Honka Fusion+
Your solution for the urban, minimalistic architecture

The non-settling Honka Fusion+ CLT log allows us to build bolder and more diverse structures than ever before. Honka Fusion+™ is our very own state-of-the-art concept that allows genuine massive wood to be easily combined with other building materials, such as glass, stone and steel. Honka Fusion+ houses are very suitable for modern architecture and urban settings as well as for classical buildings.

Honka modernized log house industry in 2003 when the first non-settling and non-shrinking log was invented. After tens of thousands globally delivered houses and continuous R&D we are introducing the new fourth generation Honka non-settling logs in 2025.

The new Honka Fusion+ CLT log offers

• State-of-the-art modern design appearance
• Natural massive wooden wall due to big solid wood parts
• Excellent technical properties enabling also bigger buildings
• Several practical advantages in comparison to for example larger CLT elements

Savukvartsi is a Scandinavian style log home, designed and built with the Honka Fusion technology. Read the story

Hannu and Sally built a contemporary log house in the seaside town of Minehead, England, using Honka Fusion technology. Read the story.

A modern log home with large windows in Finland, built with the Honka Fusion technology. Read the story.

Honka Fusion+ revolutionised the log house design

The Honka Fusion+ CLT log is manufactured from six sections that are laminated crosswise. The solution is based on minimizing the effects of settling with vertical middle layers of laminated logs, same technology that is used in the CLT elements. The non-settling characteristic is achieved by using a vertical wood lamella in the middle, a wood-on-wood profile and tightening screws that eliminates installation clearances.

A Honka Fusion house on the Atlantic coast of France. View Case Study

A Stylish Honka Fusion house in the Finnish archipelago. View Case Study

Product Director Eino Hekali:
Why is the Honka CLT log an outstanding choice for architecture?

Honka Fusion+ CLT log is an innovative, ecological solution for modern wooden architecture – genuine massive wood works both on the façade and interior surface as it is without additional cladding, and it can be easily combined with other building materials, such as glass, stone and steel. Eino Hekali, Honka’s product director, is the episode’s expert. This video is subtitled in English, Swedish, German, and Japanese, which can be activated by clicking the ⚙️ icon → Subtitles.

Contents

0:00 Introduction
0:28 Honka’s innovations – from round logs to non-settling CLT logs
1:42 Honka CLT logs
3:04 Technology behind the non-settling CLT log
3:46 Fourth generation Honka Fusion+ CLT log
4:55 Seam structure and energy efficiency of the Honka Fusion+ log
5:54 Appearance and design of Honka’s logs
6:54 The most tested log in the world
8:33 Sustainable forest management
10:08 Origin of the wood used for Honka’s logs
11:15 Logs’ fire resistance
11:35 Differences between spruce and pine logs
13:00 Welcome to explore our house collection!

Honka Fusion™ means that you can combine different materials and create spectacular architecture easily, without the settling spaces and wide architraves of traditional log construction. Still maintaining all the benefits of natural, solid wood.

Honka Fusion+™ means that you can combine different materials and create spectacular architecture easily, without the settling spaces and wide architraves of traditional log construction. Still maintaining all the benefits of natural, solid wood.
Because of the non-settling Honka Fusion+ wall structure, CLT logs can easily be combined with other materials, free of the wide architraves and settling spaces required in traditional log construction. Compared to traditional log technology, this gives architects and designers more room to design architecturally unique, modern buildings.

The Honka Fusion+ CLT log technology has many advantages:

• CLT logs offer both exterior building façade and interior natural wood wall surfaces providing Honka Healthy House benefits
• Enabling modern design with sophisticated, minimalistic details and structural joints without the settling spaces or wide architraves of traditional log constructions
• Providing minimalistic log seam and natural wooden wall surface, ideal for naturally relaxing healthy environment
• Electrical installations easily hidden inside the logs
• Minimized cutting losses and waste in window openings in comparison to for example larger CLT elements
• Minimized glue lines due to large solid wood parts
• Smaller tendency for wood cracking than for example larger CLT elements
• Speeding upconstruction as preparations for settlements are not necessary, in comparison to traditional settling log technology
• Enabling direct fastening of different materials and structures, resulting in more stable and high-quality buildings
• Helping to make structures extremely airtight, which saves energy and means improved fire safety
• Maintaining all the benefits of traditional log houses

Combinations of materials

Massive wood is used as the load-bearing structure in Honka Fusion+ homes, but the façade walls may also combine many other exterior finishes, such as different types of panelling, steel, brick, stone or rendering.

Make the most of the daylight

Natural light contributes to well-being, happiness and productivity. The role of large windows is twofold: to let natural daylight in and to provide direct a view to the nature outside.

Add floor-to-ceiling windows, french doors and glazed panoramic windows to the load-bearing log frame with light contemporary mouldings. With the non-settling Honka Fusion+ stucture, there is no need for the wide architraves of traditional log homes.

Minimalistic details

Simplicity is the beauty of Scandinavian architecture. Honka Fusion+ homes are at ease in the urban environments as well as in the peace of the countryside. Honka Fusion+ houses can be equipped with minimalistic Honka Zero Corners instead of traditional cross corners or short corners.

Inspiring interiors

The log profile of the Honka Fusion+ wall is very shallow and minimalistic and it combines tastefully with other materials to create harmonious spaces. The graceful finishing of the corners and the minimalistic log joints bring a clear and calm atmosphere to both the facades and interior surfaces. Log surface can be treated with clear or coloured finishes to create the desired look. Discover Honka Interior Styles that make decorating your log home easier, faster and more inspiring.

Examples of Honka Fusion houses

We have built tens of thousands of Honka Fusion™ buildings around the world. See some examples of Honka Fusion houses we have built.

As the plan for this plot specified a stone-built house, it didn’t occur to us that a log house might be a possibility at first.

Ilkka Haavisto, customer