A Look at Open-Air Showers

Queenstown gets cold in winter, hence the installation of a sauna.

Norwegian summers are short, and it’s customary to spend as much time outdoors as possible," says Kari K. Holm, who...

The glass and wood walls of the bathhouse, like other retractable panels on the house, offer shade with a view.

Mimicking the cantilever of the house, an outdoor shower just off the master bedroom stretches out gently toward the...

The balcony is notable for its outdoor shower.

The evening bath is a ritual in Japan, and public baths are still around, but this is a new twist.

"Personally, I’d rather be living outside,” says architect David Hertz, who created a compound—four dwellings connected...