in steam rooms. There are women's and men's departments, as well as superior rooms.

The bath complex is located in several buildings built by Stalin in 1938. Despite this, modest but high-quality renovations have been made in all departments. However, true connoisseurs loved this place for its high-quality steam, cold pools and plunge pools, and at very affordable prices. In addition to the public section, there are several VIP lounges with private booths. One of the few places in Moscow where visiting time is not taken into account, and you can relax all day long.

For many years, the Izmailovo baths have been famous for their chic interior, perfect cleanliness and order. That is why it is customary to come here with children, especially since children under 7 years old have free admission, from 7 to 12 years old - a 50% discount. In the bathhouse building there is a hairdresser, a body philosophy studio, and a solarium. Here you can get a manicure and pedicure, or visit spa treatments. Two large halls welcome visitors, divided into “men’s” and “women’s” days. It is better to clarify the schedule and coordinate a visit in advance by phone.

A public bathhouse popular since Soviet times. Simple and cozy interior, calm pleasant music, spacious and bright rooms, unlimited visiting hours. Friendly staff, professional massage therapists and bath attendants greet and escort any client as a member of the family. In the building of the bath complex there is a beauty salon, hairdresser, Finnish sauna, Russian bath, and Turkish bath. A large selection of aromatic oils for the steam room, a spacious deep pool with ice-cold water, separate changing cabins where tea and dishes from a cafe with Russian cuisine are served.

The bathhouse has existed since 1936 and consists of 6 halls, designed in different styles. The establishment is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Steaming in a Russian bath is carried out using birch wood. Three large renovated halls accommodate big companies up to 25 people. There are two small family saunas for 2-6 people. Professional bathhouse attendants soar with oak and birch brooms and give massages. The complex has 10 lounges, its own gym, karaoke, large swimming pools and a billiards room.

Baths appeared back in the 18th century; water for them was taken from the nearby Neglinensky ponds. The Seleznevskie baths, along with the Sandunovskie baths, were a favorite vacation spot. The Seleznevskie baths are unique in their design - the red brick bath buildings stand not on a foundation, but on oak piles, under which small rivers flow.

Russian bathhouse - in our time modern times This is not only a traditional washing room, steam room and a terribly cramped dressing room.

Increasingly, the eyes of homeowners are drawn to the designs of unusual bathhouses: with a veranda, fireplace, swimming pool, barbecue oven, relaxation rooms, extensive terrace... and this is not the limit of the architects’ imagination!

Bath complex in a vest

Original bathhouses or triple pleasure

In this article, we invite you to get acquainted with non-standard baths that go beyond the boring boundaries of everyday life, in which relaxing is not just pleasant and interesting, but unforgettable! After all, here you have a unique opportunity to receive three types of pleasure at once: physical, mental and aesthetic.

Interesting projects

So, let's see what solutions have recently become popular among our compatriots when building baths:

1. Bath complex with a swimming pool. We would like to immediately dispel the myth that the implementation of such a project is mega expensive - professional builders and home craftsmen have long confirmed the opposite. The price of building a bathhouse from timber with a small pool is affordable to almost everyone, especially if the artificial reservoir is not heated and not covered. But projects of two-story buildings with an indoor pool are more expensive. Yes, and there is room here to expand architecturally.

Compact pool inside the bathhouse

1. Billiards and sauna are another excellent combination that will surely interest many representatives of the stronger sex! By and large, such projects provide for the presence of at least one recreation room - billiard equipment is located in it. The area of ​​this room can vary from a minimum of 20 m² to 40 m² or more.

Bath complex with a billiard room on the attic floor

Quite often, a billiard room is built on the second, that is, attic floor. In this case, the free space is organized in the most ergonomic way: on the ground floor there is a washing room, a steam room and a relaxation room, on the second there is a billiard room.

1. Buildings with an attic. Of course, this is far from an innovation, but every year enterprising architects come up with more and more interesting projects baths with an additional attic floor. In addition, this is a unique opportunity to never get extra square meters without expanding the total area of ​​the building. What can be done from the second floor? Set up the same billiard room, recreation room, gym or even office with your own hands!

Picturesque bathhouse with attic

1. An unusual bathhouse with a veranda or terrace. Agree, it is the absence or presence of open/closed extensions that forms the overall aesthetic perception of the building, its colorful, unique appearance.
   For example, a terrace located frontally, along the wall of a bathhouse, or along the entire facade or even a bay window is not just additional useful squares, but also a decoration of the bathhouse, its distinguishing feature, business card!

