Johan Sundberg Arkitekter and Blasberg Andreasson have built Andrum, a concrete spa overlooking the grounds of a centuries-old estate in Höör, Sweden.
The stepped concrete volume sits on the western edge of the estate's loosely enclosed inner garden. It is built into a slope that runs down towards a lower park.
Johan Sundberg Arkitekter and Blasberg Andreasson designed the spa called Andrum, which translates as "breathing room", to be a calming place.

"The building is designed on the basis of sensual impressions ? light, aroma and taste, acoustics and touch," said the architecture studio.
"The materials are are kept in their original form as far as possible, and together they form an entity that is at once soft-spoken and beautiful."
Andrum is a series of connecting rooms with various spa facilities, including baths, indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna, a steam room and a waterfall experience, as well as treatment and yoga rooms.
A restrained palette has been used to create the simple interiors, which primarily feature exposed concrete walls, stone floors and slatted wooden ceilings.

Dating back to the 16th century, the Åkersbergs Stiftsgård estate was heavily renovated in the 1900s and is now home to a conference centre, chapel, hotel, hostel, restaurant, all of which is managed by the Church of Sweden.
Andrum's form was designed by the practice to be "subordinate to the existing structures", and is split roughly into two halve...