SALISH LODGE SPA

Owner: Puget Western, Inc.
Architect: Mithun Partners
Completion: March 1996
Awards: AIA Seattle Chapter Commendation Award, 1996; AIA Project of the Month, September 1996; AGC Award for Construction Excellence, 1997

Charter delivered five-star service with construction of this spa inside a four-star resort.

The Japanese-style spa addition was located inside the renowned Salish Lodge, requiring crews to implement a detailed construction schedule that would not interrupt ongoing hotel operations. Additionally, a detailed design required the addition’s structural members to become part of the finished product, challenging Charter crews to construct the addition to the closest tolerances possible.

The structural steel and wood framed structure included custom soaking pools, specialty lighting and traditional Japanese-style sliding screens, as well as steam and sauna rooms, massage rooms and mud bath rooms.