Advice!
Even if for some reason you prefer a standard bathhouse design to an individual one, then it can be made original by wisely choosing the location, shape and type of extension.
Try equipping a traditional corner log house with a veranda, and you will be surprised how much more unusual your bathhouse will become.

A cozy steam room combined with a small relaxation room and a terrace

1. Barrel sauna. According to ancient legend, a certain sage named Diogenes lived in a barrel. Much water has passed under the bridge since then, but this legend is alive to this day, only in its embodied form. Unfortunately, it is not known from history who first “gave birth” to the idea that in oak barrel you can have a great steam bath... but one step or two and today we can admire the most interesting bathhouses in the form of barrels!

In the photo - a barrel sauna made of fragrant cedar

Baths of this type appeared in the middle of the 20th century in snowy Finland and instantly won the hearts of the European people. Not surprising, because in addition to its colorful appearance, a barrel sauna, compared to a typical square building, warms up quickly and retains heat longer.

This is what she looks like inside

For your information!
Today there are also models of barrel baths that are placed on a mobile chassis in the form of a trailer.
This solution allows you to take it with you if, for example, you want to get out into nature and have a good soak there.

Top 5 most extraordinary baths in the world

What kind of wonders can you find on the globe!

Now, having looked at the most unusual projects baths, avid steamers will be eager to try on their own bodies the results of procedures in such steaming facilities:

• “Saunaforall” or simply “Sauna for everyone”! This phenomenon is located in the Czech town of Liberec. Those who built it did not have to build a solid foundation, as they came up with a more original solution. The sauna for everyone is located right in the middle of the river, on stilts, not far from the city beach.

Those who want to visit this bathhouse do not need to pay money, since it is completely free. Instructions for use: just place an order with the architectural studio MjolkArchitects, who built it from wooden frames, plywood, spruce planks and aluminum.

• And in Milan there is an interesting bathhouse in a tram trailer. A company of 10 people can easily fit in it. A plasma screen is also installed here, on the screen of which they show the interesting history of Milanese trams.

The bathhouse is right on the tram!

• Turku Archipelago, Lake Larsmo – a fabulous steam bath. In this stunning place you can not only take a steam bath at any time of the year, but also admire the beauty of the picturesque natural region from the sauna floating on the lake.

• Finland, Ylläs ski resort...You can soar in the air and steam! After all, the bathhouse is located in the cabin of a real lift. Probably an unforgettable experience!

The steam room can accommodate four people, and the entire bathing procedure takes 40 minutes: the mobile capsule manages to rise to a height of 500 meters and descend twice.

For your information!
As an additional bonus, so to speak, you will certainly be offered to cool off in the purest snow at the top of the mountain.

• Well, who would have imagined that on the territory ice arena may be the most real bathhouse?! The dream of almost every man is to relax in a steam room and enjoy the game of his favorite hockey team!

Unusual baths - exoticism at its finest
Unusual baths: video instructions for choosing your own, projects, price, photos

The most unusual baths in the world

The most unusual baths in the world are, of course, in northern countries. After all, despite cultural and national differences, all of us, residents of the northern hemisphere, are united by a passion for steaming our frozen limbs in a hot bath. Today, a classic bathhouse no longer surprises anyone, and modern architects are trying to come up with unusual baths, in which people would be interested in steaming.

The most unusual baths in the world

This unusual bathhouse called Sauna for all (“Sauna for everyone”) and it is located in the Czech city of Liberec. its builders did not need to build the foundation for the bathhouse with their own hands, because they came up with a more interesting design solution. This bathhouse stands on stilts in the middle of the river, not far from the city beach. In order to visit it, you do not need to pay, it is absolutely free. You just need to place an order with the architectural studio Mjolk Architects, which built it from a dozen wooden frames, spruce boards, plywood and aluminum.

This unusual bathhouse designed and built by architect Fritz Beblo. Today she is considered historical monument France.

An unusual bathhouse in a tram car is located in Milan. It can accommodate a company of ten people. This bathhouse has a plasma screen on which the history of Milanese trams is broadcast.

Unusual for everyone except Russian people bathhouse in black, it is located on the shore of one of the Russian lakes. Its foundation is rock. It is heated by a stove.

