Tag: Mountain shelter

Forestone: an ecological shelter in the Pyrenees

Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)

Located in Plan de Son, the timber micro-home stands as a compelling example of synergy between education, local industry, craftsmanship, and regenerative forestry

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The House with a Private Giewont: A Residential Narrative in the Tatra Mountains

BXB studio Boguslaw Barnas

The residence fuses traditional elements with innovative strategies to give form to an architectural journey immersed in the mountain landscape

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Kohútka Cottage: Vernacular Identity in the Western Carpathians

SENAA architekti

A mountain home on the Slovak–Czech border that blends landscape, architectural memory, and technology

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Parvis Mountain Shelter

Michele Zago Architetti

The Zoom column examines Parvis Refuge at Cuolm da Vi, Tujetsch, Switzerland, by michele zago architetti

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Minimum Living in the Alps: An Anthology of Alpine Shelters

Matteo De Bellis’s study of high-altitude micro-architectures that fuse design and engineering into sculptural works of art

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A sculpture reviving “Grandma Bear,” a legendary forest guardian in Zunyi (Guizhou, China)

Beijing Do Union Architecture Design Ltd.

“Grandma Bear” is an architect-led rural project using waste wood and vines to create an ecological sculpture inspired by folk art, boosting rural industry.

# 2025 # Observation platform (35) # Landscape (222) # Mountain shelter (33) # Green (201)

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JOE.LALLI VALLEY VILLA, a residential community in harmony with nature

GAD

The project seeks sustainable building strategies to deliver quality living while preserving the natural environment, original terrain, and vegetation.

# 2025 # Mountain shelter (33)

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Cuolm da Vi: the silent architecture that blends with the Swiss Alps

Michele Zago Architetti

An alpine shelter in the heart of the Alps that blends architecture and nature, integrating sustainability and social functions in a wooden and stone structure.

# 2025 # Restaurant (282) # Public space (569) # Hospitality (198) # Landscape (222) # Mountain shelter (33)

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The chalet with upturned perspectives, panoramic views and material use

Icona Architetti Associati

The project idea arose from the need to enhance a disorganized, mountain house; The concept evolved focusing on panoramic views and material use.

# 2024 # Finalist # Residential Building - Complex (710) # Chalet (26) # Mountain shelter (33) # Design (307)

Pinwheel Shelter: origami among mountains and ice

EX.

EX designs Pinwheel Shelter, a bivouac in memory of Stefano Berrone between the municipalities of Oulx and Bardonecchia

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MEIRA, preserving the originalstructural characteristics of the rural building, integrating them with contemporary elements

Arch. Anna Polisano - Arch. Danilo Caccamo

Meira TP is the project of a former rural building for luxury hospitality, surrounded by the woods of Piedmont.

# 2024 # Finalist # Cultural center (541) # Hotels (490) # Mountain shelter (33) # Green (201) # Design (307)

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Glamping in Montefortino, immersed in nature and constructed with sustainablematerials

FIMA Architecture Design Engineering

The project entails the restoration of an existing camping site to transform it into a glamping site, focusing on sustainable cultural and tourist experiences.

# 2024 # Finalist # Landscape (222) # Chalet (26) # Mountain shelter (33) # Green (201) # Tourist complex (47)

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