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John B. Hilling

The Wooden Architecture of Northern Europe

From the Viking Era to the 20th Century

John B. Hilling

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English
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
20 June 2022
Architectural structure & design; Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; History of architecture
This book explores the wealth of wooden architecture that is to be found in Northern Europe, in particular, the Fennoscandian Peninsula. This distinct region, which includes Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Republic of Karelia, was dominated by coniferous forest and remained until well into the 20th century a largely rural society. Wood was seen as a living material - one that was permeated with myth and folklore - while the forest itself formed the background to everyday life. Indeed, no single source of material wealth has contributed more to the economy, art and culture of Fennoscandia than the forests. Nowhere is this contribution clearer than in the region's historic buildings, the vast majority of which were constructed in wood up until the late 19th century.

This is the first book to examine and record the distinctive wooden architecture of this region from the early medieval period to the early 20th century. Structured according to different wood types, it concentrates on domestic and religious buildings, as these formed the great bulk of historic architecture in the peninsula over many centuries. It begins by setting out the geographical, social and historic background, before discussing the way in which two different timber-building traditions emerged in the region. It then provides a detailed examination of different types of dwellings (rural and urban) and storage lofts, followed by a section on Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches, along with their free-standing bell-towers. The book concludes with a chapter outlining the development of wooden domestic and religious buildings during the closing decades of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century.
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Imprint:   Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 250mm,  Width: 190mm, 
ISBN:   9781848225800
ISBN 10:   1848225806
Pages:   224
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
1. A Timber Tradition; 2. Land and People; 3. Post and Log; 4. Post-built Dwellings; 5 and 6. Nordic Log-wall Dwellings; 7. Karelian Log-wall Dwellings; 8. Sami Dwellings of Lapland; 9. Lofts; 10. Urban Dwellings; 11. Stave Churches of Norway and Sweden; 12. Nordic Log-wall Churches; 13. Orthodox Log-wall Churches; 14. Freestanding Bell-towers; 15. Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century.

John B. Hilling is a retired architect and town planner, most recently working for Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments. He has written several books on the historic architecture of Wales. He has a passionate interest in the historic architecture of Fennoscandia, which he has been researching and visiting for several decades.

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