Log buildings and structures can be categorized as historic and modern. A diverse selection of their forms and styles with examples of architectural elements is discussed in the following articles: *

Log cabin A log cabin is a small log house, especially a less finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure. Log cabins have an ancient history in Europe, and in America are often associated with first generation home building by settlers. Eur ...

– a rustic dwelling *

Log house A log house, or log building, is a structure built with horizontal logs interlocked at the corners by notching. Logs may be round, squared or hewn to other shapes, either handcrafted or milled. The term " log cabin" generally refers to a sm ...

– a style and method of building a quality house * Izba – a type of Russian peasant house, often of log construction. The

Cabin of Peter the Great The cabin of Peter the Great (Russian: ''Domik Petra I'' or ''Domik Petra Pervogo'' or ''Domik Petra Velikogo'') is a small wooden house which was the first St Petersburg "palace" of Tsar Peter the Great. The log cabin was constructed in three day ...

is based on an izba. * Crib barn – a type of

barn A barn is an agricultural building usually on farms and used for various purposes. In North America, a barn refers to structures that house livestock, including cattle and horses, as well as equipment and fodder, and often grain.Alle ...

built using log cribs * Some

s are log barns such as the earliest of the Pennsylvania barn types. *

Blockhouse A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions. It is usually an isolated fort in the form of a single building, serving as a defensive stro ...

garrison house A garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the front. The traditional ornamentation is four carved drops (pineapple, strawberry or acorn shape) below the overhang. Garrisons usually h ...

– some blockhouse or garrison house structures are tightly fitted timber or

stacked plank construction American historic carpentry is the historic methods with which wooden buildings were built in what is now the United States since European settlement. A number of methods were used to form the wooden walls and the types of ''structural carpentry' ...

buildings to help withstand an attack. *

Azekurazukuri or ''azekura'' is a Japanese architectural style of simple wooden construction, used for storehouses (''kura''), granaries, and other utilitarian structures. This style probably dates to the early centuries of the Common Era, such as during the ...

– a Japanese style of building using triangular log construction * Some

granary A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals ...

s ( raccard, stabbur, hórreo) are of log or plank construction. * The Upper Lusatian house, also called Umgebinde in German, combines timber framing and log building * Wooden churches in Ukraine – many of the churches are recognized world heritage sites. * Corner post construction sometimes called post-and-plank – this construction method blurs the line between timber framing and log construction with a frame infilled with logs or planks to form the walls. * Timber dam – timber crib dams are used to dam rivers. *

Zakopane Style architecture Zakopane Style (or Witkiewicz Style) is an art style, most visible in architecture, but also found in furniture and related objects, inspired by the regional art of Poland's highland regions, most notably Podhale. Drawing on the motifs and tradit ...

– inspired by the regional art of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

’s highland region known as

Podhale Podhale (literally "below the mountain pastures") is Poland's southernmost region, sometimes referred to as the "Polish Highlands". The Podhale is located in the foothills of the Tatra range of the Carpathian mountains. It is the most famous ...

uses log construction. *

Hogan A hogan ( or ; from Navajo ' ) is the primary, traditional dwelling of the Navajo people. Other traditional structures include the summer shelter, the underground home, and the sweat house. A hogan can be round, cone-shaped, multi-sided, or squ ...

– this Native American dwelling evolved to be built of logs. *

Chalet A chalet (pronounced in British English; in American English usually ), also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building or house, typical of the Alpine region in Europe. It is made of wood, with a heavy, gently sloping roof and wide, well-suppo ...

– Originally a dwelling-barn-house type farmhouse typically of timber construction (blockbau) *

Black Forest house The Black Forest houseDickinson, Robert E (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 154. . (german: Schwarzwaldhaus) is a byre-dwelling that is found mainly in the central and southern parts of the Bla ...

– traditional farmhouse type of timber construction *

Octagonal churches in Norway An octagonal church has an octagonal (eight-sided polygon) architectural plan. The exterior and the interior (the nave) may be shaped as eight-sided polygon with approximately equal sides or only the nave is eight-sided supplemented by choir and ...

are of log construction, some dating from the 17th century *For Finnish and German language users see the special type of Finnish log church construction called Tukipilarikirkko or Stützpfeilerkirche

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