A laundry dryer (1) is disclosed, which comprises a casing (2) supporting a drying chamber (3) for receiving a load to be dried and having a basement (24); a process air conduit (11) in communication with the drying chamber (3) where an air process stream is apt to flow; a heat pump (30) having a heat pump circuit in which a refrigerant (R) can flow, said heat pump circuit including a condenser (31) and an evaporator (32); said evaporator (32) and/or said condenser (31) being thermally coupled to the process air conduit (11) to perform heat exchange between said refrigerant (R) flowing in said heat pump circuit and said process air stream.
