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From a small workshop on the Baltic coast to premium sauna manufacturers trusted across Europe — this is how it all began.
It was 2016, and Giedrius and Kostas — childhood friends from a small town near Klaipėda, Lithuania — were standing in front of a half-built barrel sauna in Giedrius's backyard. The wood was thermowood pine, hand-picked from a local mill. The design was sketched on graph paper, coffee-stained and imperfect. Neither of them had any idea they were building the prototype for what would become one of Europe's most sought-after sauna brands.
They weren't businessmen. Giedrius was a carpenter who could coax beauty out of the roughest timber. Kostas had studied engineering but spent his weekends rebuilding vintage motorcycles. What they shared was a stubborn belief that things should be built properly — no shortcuts, no cheap materials, no compromises.
That first sauna took them eleven weeks. Today, they could build the same model in four days. But they still refuse to rush.
"The first sauna we built was for ourselves. Everything after that has been for people who love the craft as much as we do."
— Giedrius, Co-Founder
By 2018, word had spread. A luxury resort in Austria wanted five panoramic cube saunas. A hotel chain in Germany asked for a custom barrel series. Orders started coming not from advertisements, but from people who had sat inside a Wood Architects sauna and simply had to have one.
Giedrius and Kostas made a decision that defines the company to this day: they would never mass-produce. Every sauna would be built by hand, from timber sourced within 200 kilometres of their workshop, using construction techniques that treat wood the way it deserves — with patience, precision, and respect.
They expanded the workshop, brought on a small team of equally obsessive craftsmen, and invested in panoramic glass technology that would become their signature. The result? Saunas that don't just heat a room — they frame a landscape. They create a moment. They turn an ordinary backyard into a private retreat.
Giedrius and Kostas build their first barrel sauna in a backyard workshop near Klaipėda. Eleven weeks, countless iterations, and the foundation of a brand.
Austrian and German resorts commission custom panoramic saunas. Wood Architects steps onto the European stage.
Launch of the signature Cube Sauna with full-height panoramic glass. The design redefines what a luxury outdoor sauna can be.
Expansion into a modern 2,000 m² production facility — still hand-built, still uncompromising, just with more space to create.
Exclusive distributor partnerships established across Europe, Scandinavia, and the UK. Every partnership built on trust and shared standards.
Launching next-generation designs while staying true to the original promise: no shortcuts, no compromises, no ordinary saunas.
These aren't marketing slogans. They're the rules we work by — every single day, on every single sauna.
Every sauna is assembled by hand by a team of experienced craftsmen. We don't use assembly lines, and we never will. Some things cannot — and should not — be rushed.
We use only thermowood from sustainably managed European forests — hand-selected for grain, strength, and character. Our glass is designed to withstand extreme temperatures while framing nature perfectly.
The best sauna design doesn't shout — it lets the experience speak. Panoramic glass, clean lines, and warm timber create spaces that feel like an extension of nature, not an interruption.
Our distributors aren't customers — they're partners. We protect territories, share knowledge, and grow together. When you succeed, we succeed. It really is that simple.
From the forests of Scandinavia and the Baltics to the workshops of Lithuania — every component, every material, every hand that touches your sauna is European. No outsourcing. Ever.
The joint invisible to the naked eye. The grain that flows uninterrupted. The scent of heated thermowood. We obsess over details because your customers will notice — even if they can't explain why it feels so right.
We didn't start this company to build the most saunas.
We started it to build the best ones.
Giedrius & Kostas
Co-Founders, Wood Architects