This 17-meter monster is perhaps the largest mobile sauna based on a Volvo truck tractor. There is a real Finnish sauna here. It is practically no different from a stationary sauna; it is also made of logs, with one difference that it is installed on the wheels of a trailer. You can rent such a sauna for a whole year. Do you want to invite 20 people to the sauna at the same time? A sauna truck will solve this problem. Or you can get together as a group and go out into nature, taking with you beer, fish and a sauna...

This steam bath, similar to a small fairy-tale palace, is based in an equally fabulous beautiful place– in the area of ​​Lake Larsmo (Turku archipelago). In addition to the crew, it can accommodate 15 people. In winter, the bathhouse also works, but is laid up. The rest of the time you can not only take a steam bath, but also admire the beauty of this unique natural region from the sauna floating on the lake.

On ski resort Ylläs, Finland, an unusual sauna has appeared, where guests can not only take a steam bath, but literally soar - the sauna is located in the cabin of a real lift.

The steam room can accommodate four people. An unusual bath procedure takes 40 minutes: during this time, the mobile capsule rises twice to a height of 500 m and descends. The flying sauna is equipped with everything necessary for a wonderful pastime. And as an additional option, you will be offered to cool off in the purest snow at the top of the mountain.

Well, who would have thought that a bathhouse could be located on the territory of an ice arena... Sitting in unusual bathhouse, you can not only take a steam bath, but also watch hockey matches on the ice. The only danger is the combination of the heat of the sauna and the intensity of hockey passions. So this pleasure is only for seasoned and strong-hearted fans!

The most unusual baths in the world
The most unusual baths in the world are, of course, in the northern countries. Indeed, despite cultural and national differences, all of us, residents of the northern

About the log house and frame

The most popular building material used for the construction of baths remains wood. The greatest demand is for two types of structures, constructed from a frame or rounded logs. The history of log construction goes back many thousands of years. There were log buildings in areas densely covered with forest. The log houses were built mainly by residents of poorer classes. The wealthier ones built stone chambers for themselves.

Today, not everyone can afford to build a log structure. The market dictates demand, which has recently increased significantly, and wood has acquired a very high price. Log houses are considered the most expensive buildings. In addition, the technology for manufacturing a log structure is quite uneconomical. During the construction of a log house, a a large number of waste that has no use anywhere else and must be disposed of as construction waste.

Construction technology wooden houses from a frame, followed by filling the internal cavities with special materials and subsequent cladding of the finished structure, was developed in the West. It came to us under the name “Canadian technology” and contains the concept of building wooden houses using an almost waste-free method.

Interesting solutions in wooden construction

Very often the following picture is observed in a person’s behavior when he acquires a plot of land in a suburban area. As a rule, the very first step for many is laying the foundation for a future bathhouse. Note, not buildings in which you can live, but rooms where there is an opportunity to rest, relax and get pleasure for the soul and body.

A Russian person and a steam room are practically inseparable concepts. The existing tribute to the traditions of bathing events has firmly settled in the Russian consciousness, and a comfortable rest at the end of the working week for many becomes a kind of fetish, goal and aspiration. But this is not surprising. As a result, plans, diagrams and projects of country wooden baths are born. They can be included in the calculation of the construction of the main houses, representing a small house with a small wood-burning bathhouse, or a bathhouse and a garage under one roof, or a completely separate, separate building.

A classic of the genre is the traditional country house wooden building, built on a coastal strip near a river or on the edge of a picturesque lake. The material for such buildings are various variations of natural wood. Depending on the financial status of the owner of the steam room, the erected object of “cult” can be made of logs. A small percentage of log buildings are laid by hand. A little more often you will see buildings made of rounded logs. The most common buildings are made of glued or profiled timber in the form of small houses with a small bathhouse. This is obvious, since timber buildings are considered the most affordable in terms of pricing.

We all know that wood belongs to the category of the most environmentally friendly building material with a unique air exchange system, a low thermal conductivity coefficient, thanks to which the premises retain heat perfectly, do not release steam to the outside and emit a unique aroma of wood, full of charm and attributed to medicinal properties.

All about the variety of projects

Designing wooden baths today represents an entire branch of production. Among the huge number of ready-made standard projects, you can find both small buildings, 3x3 or 3x4 in size, containing a standard set of premises - a steam room, a washing room and a dressing room, as well as luxurious two or three-story apartments of a bathhouse complex. The project may include premises with the most diverse and fantastic purposes and functionality.

