Log building

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

Examples of log buildings and structures
Log windmill in Russia  Log church, Kizhi, Russia  Corner post construction in an open-air museum in Slovenia  Baroque granary vulgo Prueger at Mitterdorf #10, Strassburg, Austria  Three story, octagonal, log threshing barn with a bridge to the second floor in Nätra, Sweden

External links

• 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, Hungry, etc. where log construction is common.

Hut dwelling designs and semi-permanent human shelters
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Traditional mobile	Chum Nomadic tents Shepherd's hut Tipi Yaranga Yurt and ger Ger district
Open-air	Beach fale Cabana Chickee Gazebo Palapa Pergola Ramada
Modern	Beach hut Hopper hut Iris hut Nissen hut Quonset hut Jamesway hut Romney hut Rondavel Slab hut Weatherport hut Wilderness hut Alpine club hut Mountain hut Winter room
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