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by Lassi Liikkanen (Author), Mikesch Muecke (Editor), Polytekton (Designed by)
A Handbook for Experience-Driven Sauna Design, Second Edition
For Builders of Sauna Cabins and Designers of Contemporary Apartment Saunas
The only sauna book featured on Amazon's top rated books on Architecture - Methods and Materials
Are you planning a new sauna, renovating an old one, or just dreaming? Do yourself a favor. Save your sauna project and read this wonderfully illustrated book about the design of authentic Finnish saunas!New research has identified Finnish sauna bathing as a source of numerous health benefits. To enjoy these effects, one needs a proper Finnish sauna. This book presents the collective wisdom accumulated by Finnish sauna builders, designers, and researchers across centuries, enabling anyone, anywhere, to design a pleasant bath house for family and friend to enjoy.This book provides answers to three major questions:
- What is a Finnish sauna?
- What you should require from its design?
- How to design a Finnish sauna in detail?
What Readers Say
I strongly encourage everyone [...] to read Lassi Liikkanen's Secrets of Finnish Sauna Design - the book that I really wish existed when we built our sauna. If you find any disagreement between what's here and what Lassi says, then Lassi's book and website is the safer path. I also highly recommend Lassi as a consultant.
Walker Angell, author of Trumpkin's Notes on Sauna, localmile.orgFor anyone interested in the nitty-gritty of sauna design, or considering building their own, The Secrets of Finnish Sauna Design by Lassi A. Liikkanen is considered the modern bible on the subject.
Rosanna Cooney: Sweat House. The New & The Ancient Irish Sauna Tradition. Irelandia Press, 2025.
