Tag Rifugio

29-03-2021

The Voxel, a prototype advanced ecological cabin

The Voxel is a prototype advanced ecological cabin built in Barcelona’s Collserola nature park using natural 0 km materials and innovative construction techniques. The project is a space for confinement, proposing an architectural solution to the COVID-19 pandemic while exploring the principles of the circular bioeconomy.

05-03-2021

Peter Pichler’s concrete and timber Oberholz mountain hut

The Oberholz mountain hut, made of concrete and timber, is set in the rock with views over the Dolomites from three big windows.

22-07-2020

Federico Delrosso Teca House, a transparent retreat surrounded by nature

Architect Federico Delrosso transformed the reclamation of a little rural building in the splendid natural setting of the hills outside Biella into a homage to Philip Johnson’s Glass House. Teca House is a building which is rooted in the land it stands on and still displays signs of its past, but is ready to be used in new ways as a guesthouse, meeting room, or intimate retreat in which to read or practice yoga surrounded by nature.

26-06-2020

Snøhetta Tungestølen hiking cabins on Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway

On a small plateau with a marvellous panoramic view of Jostedalsbreen glacier in western Norway, continental Europe’s biggest glacier, Snøhetta recently completed a new shelter for walkers. The shelter, commissioned by the location chapter of the Norwegian National Trekking Association, is composed of a series of pentagonal constructions perfectly adapted to the harsh mountain climate.

26-03-2018

Architecture and nature: two projects by Bernardo Bader Architekten

Nature dialogues constantly with architecture in two projects by architect Bernardo Bader, a chapel and a mountain lodge in the Austrian Alps.

16-01-2018

Tiago do Vale, a dovecote-granary for introspection

The Portuguese architect Tiago do Vale is behind the remake of an old, disused dovecote-granary in the Minho region in Portugal.

03-01-2018

A mountain refuge in the Andes by IA Architects

A refuge that invites contemplation and relaxation as well as being the departure and arrival point for trekking tours of the Chilean Andes.

12-07-2017

Brownlie Ernst and Marks Woodsman's Treehouse

Sandy Steele-Perkins’ photos express all the fairytale atmosphere of the treehouse in the woods designed by the Brownlie Ernst and Marks (BEaM) architecture studio.

15-06-2017

Oberholz mountain hut restaurant in South Tyrol, Peter Pichler and Pavol Mikolajcak

The Oberholz mountain hut restaurant by Milan-based Peter Pichler Architecture, in collaboration with local architect Pavol Mikolajcak, is an environmentally friendly eatery located 2000 metres above sea level in the Obereggen ski resort, San Floriano, in the Italian Dolomites, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.