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Cozy Mountain Cabin in the Swiss Alps

This cozy mountain cabin in the Swiss Alps is an inviting retreat in a picture-perfect setting. Switzerland architecture firm OOS designed this rustic cabin home with a thought toward the views first and foremost – and with views like these, it’s the logical place to start. The timber house has a bold, sculptural silhouette rising from the snow-covered mountain, dotted with wood-shuttered windows and a nook carved into the facade, providing an outdoor entertaining area where residents can sit, sip ... Continue >

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Cube Shaped Home Hidden in the City

Check out this simple but sweet cube shaped home – a piece of architectural heaven tucked in a busy city center. This stone home designed by Switzerland architecture firm Markus Wespi Jerome de Meuron strays from the traditional concept of “house” in a unique, striking design surrounded by nature. A strikingly simple silhouette – a flat-roofed pair of cubes – rises out of the hillside and overlooks the mountains, lake and city. The design is more suited to the natural ... Continue >

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Rustic Mountain Architecture in Swiss Alps

It’s almost as though this cliff-side house in Chamoson, Switzerland was built right into the landscape, melting into the rocky mountain surroundings with its jagged stone exterior and rustic features. Architect Lawrence Savioz, who headed this home renovation, made it a priority to retain that "rustic mountain architecture" feel with the structure’s original stone facade and windows (circa 1814), which are “country” both in their look and feel. But new elements too set the tone for this modern mountain home, ... Continue >

Also See: Mountain Home Architecture, Mountain Houses, Stone Home Designs, Stone House, Switzerland Architecture

Stone House Fronts – Rustic addition to Swiss mountains

This stone house front makes a great addition to the rocky mountain ranges of Switzerland. Swiss architects Markus Wespi and Jerome de Meuron transformed an existing house in Ticino Mergoscia in the Verzasca Valley, creating this stone home extension as a vantage point to take in the breathtaking view of mountains and valleys. The rocky exterior of this wedge-shaped volume is built right into the hillside slope, becoming a part of the mountain. The rocky front is a great contrast ... Continue >

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Lake View House Design in Switzerland

This lake view house design in Brissago, Switzerland was created by architect Daniele Claudio Taddei, nestled in an idyllic setting that offered plenty of inspiration. Set in a vineyard overlooking a lake, a mountain range and the Italian countryside to the south, Casa Larga is a rustic wood-clad house that seems to float above this pristine landscape. The slope house plan makes this raised structure appear higher and larger than in actuality. But this compact house packs plenty of style. ... Continue >

Also See: Lake House, Open Concept Homes, Raised House Plans, Slope House Plans, Switzerland Architecture, Wood Clad House

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