Designed by ACME architects, Australia’s largest health club and gym merges the elegance of a Roman bathhouse with cutting-edge technology, reminiscent of top-tier Olympic training facilities and rooftop relaxation sanctuaries. Opening this coming Wednesday, TFP promises a Symphony of Luxury, Fitness, and Healing in this Masterpiece Space.

Stunning Green Sukabumi rooftop pools, surrounded by Roman-travertine, gardens, a fireplace and luxurious day beds, flow into amenities like snowcaves, saunas, a high-tech Oxygen chamber, floatation tanks, and saltcaves. A rooftop bar and café infused with European summer ambiance offer farm-to-table cuisine in an environment of elegance and relaxation.

The boutique hotel-like reception finds its heart beneath the spectacular 5-storey ‘Tree of Life’, framed by an ‘Atrium of Light’ and magnified by a reflective mirror-oculus-skylight and botanical LEDs.

Glowing under the gentle warmth of a ‘central firepit’, spaces like the ‘Glass-Brick Entrance’, ‘Reading Fish-Pond’, ‘Co-working Hub’, and ‘Podcast Studio’ invite social interaction and intellectual pursuit.

Architectural marvels include the awe-inspiring ‘Archway of Triumph’ and a ‘scenic-glass elevator’, alongside a sculpted travertine and steel staircase, roman-travertine flooring, timber wall panels, and an array of plush furnishings and vintage rugs that enhance the atmosphere.

Distinct training zones showcase the ‘Elite Hypoxic Chamber’, ‘Gym80 Circuit’, Technogym machinery, a dedicated ‘Stretch Circuit’, ‘Calisthenics Arena’ and the ‘Inclined Kilter Climbing Wall’. This melds with the ‘TFP Temple & Sled Track’, synergized with Rogue Power Racks, in a setting that marries aesthetic appeal with functionality, enriched by vibrant lighting, immersive soundscapes, intimate acoustics and green initiatives.

The ‘Healing Lounge’, Day & Medi-Spa combine traditional relaxation with innovative treatments. Guests are welcomed into a serene realm, offering therapies like IV Drip Vitamin Infusion, NASA-endorsed Red-Light Therapy, Cryo, ozone, and magnetic therapies.

A mesmerizing ‘Glass-Brick-Waterfall’ sets the tone for spa therapies, guiding guests along the therapeutic ‘Kniepp Reflexology path’ towards a relaxation lounge and ‘thermal-contrast therapies’. Breathable-lime therapy rooms offer advanced medical treatments, including a unique ‘Couples-Sculpted-Cave’ with an Ayurveda Bed and ‘healing-copper-bath’.

The venue’s ‘Seven-Sense Biospheric’ theme blends natural elements to give members a multisensory experience, ensuring rejuvenation with every breath.

TFP opens to the public, Wednesday 1st November. Sign up Today: https://totalfusion.com.au/newstead-fitness-club/

Twenty years ago, Single O opened one of the first “third wave” coffee cafes in Australia. Now the pioneers of Australian coffee culture have arrived in Brisbane, bringing their rebellious spirit and creativity to Newstead.

Single O opened the doors to its first Brisbane cafe last month, in a former warehouse space on Austin Street in Newstead. Single O offers its flagship reservoir blend, with notes of stone fruit and soft milk chocolate, alongside rotating single origin beans that are available seasonally. You can double down with a coffee flight that includes single origin espresso and a reservoir blend flat white; sample the affogato made with gelato from nearby Allora; or pour yourself a glass from the signature self-serve taps (the first of their kind in Queensland) dispensing both a batch brew and an iced oat latte.

The light-filled cafe, which features a mural by Brisbane-born artist Gemma O’Brien, is full of careful contradictions. Industrial design elements – copper piping and shelving as well as oxidised metal countertops – are offset by polycarbonate tables and Defy Design stools.

The menu is small but exciting. A simple selection of sandwiches, such as a salad sanga with black garlic pate, pickled carrots, beetroot, alfalfa, and vegan mayo, sits alongside more elaborate toasties such as a lemon and pepperberry chicken and capsicum grilled sandwich with salty black olives, haloumi and mozzarella. Carry-overs from the Sydney menu include an avocado toast with achiote cashew cheese, pickled fennel, chilli oil and sweet lemon aspen on Agnes Bakery smoked potato bread. Sweet treats include pastries which also come courtesy of Agnes Bakery (finally, a way to skip the line on James Street) and Single O’s signature banana bread with espresso butter.

Single O

16 Austin Street, Newstead.

Hours:

Mon to Fri 6.30am–1.30pm

Sat 7am–1.30pm

Sun currently closed