The construction of baths has long gone beyond the framework of standard projects containing traditional elements, such as a steam room, a washing room and a dressing room. More and more, customers are giving preference to buildings equipped with spacious terraces with the possibility of a barbecue or a large fireplace, wide gyms with treadmills, swimming pools and a plunge pool. Original, mostly non-standard projects are submitted for development by modern customers.

Original sauna with barbecue oven

An original combination of a bath complex equipped with a barbecue oven, located on a wide terrace. The result of the design is the creation of conditions for a comfortable stay surrounded by close relatives and friends. The stove is built-in, one side opens into the rest room. This solution eliminates the question of having a heating system for the relaxation area.

Original sauna with swimming pool

The most popular megaproject at the present stage. The existing mythical idea of ​​​​the excessively expensive construction of a swimming pool has sunk into oblivion, thanks to the mass of information that developers and builders have disseminated. A small free-standing swimming pool without a heating system, equipped with a canopy and a log structure, is an affordable pleasure for almost everyone.

Wooden two-story bathhouse complexes with a swimming pool are the crowning achievement of the architectural solution. Here you will find the most unexpected finds of bold design ideas. Every individual project is a unique ensemble of wood and stone.

Original bathhouse with billiards room

Very interesting projects with the placement of a billiards room. In all the plans presented, the rooms equipped for billiards have different areas - from 20 to 40 sq.m and above. As a rule, the billiard room is located on the attic floor, leaving the lower floor for the sauna complex, which includes the main relaxation area.

Original bathhouse with veranda

Many projects with different locations of extensions in the form of verandas, terraces and patios emphasize the uniqueness of each individual scheme. The veranda can be located frontally, or along the entire facade or wall. Each solution has its own style and is business card baths

Original bathhouse with terrace

Standard projects are often equipped with terraces. A terrace with a corner bathhouse erected in one of the corners of the building site will look beautiful and carry the full functional load. A building with a terrace gives a special coziness to the owner’s territory.

Original bathhouse with attic

An unsurpassed opportunity to increase the usable area of ​​a building without changing the boundaries of the foundation. At the same time, you can truly change the appearance of an old steam room, giving it an unsurpassed original appearance. The attic is the most popular decision made when building a guest house-bath.

Original solution! Mobile barrel sauna on wheels

Beautiful bathhouse designs, unusual and new solutions
Beautiful bathhouse designs: new design solutions, an unusual approach to a standard bathhouse design, modern trends and echoes of antiquity in the design of a traditional bathhouse.

Unusual baths

There are Russian baths, there are Turkish, there are Japanese, and there are unusual baths, those that are used in narrow circles, not so common, and some may not even know about their existence and that such a bath can bring any benefit. Next, we will consider in more detail the popular non-traditional unusual baths.

Sand bath

The bathhouse is unusual - the sand bath is quite common, river and sea sand have their own healing properties, which our ancestors knew about. Sand in direct sunlight heats up and gives off heat and chemical elements. During the unusual sand procedure, the sand heats up and retains heat, and thanks to its crushed particles, sweat is absorbed quickly when sweating is continuous. Sweat is absorbed evenly, and in one such procedure you can lose about 600 grams of weight. With this procedure, the body avoids sudden changes in temperature, and therefore the load on the body is minimized. Taking a sand bath goes something like this: it forms a hole with a small depression, the length is the height of a person, the body is covered with sand, preferably up to the neck, and do not forget to cover your head or put up an umbrella, your head should remain in the shade. The procedure lasts about 10 minutes, and then take a swim in river or sea water. This unusual sand bath is useful for people with a weakened body, for diseases such as arthritis, nephritis, and women's diseases. Contraindicated for neoplasms, anemia, tuberculosis and depletion of the body.

Bath in a bag with birch leaves

A sauna in a bag with leaves is simple and unusual; a person is placed in a bag filled with birch leaves. The peculiarity of this procedure is that a special microclimate is formed inside the bag, and birch leaves have excellent medicinal properties. With profuse sweating, all toxins are simultaneously released from the body and at the same time healing microelements of the leaves enter. The same thing can be done not with birch leaves, but with flower hay, the effect will also be beneficial, and the aroma will be divine!

Bathhouse in a dung heap

A bathhouse in a dung heap, an even more exotic and unusual bathhouse probably cannot be imagined, but such a thing exists. This bath is useful for people with radiculitis and painful joints. A person is buried in manure for a couple of hours, the rotting process has a beneficial effect on the body, and visiting it about 20 times will show incredible results. Therefore, if you overcome yourself and place yourself in an unusual bathhouse - a bath with a smell, the healing effect will not be long in coming.

