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Welcome to SAINT Black: The Private Social Club Redefining Modern Belonging
Across three levels and 2,000 square metres, SAINT Black redefines wellness through movement, restoration and refined, design-led energy.
We’ve partnered with Saint Private Social Club to explore its boldest creation yet. Part performance club, part recovery retreat, part after-dark escape, it’s where fire meets ice, strength meets stillness, and design meets discipline. This is wellness, rewritten, and it’s pure SAINT Black.
Discipline. Design. Desire. A new era of luxury wellbeing has arrived on City Road, redefining how Melbourne lives, moves and connects in 2025. SAINT Black, the latest venture from the Gurner Group, unites performance, recovery and community within a single architectural statement. It’s crafted for those who live with intention, where movement feels artful, atmosphere is restored, and every detail speaks the language of balance.
Founder and Chairman Tim Gurner calls it the evolution of his Saint Haven vision: “Saint Haven is retreat; SAINT Black is rhythm.” This is wellness that mirrors the city’s pulse — structured by day, social by night, anchored always in calm precision.
Architecture of Intent
Rising within the sculptural lines of Madison Grand, the 2,000-square-metre club spans three bespoke levels at 344 City Road. It sits where South Melbourne meets Southbank, a junction of design and enterprise. Members enter through a softly lit portal known as the ‘sensory cube’, a cinematic prelude to the world within: travertine floors, brushed-metal details, light that falls like water. The street fades behind glass; what remains is focus.
Under Simon Brugaletta, Gurner Design House has shaped an aesthetic of deliberate quiet. Every surface serves a sensory function: linen absorbs sound, light follows circadian rhythm, and filtered air and water sustain equilibrium. The palette shifts from ivory stone to graphite and oak as you ascend, moving from grounding to elevation. Design becomes a state of wellbeing in its own right.
Performance and Precision
The ground level is devoted to training — expansive, sun-washed and designed for flow. More than 200 classes each week balance strength, mobility and mindfulness. There’s reformer Pilates at dawn, breathwork at noon and small-group conditioning that feels exacting yet personal. Coaches use data and intuition in equal measure, tailoring every session toward longevity rather than fatigue.
Hydration bars, nutrition hubs and rest pods extend the philosophy beyond exertion. Fitness and recovery operate as one continuum, a rhythm that keeps energy stable and sustainable. The result is performance with clarity rather than exhaustion disguised as discipline.
Recovery Elevated
A few steps on, the recovery suite explores the science of regeneration within an environment that feels closer to atelier than lab. Under expert supervision, members rotate between cryotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen, infrared saunas and red-light therapy. PEMF beds and lymphatic boots support cellular repair, while a dedicated temperature-contrast zone choreographs heat and ice to restore balance.
Each chamber is acoustically balanced and softly lit. The experience restores without overstimulation, leaving you grounded and alert — a study in controlled renewal.
At the summit, SANA crowns the club: a 25-metre magnesium pool framed by cedar-clad saunas and handcrafted ice baths. It’s elemental yet refined, water and air rendered through contemporary architecture. Daylight invites reflection; after sunset the terrace transforms with quiet confidence, its low music and natural wine carrying softly across the skyline.
The Social Sanctum
Connection sits at the centre of the philosophy. Across the middle level, co-working lounges blend into private meeting rooms before easing into a wholefoods restaurant and cocktail bar. The transition from focus to sociability feels seamless.
Menus follow a clean-fuel ethos — seed-oil-free, sugar-free and abundant in flavour. Dishes highlight local seafood, fermented accompaniments and produce handled with precision. Drinks move from adaptogenic tonics at midday to natural wines and distilled botanicals at night. Service is poised but natural, the atmosphere equal parts design studio and supper club.
As the afternoon light softens, the energy shifts almost imperceptibly. Music deepens in tone, candles are lit, and conversation gathers warmth. The space becomes its own rhythm — a dining ritual shaped by light and sound as much as food and company. Every detail encourages connection, grounding the club’s philosophy in simple, modern pleasure.
Membership is by application, and interest surged well before launch. Its allure lies in equilibrium: executives beside creatives, ambition balanced with composure. Exclusivity gives way to alignment, a shared mindset rather than a closed door.
The New Standard of Wellness
At SAINT Black, time slows just enough for awareness to return. Members arrive to train and leave recalibrated, sharper, calmer, clearer. Every detail reinforces a single principle: discipline that feels indulgent, community without chaos, architecture that encourages you to breathe.
Tim Gurner’s long-term ambition extends beyond Melbourne, with a network of SAINT clubs planned nationwide by 2030. Yet this address defines the movement — both laboratory and lounge, wellness and culture intertwined.
Melbourne has no shortage of exquisite interiors, but few reshape how people inhabit the city. SAINT Black does exactly that, refining the tempo of modern life and offering precision by day with poise by night. It isn’t about escape; it’s about mastery — of health, of time, and self.
344 City Road, South Melbourne
Membership by application here
Three levels. 2,000 square metres. 200 classes a week. Cryotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen, bio-innovation, and a rooftop pool with city views. Where wellness and social energy collide — and Melbourne finds its new heartbeat. This is SAINT Black.
