While Skillful Means was building the Cottage at Shenoa, we were asked to design a bath house for the campground at the retreat center. The center already was considering a rectangular design which looked pretty much like a rest stop on I-5. Our octagonal plan met with enthusiasm. Remarkably, the new layout required less than two-thirds of the square footage because space is used more efficiently in radial plans, like a roundhouse or Shaker Barn.

The hovering roof of the bathhouse allows views of tall redwood trees from each shower and toilet room, and each room shares in the airy skylight/cuppola at the center.

The Shenoa construction crew did a fine building job, with careful attention to detail. Set among the tall redwoods of the campground, the bathhouse has become a welcome fixture at Shenoa.