Mobile Saunas: a compendium of modern nomadic sweats

By Karlis Otto Kalnins

This is a collection of sauna trucks, sauna buses, sauna wagons, sauna cars, sauna bikes, sauna trailers, sauna boats, sauna floats, trail sweats, bastuflotten, bastubats, banya trucks, banya tents, and other mobile sweats. They are gathered from across North America, Russia, Europe and particularly Finland, where the annual Teuva mobile sauna festival attracts over 50 examples every year.After building several mobile saunas, Karlis began a multi-year study of the mobile sauna phenomenon in form and culture. Collected here is the result of that study, including photographs, viewpoints of builders, commentary and notes on design. Students of culture and architecture, fans of tiny houses, sauna lovers and mobile sauna builders will appreciate the variety of forms, designs, styles and ideas revealed in this volume.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467958980
• ISBN13: 9781467958981
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.4" x 8.5"