In the lands populated by the Baltic tribes one could encounter only wooden buildings till the 13th century: the principal types of wooden constructions were pile building, structure of horizontal beams and filled framework building. These three building types of wooden houses can be found in the archaeological evidences of the ancient settlements and also nowadays in building of several European nations, but the performance technique, scale and quality have changed. In the Curonian, Prussian, Semigallian, Liv and Estonian as well as Lithuanian society the smallest unity was the family. A house was built for its settlement, round which a fence was built, but due to the necessity of other rooms, separate buildings were built near the house, creating a fenced group of houses which was called a farmstead. The most important wooden structures were concentrated in building complexes on the mound peaks and farmsteads, where buildings were mostly made out of logs. When looking at the log houses nowadays, one can see that the wooden construction has not lost its peculiarity and it has remained unchanged in its constructive essence through lots of centuries. Developing the constructive solution of log houses, new building types have been created nowadays and a completely new way of application has appeared – public buildings and relaxation complexes are being built in the ancient constructions. The traditional construction inspires creation of new architectonic structures for provision of modern functions. The main goal of the research is to find out qualitative features in the modern architecture of Latvia.