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The architecture of Norway has evolved in response to changing economic conditions, technological advances, demographic fluctuations and cultural shifts. While outside architectural influences are apparent in much of Norwegian architecture, they have often been adapted to meet Norwegian climatic conditions, including: harsh winters, high winds and, in coastal areas, salt spray.
Many of them remain to this day and represent Norway's most important contribution to architectural history. A fine example is The Stave Church at Urnes which is now on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Another notable example of wooden architecture is Bryggen (the wharf) in Bergen, consisting of a row of narrow wooden structures along the quayside.
Vernacular architecture in Norway [1] covers about 4,000 years of archeological, literary, and preserved structures. Within the history of Norwegian architecture , vernacular traditions form a distinct and pervasive influence that persists to this day.
Borgund stave church, in Borgund, Lærdal, Norway, built in the 12th century. The major aspects of Medieval Scandinavian architecture are boathouses, religious buildings (before and after Christians arrived in the area), and general buildings (both in cities and outside of them).
Single-nave churches in Norway: Grip, Haltdalen, Undredal, Hedal, Reinli, Eidsborg, Rollag, Uvdal, Nore, Høyjord, Røldal, and Garmo. The only remaining church of this type outside Norway is the Hedared stave church church in Sweden, which shows similarities with the Haltdalen Stave Church.
The Kingdom of Norway accepted the convention on 12 May 1977, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2017, there are eight World Heritage Sites in Norway, including seven cultural sites and one natural site. There is one transnational site, the Struve Geodetic Arc, that is shared with nine other countries. [4]
Parliament of Finland, Helsinki (1926–1931) by Johan Sigfrid Sirén. Haugesund City Hall (1922–1931) by Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas.. Certain architects had reached the culmination of their careers already when the National Romantic style came, but their latter works were in the Nordic Classicism style (e.g. Carl Westman), the career of others culminated with Nordic Classicism ...
' Dragon Style ') is a style of design and architecture that originated in Norway and was widely used principally between 1880 and 1910. [ 1 ] It is a variant of the more embracing National Romantic style and an expression of Romantic nationalism .