Historical background

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1. Historical background of wooden buildings

From the ancient, prehistoric times man has used wood as a building material because of the general availability of this material and because of its unique properties - durability and warmth, which in different climatic conditions proved to be most important. Construction of such a precious monument in Poland is the most distant times Biskupin derived according to research from 738 BC and was discovered in 1933. This settlement is confirmation of how durable the material can be wood, which has survived thousands of years.

The biggest development of the wooden buildings in Europe in the Middle Ages we see in cities and in principle by the end of the nineteenth century in the villages. In many countries such as Scandinavia or Canada to build wood never waned because of the wide access to the tree and its unique characteristics of insulation in cold conditions and humid. This was also in Poland and is currently undergoing its own development and increased interest, due to a contemporary trends in construction, such as health care, ecology, energy efficiency, the desire to commune with nature, the search for simplicity, the roots and traditions.