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)
• Rheinland-Pfalz Freilichtmuseum – Open-air museum with lots of half-timbered buildings. (G,E)
• 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

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