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Log buildings throughout Europe



General map of building materials used in European farmhouses; blue is the distribution of log buildings.



Log buildings and structures can be categorized as historic and modern. A diverse selection of their forms and styles with examples of architectural elements is discussed in the following articles.



  • Log cabin - a rustic dwelling


  • Log home - a style and method of building a quality house


  • Izba - a type of Russian peasant house, often of log construction. The Cabin of Peter the Great is based on an izba.


  • Crib barn - a type of barn built using log cribs

  • Some barns are log barns such as the earliest of the Pennsylvania barn types.


  • Blockhouse, garrison house - some blockhouse or garrison house structures are tightly fitted timber or stacked plank construction buildings to help withstand an attack.


  • Azekurazukuri - a Japanese style of building using triangular log construction

  • Some granarys (raccard, stabbur, hórreo) are of log or plank construction.

  • The Upper Lusatian house, also called Umgebinde in German, combines timber framing and log building


  • Wooden churches in Ukraine - log buildings are the norm south and east of Germany and many of the churches are recognized world heritage sites.


  • Corner post construction sometimes called post-and-plank - this construction method blurs the line between timber framing and log construction with a frame infilled with logs or planks to form the walls.


  • Timber dam - timber crib dams are used to dam rivers.


  • Zakopane Style architecture – inspired by the regional art of Poland’s highland region known as Podhale uses log construction.


  • Hogan - this Native American dwelling evolved to be built of logs.


  • Chalet - Originally a dwelling-barn-house type farmhouse typically of timber construction (blockbau)


  • Black Forest house - traditional farmhouse type of timber construction


  • Octagonal churches in Norway are of log construction, some dating from the 17th century

  • For Finnish and German language users see the special type of Finnish log church construction called Tukipilarikirkko or Stützpfeilerkirche


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External links[edit]



  • Media related to Category:Log structures at Wikimedia Commons


  • Media related to Category:Granaries by material at Wikimedia Commons


  • Media related to Category:Stabbur at Wikimedia Commons


  • Media related to Category:Hórreos at Wikimedia Commons


  • Media related to Category:Wooden architecture in Ukraine at Wikimedia Commons


  • Media related to Category:Log churches at Wikimedia Commons


  • Media related to Category:Timber dams at Wikimedia Commons


  • Media related to Category:Farm buildings in Sweden at Wikimedia Commons


  • Media related to Category:Farm buildings in Finland at Wikimedia Commons


  • Media related to Category:Farm buildings in Norway at Wikimedia Commons

  • See also, farm buildings and houses in southeast Europe including Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, etc. where log construction is common.










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