Unusual technologies are bursting into our lives faster than a tornado: today those who have not yet figured out a smartphone consider themselves residents of the last century. And the same story in construction: no matter how proven and good the bricks and logs turn out to be, tomorrow the bathhouses will already begin to “spit out” huge printers, and ordinary people are already building their steam rooms from scrap materials, competing to see whose architectural invention will last longer . Have you always dreamed of building a stunning steam room on your property? Adopt new technology!

Baths in style 2999

Build a bathhouse with ideal geometric shapes according to a standard drawing? Boring! So, at least modern architects think, and distort forms as much as they can:

Do you want to build such a miracle? Here are a couple more photo instructions:

Volume-modular construction: time of transformers

This interesting construction method appeared not so long ago in North America, and already today there are entrepreneurs in Russia who have taken note of the idea. It all looks like this: in the morning on land plot a truck with a container arrives, the cargo is removed from the trailer and placed on a foundation (concrete slab or piles, for example). Just four people unfold the house with their bare hands and connect the devices with communications. It was day one.

On the second day, furniture is delivered and the space is minimally decorated. On the third day, the whole family can move in and live. More such containers mean a more spacious house. The minimum area of ​​one such house is as much as 70 sq.m.

Moreover, it is not at all difficult to equip a Finnish sauna in such a house as a built-in one. And if you want to move somewhere, such a bath house can just as quickly be disassembled and transported in the same container. The second contains furniture, a sauna and household appliances. Amazing, isn't it?

Of course, this is an economical option. One such container in Russia costs from 15 to 30 thousand rubles per square meter. True, at this stage the issue of expensive transportation of such a house has not yet been resolved. So, for now, prefabricated Canadian bath houses are not very interesting for the ordinary Russian person, although marketers are actively working on this problem.

In the meantime, mini-saunas without a foundation are gaining popularity:

Transparent concrete: steam rooms in the form of ice sculptures

A sensational novelty among construction technologies is transparent concrete. This innovative composite material has the ability to truly transmit light, but it truly has all the properties of regular concrete. The same strength, water resistance, heat and sound insulation. But from now on, in such a bathhouse it will be possible to see not only what kind of stove is used and how many shelves are in the steam room, but also the vacationers themselves.

This miracle of technology came to us from the USA. For the first time, fences for government buildings began to be built from it, but several transparent objects have already been built in Sweden and Japan. For example, the main building of BMW was erected using this particular technology, for which it received the German Architecture Prize in 2005.

Lamps are also made from transparent concrete, the creator of which, architect A. Loshontsi, now gives lectures all over the world about the possibilities of construction from such a material.

Transparent concrete consists of a fine-grained matrix and fiber - dispersedly reinforced sections of glass fibers. This material has excellent compressive, bending and tensile strength, good impact strength and frost resistance. But the weight, unlike conventional concrete, is 40-60% less.

But in Russia, transparent concrete is considered more of a thermal insulation material than a monolith - there is even such a term as PTI, transparent thermal insulation. This also includes polycarbonate, by the way. Another transparent concrete that is actively used abroad is concrete, which is made by crushing broken glass using special equipment and gluing them together. But you won’t be able to see anything completely through such walls—in the same bathhouse, only silhouettes will be visible. Read more about new construction technologies on the website remvizor.ru - there are a lot of worthy articles there.

We also note separately the Frozen Smoke airgel, which is also called “frozen smoke”. It consists of 1% silicon anhydride and as much as 99% air. A bathhouse built using such material is simply breathtaking: it seems that the bricks are simply hanging in the air! But this gel is also fireproof, which is of particular value for a steam room.

Being very light, airgel is capable of holding enormous weights. And it is even used in space - to catch dust from the tail of comets. But it seems that a cosmic miracle will soon be in every home - all leading architects are sure of this. Shelves, a stove and even stones in the air - why not? There will be something to surprise your friends!

3D printers – the future has already arrived!

Already in several countries, special construction printers are being prepared for release at the same time, which are capable of printing entire buildings. These are the same 3D printers, only huge, and they print not with paint, but with concrete.

In appearance, the 3D printer looks like a designer set come to life: an overhead crane with a lifting capacity of 300 kg and a working area of ​​up to 20 m. Special rails have also been thought out for the design itself.

