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Saunas · Plans, design and builds
Designed by an architect who trained in the smoke saunas of Latvia. Build it yourself from our plans, or have it designed and built for your site.
01 · The problem
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Most saunas sold here are an ordinary room with a heater added. They look the part, but your head burns while your feet stay cold, the steam stings instead of settling, and the finishes give off fumes as they heat. These are the five failures we see most.
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THE BENCH
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THE MATERIALS
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THE LÖYLY
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THE AIR
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THE LIGHT
The fix for each one is in the free field guide
Read the field guide →
02 · Who designs it
Taylor Holm Carlisle · Founder
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FOUNDER
Taylor Holm Carlisle
I spent ten years in construction and fabrication while working at architecture firms across the American West, including Olson Kundig. Then I went looking for the source: sculpture, cultural gatherings, timber framing and saunas, in the places that never treated them as a trend.
In 2023 I founded House of Resonance to design custom homes and wellness spaces, and to see them built right.
03 · Ways to build
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01 · Build it yourself
In development
The Löyly Build Guide
The full design set for our Löyly sauna: drawings, materials and the order of operations, to build yourself or hand to your builder.
FIRST ACCESS BEFORE PUBLIC RELEASE
FOUNDING BUILDER PRICING
BUILD NOTES AS THE SET IS FINISHED
02 · Designed or built for you
By consultation
Custom & prefab
We design around your land and the way you’ll use it. Our fabrication partner Fjell & Forge builds it, either as a one-off for your site or a prefabricated unit delivered ready to fire.
Fabrication in partnership with Fjell & Forge
04 · How it works
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Whichever way you build, the bench, the wood, the steam, the air and the light are worked out before anything is cut.
01 · Build it yourself
The Löyly Build Guide
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Join the founding builders
First access before public release, at founding builder pricing.
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Get the full set
Drawings, materials and the order of operations for our Löyly sauna, with build notes as the set is finished.
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Build it, or hand it to your builder
The set is written to be built from, by you or by the builder you hire.
02 · Designed or built for you
Custom & prefab
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Tell us about your site
Where it sits, who will use it, and when you want to fire it.
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We design around your land
Placement, the bench, the stove and the light, drawn for the way you’ll use it.
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Fjell & Forge builds it
Built as a one-off on your site, or as a prefabricated unit delivered ready to fire.
Field guide No. 01 · cover
05 · Start here
Nine pages on the bench, the materials, the steam, the air and the light. Free, and yours in a minute.
06 · The studio
Architecture · Interiors · Construction