As the old Finnish proverb has it: first build the sauna, then the house.

Löyly is the burst of steam that rises when you throw water on hot stones — the whole point of a sauna, and the thing that's hardest to get right if you don't know what you're doing. Lassi A. Liikkanen, a sauna designer and adjunct professor at Aalto University, wrote this to get it right.

In this practical guide, leading global expert Lassi Liikkanen teaches how to plan, build and maintain a new sauna, with detail on insulation, panelling, and bench construction, and uses the examples of an indoor electric sauna and an outdoor sauna cabin with a wood-burning heater. Along the way, you will learn the traditions and science of sauna, and for the first time Dr Liikkanen introduces his history of Finnish sauna as defined by four eras.

256-page hardcover, 9.25" × 6.25". For anyone building a sauna, fixing one that was built wrong, or curious how the Finns arrived at their standards.

• Authors: Lassi A. Liikkanen
• Language: English
• Hardcover (256 Pages)
• Measurements: 9.25" Height x 6.25" Width