Glen Powell’s Austin Home Adds Sauna, Cold Plunge, and Social Space

Glen Powell’s new Austin home is being built around a wellness room that looks designed as much for company as for recovery. The actor has described the project as a place where friends and cast members can gather, with a sauna large enough for up to 10 people, plus room to steam, sun and cold plunge together.

That setup, which Powell calls part of the home’s “health hut,” fits the way he says he thinks about space. His background around architecture and real estate taught him that rooms can change mood and social energy, and that idea is carrying through the whole house. The wellness area is not being treated as a tucked-away amenity. It is one of the main features shaping how the home will function.

For the ice-bath crowd, the interesting part is not the celebrity gloss but the layout logic. Powell is building a recovery zone that works like a social room, which is exactly where home plunges are headed in a lot of high-end design. A sauna that can hold 10 people turns heat-cold contrast into something communal, and the cold plunge stops being a solitary ritual and starts looking like part of hosting.

The rest of the house follows the same instinct. Powell said he likes spaces that feel warm, easy and practical for entertaining, and he does not want the place to feel like a museum. He is leaning into midcentury design because it feels classic without being precious, and he wants art and objects that keep the home personal rather than staged.

He is also giving the house a music room meant for listening, performing and hanging out, which reinforces the bigger idea behind the build: recovery, music and conversation all belong in the same social ecosystem. That is the real takeaway from the Austin project. The cold plunge is no longer just a flex or a standalone wellness gadget. In homes like Powell’s, it is becoming part of a broader residential language built around recovery, hosting and everyday use.