So, literally in a day, just one of the printers is capable of “printing” a house with an area of ​​200 sq.m. Instead of the reinforced foundation that we are used to, fiber cement is used, or rather, pseudo-reinforcement from it in the form of a W-link. Concrete is supplied from a device similar to a construction gun, and the concrete hardening time is different places strictly calculated. But the first step towards such a revolution was machine plastering, which saves a lot of time and provides excellent quality of work.

But for now, a 3D printer raises a lot of questions for many: will fiber cement replace a real foundation, how quickly does the mixture used harden in order to hold a new layer on itself, and why then does it not harden in the hose itself? How expensive will it be to rent such a colossus and how to move it? These are the questions that the creators of the 3D printer are working on. Let us remember that at one time faxing was also something of a fantasy, and 3D images were considered completely unrealizable. Therefore, it is quite possible that the scenario in the near future will develop like this: in the morning they wanted a bathhouse on the site - in the afternoon the 3D printer arrived - in the evening they already began the first decoration of the walls!

So, in Southern California, Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis has already built something similar - his creation builds a house by producing separate ready-made blocks, the dimensions of which are strictly calculated. This 3D printer model is equipped with a special nozzle through which concrete is poured. Everything is controlled via a computer. This technology is called “Contour Crafting”, and thanks to it, a completely finished frame of a house or bathhouse appears in the white light. But windows, doors and communications are all done by hand.

You will be surprised, but in fact, 3D printers have existed for a long time and are actively used. Using such technologies, wood, iron and polymers are already printed. So why not build entire houses the way wasps and bees do?

Construction of a bathhouse with permanent formwork

Yes, we are talking about that very convenient permanent formwork that is increasingly used today for foundations - convenient and thermally efficient. But recently they began to build walls from such material. Moreover, today the main material used is polystyrene foam - such houses are warm and inexpensive, and with properly organized ventilation, the microclimate in such a building will be absolutely healthy. But when building a bathhouse using such an unusual technology, it is customary to remove the foam from inside the building - after the concrete itself has hardened. And use more natural materials as insulation.

But in the near future, scientists are going to use more environmentally friendly alternatives to foam using the same technology. So warm and light bathhouses will be built in just a week!

The only thing that the owners of such houses worry about is that any polystyrene foam contained in laminate, plastic windows, polystyrene foam, rubber mats and linoleum releases a harmful volatile substance called phenol. Therefore, ventilation in modern house really needed not only because of the walls.

Dome baths: unique technology in a new way

You have already heard that unique greenhouses, houses and bathhouses are being built in the form of geodesic domes: here is an example of this amazing technology:

And this architectural wonder It’s really economical and looks amazing on any site, which is why work on this method continues to this day. And now, another know-how: now such houses and baths will not be built, and not even printed, but... inflated.

This method was proposed by the architect Nicolo Bini. In just a couple of hours, with little expense, you get a wonderful building, without seams or any interpanel joints. This dome is called Binishell, and the forefather of this technology was Dante Bini, who built a similar house right next to active volcano Etna. Moreover, the domed house was able to withstand both hurricanes and earthquakes. And here's how binichell is built today:

• Step 1. The foundation is being built.
• Step 2. A ball and a durable membrane are placed on the foundation.
• Step 3. Temporary formwork is installed around the ball.
• Step 4. All this is filled with a good layer of concrete.
• Step 5. Now, using a powerful pump, the balloon is inflated to the desired size. The concrete, which has not yet hardened, takes on the shape of a dome.
• Step 6: The balloon is deflated and packed away for construction of the next house.

Inexpensive, effective and cute. Such houses are even often given a “green” roof, and then the result is absolutely amazing.

Cordwood baths: a DIY masterpiece!

This construction material is called “clay mortar”. The basis is ordinary wooden firewood and clay with straw (Translated, cordwood means “woodpile”). And even if right now you imagine that this is how you can only build a decrepit rural house, you are mistaken:

Here are the main advantages of such eco-houses:

1. Building materials are free.
2. Excellent thermal insulation.
3. 100% environmentally friendly.
4. Original appearance.
5. Durability and amazing ease of repair.

Clay and wood have a similar ability to absorb and release moisture. In summer, such a bathhouse will even be cool until the stove is lit, and in winter it will be warm. The walls instantly absorb and release moisture, and therefore there is no point in worrying about some kind of insulation and expensive foil material.

So, you still don't have a sauna because you're on a budget? Adopt this unusual technology and all your neighbors will be amazed!

