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The vernacular architecture of Finland is generally characterised by the predominant use of wooden construction. The oldest known dwelling structure is the so-called kota, a goahti, hut or tent with a covering in fabric, peat, moss, or timber.
The building is a wooden beam-column structure, an example of ecological wood construction and Finnish architecture. [7] The carbon dioxide emissions of the wooden Pilke House are about one third of those of a steel or concrete building of the same size. [8]
Vuoristorata (Finnish: [ˈʋuo̯ristoˌrɑtɑ]; lit. ' Rollercoaster ') is a classic wooden roller coaster located at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland.It was built in the winter of 1950 by Linnanmäki's staff on the basis of drawings by Valdemar Lebech, a Danish builder specialising in fairground rides. [3]
The church was built as the chapel for the area of Petäjävesi, which has belonged to the congregation of Jämsä. The local people had been given the permission to build a graveyard and a small village church at their own expense by the crown as early as in 1728 because the trip to the nearest church in Jämsä was long, however it took about 35 years until the construction began.
Wooden buildings and structures in Finland (1 C, 3 P) Σ. Finnish building and structure stubs (2 C, 365 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Finland"
The Kerimäki Church (Finnish: Kerimäen kirkko, Swedish: Kerimäki kyrka) in Kerimäki, Finland, is the largest wooden church in the world. [1] However, it is not the tallest; Săpânța-Peri Monastery church in Romania , at 78 metres (256 ft), Ascension Cathedral in Kazakhstan , at 56 metres (184 ft) meters, and St. George's Cathedral in ...
Sodankylä Old Church (also known as the Lapp Church; [1] Finnish: Sodankylän vanha kirkko; Northern Sami: Soađegili boares girku) [2] is a 17th-century wooden church located near the Kitinen River in the Sodankylä municipality in Lapland, Finland. [3] The church is one of the oldest preserved wooden churches in Finland. [4]
Reconstruction of a peat goahti at Skansen open-air museum A reconstruction of a wooden goahti A Sami family in front of goahti. The tent in the background is a lavvu. Note the differences in the pole placement of the two structures. This photo was taken around 1900 in northern Scandinavia.