Gudbrandsdalen House*

Artist/Designer: Preben Mehren

Project Location: Oslo, Norway

Figure 1: Gaynor, Elizabeth , Kari.'Scandinavia Living Design'. New York: 1987 Workman Publishing. Page 50: In the Gudbransdalen house, the main room’s built-in cupboard has elaborately carved crown molding and brackets, characteristic of the valley.
( Photographer: Kari Haavisto )

Figure 2: Gaynor, Elizabeth , Kari.'Scandinavia Living Design'. New York: 1987 Workman Publishing. Page52: The Hemsedal house has an unusual loft arrangement, reached by ladder, with beds tucker under the angle of the roof. ( Photographer: Haavisto, Kari. )

Figure 3: Gaynor, Elizabeth 'Scandinavia Living Design. New York: 1987 Workman Publishing. Page 48: The Slat Chimney and turf roof of the cabin from the Hemsedal Valley. ( Photographer: Haavisto, Kari )

Style/Period(s):
Vernacular

Primary Material(s):
Wood

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

World Vernacular Architecture | Accessed : April 9, 2018

Student Paper on Norwegian Vernacular | Accessed : April 9, 2018

Upcoming publication | Accessed : April 9, 2018

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:
Gaynor, Scandinavia Living Design (New York: Workman Publishing, 1987), 48-53
Skjold Lexau, Siri / Brekke, Nils Georg / Nordhagen, Per Jonas; ' Architecture in Norway, An Architectural History from the Stone Age to the 21st Century"BIRKHÄUSER978-3-0356-1138-0
Rudofsky, Architecture Without Architects
Noble, Allen George. Traditional buildings: a global survey of structural forms and cultural functions. London: I. B. Tauris, 2007. 1-17. Print.ISBN 9781845113056.

Building Address/Location: Oslo Fjords, Norway

Significant Dates:

Supporting Staff/ Designers:

Tags: Vernacular, Log Cabin, Norway

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