Timber Engineering Reference - Historic Structures

Historic timber structures or traditional construction methods.

Europe:

Finland:

• Porvoo - One of the Finnish wooden towns. (Fi,Sw,E)

Germany:

• Altbau und Denkmalpflege Informationen - Informations on restauration. (G,E,D,I)
• Fachwerkhaus.de - E-zine on historic german timberframing. (G)
• Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg - North german timberframes. (G,E)
• Hessenpark - One of many parks in Germany displaying traditional wooden buildings. (G)
• Museumsdorf Cloppenburg - Thatched roofs, barns and windmills. (G)
• Schleswig-Holsteinische Freilichtmuseum - Thatched roofs and timberframes. (G)
• WRL Zimmerer - 3D-models (VRML) of timber connections. (G)

Norway:

• Stave Churches - Medieval Wooden Churches typical for Norway. (E)
• Stave Churches - This vernacular building type on greatbuildings.com. (E)
• Stave Church Locations - Tourism website for the Sognefjord region. (E)
• odin - Architektur in Norwegen - Essay on traditional Norwegian architecture. (G)

UK:

• Weald and Downland - Open air museum featuring traditional timber frames. (E)

Americas:

USA:

• Historic American Timber Joinery - A Graphic Guide. (E)
• Historiuc American Trusses - Several articles on the topic. (E)
• Historic Deerfield - Historic New England town of Deerfield, MA. (E)
• Timber Framers Guild - American site with timber framing resources. (E)

Asia:

• Asian Historic Architecture - A very complete list of temples etc. (most in wood) all throughout Asia. (E)

China:

• Chinese Architecture - Some links on about.com. (E)

Japan:

• Japanese Architecture - Some exemplary buildings on greatbuildings.com. (E)
• Japanese Temples - Good overview of the wooden temples in Japan. (E)

Australia/Oceania:

Africa:

Language of linked site: G - German, E - English, S - Spanish, P - Portuguese, F - French, I - Italian, H - Hungarian, Nl - Dutch, Fi - Finnish, Sw - Swedish, R - Russian, C - Chinese, J - Japanese, K - Korean