Tag Rifugio

21-10-2022
Norm Architects, a cabin in the Swedish forests
In Sweden, in the heart of a forest and near a small winter sports area, the Norm Architects studio has completed the renovation of a small traditional wood cabin. The project is an example of that sensory approach to architecture and design that the studio has developed and refined in their 15 years of activity and narrated in their recently published book Soft Minimal.

13-09-2021
Atelier YokYok designs Station Nuage in Saint Sébastien sur Loire
The French studio Atelier YokYok, whose work represents a synthesis between art and architecture, has created the project to convert an old stable into a new restaurant in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire. Located on the île Forget, the renovated building, characterised by a striking blue colour and an iconic white canopy, enriches the visitor experience in the town’s fluvial area.

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.