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The Secrets of Finnish Sauna Design Paperback – April 23, 2021

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A Handbook for Experience-Driven Sauna DesignFor Builders of Rustic Sauna Cabins and Designers of Contemporary Apartment Saunas

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?

The book covers all aspects needed to design a functional, healthy, and delightful sauna, from heating and air quality to interior design. It instructs the reader how to master both tangible and intangible, visible and invisible elements of a sauna. The book puts a special emphasis on the sauna experience, living up to the belief that short-term satisfaction is the first step towards long-term health benefits. It features examples of contemporary Finnish sauna design and outlines why a true sauna experience is so much more than merely ‘a hot room’.

Author Dr. Lassi A Liikkanen (Aalto University) is a designer and scholar. The book is based on five years of intensive research and interviews of key Finnish sauna experts. For his sauna-focused website at Saunologia.fi, he has authored over two hundred articles. His academic accomplishments include nearly one hundred peer-reviewed papers, the latest of those around sauna bathing!

Lassi Liikkanen knows good sauna design. He also knows how critical good design is to enjoying the authentic Finnish bathing experience. I enthusiastically support this effort to share his special knowledge and sauna wisdom with the world.
Mikkel Aaland, author of Sweat, and host of the documentary series, Perfect Sweat.

There is a sauna boom in North America. More and more people are finding the rejuvenating qualities of sauna bathing. For those, who want to learn more of a fulfilling sauna design and the pieces that it consists of, Lassi’s book is a great information source. Reading this book will help you take the sauna to the next, authentic, level.
Eero Kilpi, Ph.D., President, The North American Sauna Society
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Beautiful and clear, a wonderful guide to Finnish sauna

A guide that is beautiful, enlightening and interesting. Dr. Liikkanen covers all aspects of Finnish sauna, not only as a place, but as an experience of culture and spirit. I finally have photographs, diagrams, tables and well-researched analysis that has helped me understand why my own first encounters with Finnish sauna as an adult were so magical; nothing at all like the saunas I had previously experienced at health clubs in other parts of the world. The text is clear, easy to follow and immaculately organized. Dr. Liikkanen has set up his book to be easily referenced by experienced and beginner sauna enthusiasts alike. Cannot recommend this book enough!

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Interior design of sauna section of the book

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Culicidae Architectural Press (April 23, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1683150260
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1683150268
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.16 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.51 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Lassi A. Liikkanen, PhD, is a sauna designer and an adjunct professor at Aalto University (Finland) with a special interest in experience design. His PhD in Design was earned in 2010 form Aalto University School of Engineering. He has got over ten years of design and research experience from the US and Europe and published 80+ peer-reviewed research papers. Since 2015 he has employed ideas from service and experience design to Finnish sauna design, writing books, a blog, and helping to design saunas to people all around the world.

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irina Radomislsky
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024
Great ready for anyone building or ordering a sauna. Lots of nuances and details that are completely overlooked or just not known by general public.
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Christina Guerrero
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and clear, a wonderful guide to Finnish sauna
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2021
A guide that is beautiful, enlightening and interesting. Dr. Liikkanen covers all aspects of Finnish sauna, not only as a place, but as an experience of culture and spirit. I finally have photographs, diagrams, tables and well-researched analysis that has helped me understand why my own first encounters with Finnish sauna as an adult were so magical; nothing at all like the saunas I had previously experienced at health clubs in other parts of the world. The text is clear, easy to follow and immaculately organized. Dr. Liikkanen has set up his book to be easily referenced by experienced and beginner sauna enthusiasts alike. Cannot recommend this book enough!
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TSWELK
5.0 out of 5 stars A blue print to designing the perfect sauna
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2022
A thoughtful and well written book on the design and importantly the reasons why purpose driven design will create the best sauna experience. This book not only addresses the core design elements of Finnish sauna but also provides important insights into topics such as air ventilation, heater choice, and sauna materials that I have not found in other books about sauna. Highly recommended for anyone designing and building their own sauna.
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Christopher Kerney
4.0 out of 5 stars Good starting point
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2022
Was hoping for more fact based construction recommendations and guidelines. Good information, but if you've been researching your sauna for far too long like myself you probably won't find too much new information. Perfect if you are just getting started
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Tim J.
2.0 out of 5 stars Very high level
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2023
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Does not actual tell you how to build a sauna.
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J. Huggins
5.0 out of 5 stars great book on finnish saunas!
Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2024
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i'm building a sauna, and felt i wanted a history lesson on finnish saunas and understand the qualities that make a great sauna. enjoying this book as i slowly go through the chapters.
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dirk bauwens
5.0 out of 5 stars A really good and solid book about sauna!
Reviewed in Germany on April 30, 2021
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A really good and solid book about sauna! I have many books about sauna and I ordered the digital version of this book the first day it became available. This book alone has basically ALL the information one needs to design/build a top quality sauna. A must-buy for those really interested in sauna, is my suggestion.
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Stevearoonio
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!
Reviewed in Canada on February 27, 2024
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Informative and comprehensive!
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