• Step 1. We prepare good firewood and clay. It is better not to take whole firewood for such buildings - they can, unfortunately, crack. But chopped ones, especially aspen, are perfect. A good length of firewood is from 40 to 60 cm. Now make a canopy over the finished walls and keep them like that for 1.5-2 months.
• Step 2. We make a rubble base as the foundation of the bathhouse. It should go no more than a meter deep into the ground. Fill the stone layer by layer with clay or cement mortar.
• Step 3: Get colored glass bottles for wall decorations.
• Step 4. Chop the hay with an ax so that it is not long. The amount of clay should be 20% of the total volume of firewood. And the amount of straw is 10-15% of the volume of clay. It is this composition that will prevent the clay from cracking later. Here's how to mix: in a trough with water, mix sand with clay and add hay directly there. Place this mixture on the firewood.
• Step 5. Place supports if the bathhouse has a standard rectangular shape.
• Step 6. Lay out the walls: in a continuous manner, with an air gap or with some kind of insulation. For example, the void space can be filled with sawdust - it will be much warmer.
• Step 7. We make the roof: regular or just straw.
• Step 8. Install the stove and shelves - the sauna is ready! But if you are going to finish such a bathhouse, then let it settle for at least a year.

Moreover, steam rooms with such walls turn out to be very warm and absolutely environmentally friendly.

Interestingly, in Canada you can still find houses built using exactly this technology 100 years ago - and they are in excellent condition! And historical documents indicate that such buildings existed even in Greece and Siberia.For example, the St. Petersburg “House of Lovers” is made from ordinary birch firewood and is already several hundred years old!

Despite the thickness of the walls, the structure itself is surprisingly light, and a strip rubble foundation is really enough for it.By the way, there are baths that are built from bottles alone:

But if you are building such a bathhouse with corners, then tie the rows in these places as with brickwork.

Great ideas and inspiring progress, right?

Nature of steam - wet or dry, as well as other components bath relaxation- vary depending on the region. Baths and saunas are most popular in the northern, cold regions of our planet. I bring to your attention the most popular and interesting baths in the world.

1. Rauhaniemi, Finland

As you know, Finns are experts in saunas. The most popular and oldest sauna in Finland is Rauhaniemi in Tampere, built back in 1906. It is located right on the shore big lake Nyasijarvi. This the best place for walruses in winter. Heated paths lead from the sauna directly into the lake, in which a spacious wormwood is cut down; the water temperature is 2-4 degrees Celsius. The extensive Rahaniemi steam room can accommodate about 70 people, and there is also a second, smaller steam room. For a good healing effect, it is recommended to warm up well in the steam room and cool off in the wormwood several times. In summer, a resort area is set up here with all the conditions for a beach holiday.

2. Flying sauna gondola, Finland

It is worth mentioning another Finnish sauna in the ski resort of Ylläs, Finland. Its unusual feature is that the sauna is located in... a cable car cabin! Cabin cable car lined with wood outside and inside. A session in the steam room lasts about 20 minutes - that’s how long it takes to climb to a height of 718 meters. Four people can fit in the sauna at the same time. If you wish, at the upper station of the cable car you can get out and plunge into the purest snow. The cabin is equipped with transparent windows from the inside, from where you can admire the impressive mountain landscapes. By the way, at the top station of the lift there is a stationary sauna that can accommodate 17 people, and the cable car cabin is like its “branch”.

3. Gellert, Hungary

There are about 120 thermal springs located in the capital of Hungary, Budapest. The healing power of hot mineral water The ancient Romans living in these territories noted for themselves. The most famous of resort complexes is located at the foot of Gellert Hill in the center of Budapest, right on the banks of the Danube River. The complex was opened back in 1918 and is one of the most beautiful architectural sights of the capital. Immersed in the fables of the Gellert complex, it seems as if you are taking a bath in at least cathedral- marble columns supporting high arches, multi-colored stained glass windows and colorful mosaics. There are baths and saunas, baths and swimming pools, thermal baths, massage services and other wellness treatments.

4. Friedrichsbad, Germany

During antiquity, on the territory of Baden-Baden, Germany, there were ancient Roman baths - public baths. Duke Frederick I dreamed of reviving the culture of health and recreation there. And in 1869, he ordered the construction of a majestic building for public baths in Baden-Baden. There is a men's and women's wing connected by a large swimming pool, and interior decoration The baths contain marble colonnades and statues of ancient gods. A tourist coming here for the first time will be recommended to go through the entire bathing ritual of Friedrichsbad, consisting of 17 procedures, following one after another. This ritual combines dry steam rooms, soapy massage, wet steam rooms, hydromassage pools, and the final part is a relaxation room where you can get plenty of sleep.

