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Fogo Island Inn, Newfoundland, Canada

On the barren coast of the North Atlantic Ocean, the new hotel by Saunders Architecture faces the sea and the weather.
Shorefast Foundation is investing in a different kind of growth for the community on Fogo Island.

Architect: Saunders Architecture, Spa architects: Rintala Eggertsson Architects
Published 29 Aug, 2013
 
Fogo Island Inn. Photo: Alex Fradkin

Fogo Island Inn.
Photo: Alex Fradkin

Fogo Island Inn, on the edge of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Photo: Alex Fradkin

Fogo Island Inn, on the edge of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Photo: Alex Fradkin

 
 

Fogo Spa, 4th floor.
Photo: Alex Fradkin

Outdoor pools on the spa roof terrace, 4th floor.
Photo: Iwan Baan

Section.
Photo: Alex Fradkin

Ground floor plan.

First floor plan, entrance level.

Fourth floor plan. Guest rooms and spa.

Site plan.

Completion: 2013

Address:
Batt’s Arm, Newfoundland, Canada

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Photo:
Iwan Baan, Alex Fradkin

The Fogo Island Inn is owned by the Shorefast Foundation, a Canadian charitable organization established by Zita Cobb and her brothers with the aim of fostering cultural and economic resilience for this traditional fishing community.

The Fogo Island Inn is a public building located between the communities of Joe Batt’s Arm and Barr’d Islands. The X-shaped plan includes 29 guest rooms. The two storey west-east volume contains public spaces, while the crossing four-storey volume contains all the guest rooms. The public areas on the first floor include an art gallery curated by Fogo Island Arts, a dining room, bar and lounge, and a library specializing in the local region. All guest rooms face the ocean with the bed placed directly in front of the view of the Little Fogo Islands and the North Atlantic beyond.