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The floor of a turf house could be covered with wood, stone or earth depending on the purpose of the building. They also had a fireplace that would be in the center of the house heating and lighting the whole house. Over time, the turf houses changed in size which directly related to their purpose and status of the owner.
In the meaning of "simple second home", the concept exists under other names in Danish, Norwegian (hytte – but the term torp is also used in Norwegian) and Finnish (mökki or torppa). The word is cognate with the English thorp (a secondary settlement or small group of houses in the countryside), which is found in many English placenames . [ 2 ]
Scandinavian design; Sod roof; Stave church; W. Whittlesey House (Albuquerque, New Mexico) This page was last edited on 16 December 2024, at 21:38 (UTC) ...
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.
A 17th-century log farmhouse in Heidal, Norway 17th-century log buildings in Heidal, Norway; the corner house is a horse stable and log barn A log house in Pargas, Finland A log building, known as Blockbau, in Bavaria, Germany A Russian-style log house An American-style log house A milled log house
This list of house styles lists styles of vernacular architecture – i.e., outside any academic tradition – used in the design of houses. African
The main house is made up of four rectangular wings that enclose a courtyard. Pine and fir siding with ornamental handcarvings cover the wall surfaces, or they are exposed stone. The east wing is the main wing of the house, with a square three-story tower at the north end and a two-story tower at the south end.
Among his varied works, he designed new baroque-style town plans for the towns of Pori (1852), Mariehamn (1859) and Uusikaupunki (1856), an English-style romantic landscape park for Seinäjoki (1858), neo-gothic churches for Lovisa (1865) and Uusikaupunki (1864), Rundbogenstil-neo-Gothic Lovisa town hall and the House of Nobility in Helsinki ...