5. Liquidrom, Germany

In Germany, as you know, they know a lot about good music. That is why a hybrid of a bathhouse and... a nightclub was created here. The interior of the complex is decorated with natural stone, and the steam rooms are traditionally made of wood. There are dry and wet steam rooms, a salt cave and a sauna with a panoramic glass wall, massage rooms and an outdoor terrace with sun loungers for relaxation. The highlight of the Liquidrom complex is the extensive swimming pool with sea ​​water, where twilight and sparkling disco lights always reign. In the evenings you can hear sets from local DJs, and concerts are held on weekends. Moreover, the speakers are installed even underwater, so when you dive, you can hear the music even better.

6. Sauna Deco, Holland

A small sauna in the heart of Amsterdam, Holland, is known primarily for its unusual design for a sauna in the Art Deco style of the early 20th century. The exquisite details of the interior by the recognized master Boileau - a staircase with a bronze balustrade, a glass elevator shaft, gilded stained glass windows - were inherited from the sauna after the renovation of the interior in a large Parisian department store. There are no male or female sections; moreover, it is prohibited to wear swimsuits in the sauna. There are two saunas with different temperature conditions, as well as a Turkish hammam with eucalyptus steam, a hydromassage pool and an internal garden terrace. It is in the Deko sauna that the best massage therapists in Amsterdam work, and the queue for them is written far ahead.

7. Sandunovskie Bani, Russia

The public baths, built by theater actor Sandunov in 1818, are considered the most popular in Moscow. According to legend, the enterprising actor founded his own business with money raised from the sale of a diamond necklace given to his wife by Empress Catherine II as a wedding gift. At the end of the 19th century, a pompous building was erected on the site of the dilapidated baths, striking in its luxury and mixture of styles. The clients of the baths at that time were different - from ordinary people to rich merchants. The women's and men's sections are located separately, but the main architectural beauties are accessible only to men. An interesting fact is that bathhouse attendants and steamers work here in dynasties, each with their own day and their own clientele.

8. Gedyk Pasha, Türkiye

Authentic Turkish baths - Gedik Pasha Hammam - are the oldest in Istanbul, Türkiye. They were built back in the 15th century, and most guidebooks write that people go here exclusively local residents. However, this is not so, and a tourist who finds himself in the Gedik Pasha hammam will be pleasantly surprised. At the entrance you are given peshtemal towels and sheets. It is not too hot in the main hall of the Hararet, because it is customary to stay here for a long time, as if languishing and occasionally cooling off in the pool. For those who like something “hot”, there is a classic sauna with high temperature. In the center of the room there is a hot “belly stone”, on which clients receive a peeling massage using a hard mitt. Foam soap massage is also in favor here, which allows you to perfectly cleanse the skin. The men's and women's sections are located separately here.

9. Daikoku-Yu, Japan

Baths are also loved and appreciated in Japan, however, the heating technology here is slightly different. Instead of steam rooms, public baths called "sento" have baths with hot water, in which they actually sit, sweat and relax. Since 1927, the Daikoku-Yu bathhouse has been operating in Tokyo, which is called the “King of Sento”. From the outside, the bathhouse looks the same as it did in the distant 20s, appearance reminiscent of a Buddhist temple. But inside, extensive renovations and improvements were made in the late 90s. There are hot baths with temperatures up to 45 degrees, as well as cold and massage ones, there is even an outdoor bath. Tourists are amazed by the calm and leisurely atmosphere that reigns inside the bathhouse, both among clients and staff. But it is the complete relaxation of body and soul that gives its healing effect.

10. Dragon Hill Spa, Korea

Dragon Hill Spa in Seoul, Korea is a real Disneyland bathhouse! Entire families come here, and tickets are sold not for an hour or two, but for 12 hours. There really is something to do here. The seven floors of the complex are occupied not only by baths and swimming pools, but also by spa salons, massage rooms, a fitness club, a cafe and restaurant, and even a golf course. The main feature of the complex is the original dry steam rooms. In one, the floor is covered with layers of salt, the other is decorated with jade, the surface of the third is covered with cypress, and the fourth is heated with pine wood. There are also wet steam rooms and baths, as well as an ice room with a real snowman, where you can undergo a cryotherapy session. Men's and women's areas are located separately, there are relaxation rooms and a beautiful hall in a medieval style.