Timber architecture in Tamina Therme hotel
Bad Ragaz, CH
![Tamina Therme, Bad Ragaz Swimming pool in a room with white columns and wooden ceiling cladding](/.imaging/mte/default-theme/resize-width-6/dam/Holzbau/Bilder/Referenzen/Tamina-Therme/tamina-therme-innen01.jpg/jcr:content/tamina-therme-innen01.jpg)
![Tamina Therme Tamina Therme – external view of the building](/.imaging/mte/default-theme/resize-width-8-ratio-0675/dam/Holzbau/Bilder/Referenzen/Tamina-Therme/taminatherme-01-rgb.jpg/jcr:content/taminatherme-01-rgb.jpg)
The unique architecture of the timber construction painted completely in white invokes associations of grand hotels found in Switzerland and on the Baltic Sea.
![Tamina Therme Covered portico of the Tamina Therme in the outside area](/.imaging/mte/default-theme/resize-width-6/dam/Holzbau/Bilder/Referenzen/Tamina-Therme/taminatherme-06-rgb.jpg/jcr:content/taminatherme-06-rgb.jpg)
High columns or supports can be found throughout the entire building – inside and out.
![Tamina Therme External view of Tamina Therme at night with illuminated outside pool](/.imaging/mte/default-theme/resize-width-8-ratio-0675/dam/Holzbau/Bilder/Referenzen/Tamina-Therme/taminatherme-02-rgb.jpg/jcr:content/taminatherme-02-rgb.jpg)
The snow-white painted timber gives the architecture a holiday feeling.
![Tamina Therme Interior view of the Tamina Therme; pool with white columns, illuminated](/.imaging/mte/default-theme/resize-width-8-ratio-0675/dam/Holzbau/Bilder/Referenzen/Tamina-Therme/taminatherme-03-rgb.jpg/jcr:content/taminatherme-03-rgb.jpg)
Also inside the Tamina Therme, the columns dominate as elements, as does the colour white.
![Tamina Therme Entrance area in the Tamina Therme with reception desk](/.imaging/mte/default-theme/resize-width-8-ratio-0675/dam/Holzbau/Bilder/Referenzen/Tamina-Therme/taminatherme-04-rgb.jpg/jcr:content/taminatherme-04-rgb.jpg)
The reception is in the style of early grand hotels but interpreted in a modern way.
![Tamina Therme Detailed picture of the columns and ceiling structure in the Tamina Therme](/.imaging/mte/default-theme/resize-width-6/dam/Holzbau/Bilder/Referenzen/Tamina-Therme/taminatherme-05-rgb.jpg/jcr:content/taminatherme-05-rgb.jpg)
Detailed view of one of a total of 115 supports
![Tamina Therme External view of the Tamina Therme during the day; view of the surrounding white portico](/.imaging/mte/default-theme/resize-width-8-ratio-0675/dam/Holzbau/Bilder/Referenzen/Tamina-Therme/taminatherme-07-rgb.jpg/jcr:content/taminatherme-07-rgb.jpg)
The oval windows offer an unobstructed view of the park.
![Tamina Therme External view of the Tamina Therme with portico and facade in white.](/.imaging/mte/default-theme/resize-width-8-ratio-0675/dam/Holzbau/Bilder/Referenzen/Tamina-Therme/taminatherme-08-rgb.jpg/jcr:content/taminatherme-08-rgb.jpg)
Inside, the windows create the effect of oversized window frames.