Sod roof
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A sod roof, or turf roof, is a traditional Scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Until the late 19th century, it
Sod roofs on log buildings of Norsk Folkemuseum in Oslo
Old sod roof in disrepair, Hemsedal, Norway. Photo: Roede
House in Hemsedal in immediate need of repair. Trees will soon destroy a sod roof. Photo: Roede
Sod roofs on farmhouses in Gudbrandsdal, Norway. Photo: Roede
Vernacular architecture
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Vernacular architecture is building done outside any academic tradition, and without the involvement of professional designers and architects. Vernacular architecture is not a particular architectural
Sod roof
…in Norway and large parts of the rest of Scandinavia. Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the vernacular architecture of Finland and the Scandinavian peninsula. The load of approximately 250 kg per m2 of a sod roof is an advantage because it helps to compress the logs…
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English vernacular building, 16th-century half-timbering and later buildings, in the village of Lavenham, Suffolk
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