Alps

German studio Ingenhoven Architects has used air-filled cushions to create a start house for the annual Alpine Ski World Cup downhill races at the Matterhorn mountain, Switzerland. Designed to sit at an altitude of 3,700 metres, the studio crafted the “igloo-inspired” structure to withstand extreme alpine conditions, while being completely energy independent and demountable. “An ephemeral

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Norwegian architecture practice Snøhetta has built Top of Alpbachtal, an angular timber viewing tower in a popular skiing area in the Tyrolean Alps that sits 2,030 metres above sea level. The Top of Alpbachtal building sits beside a recently completed high-speed ski lift close to the Wiedersberg Horn peak in the mountainous town of Alpbach,

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The University of Stuttgart has designed SkinOver Reed, a thatched hut in the Austrian Alps, as part of its research into renewable materials that can be used in high-altitude Alpine regions. A team from the university’s institute for building materials (IBBTE) developed the hut, which has been shortlisted in the small building category for Dezeen Awards

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Studio Seilern Architects has built two restaurants at the top of Mount Gütsch – The Gütsch by Markus Neff and The Japanese by The Chedi Andermatt – at the Andermatt ski resort in Switzerland.  Located 2,340 metres above sea level, the pair of restaurants along with a kitchen occupy three volumes that Studio Seilern Architects designed

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