Unsurprisingly, the new chalet is set on a sloping site, with a view across the valley to the Grand Muveran massif, home to some of the highest peaks in the Vaud Alps. Orientated to make the most of ...

You don’t need a massive plot of land or over-the-top design to make a powerful statement in real estate—especially not in the Swiss Alps. This boxy, three-story home and its detached carport cut ...

Mainardi previously worked with the owners on homes in London and France, so her intimate familiarity with their style and taste streamlined the process and served as a solid jumping-off point for ...

They will still have to cross the border for it, but Swiss Chalet lovers in Buffalo and the Southtowns will soon have a closer option than the one in Niagara Falls, Ont. Terry St. Amand, the longtime ...

Vella is a picturesque traditional Swiss Alps village, complete with historic pitched roof homes that dot the hilly landscape. To keep the iconic design of the village in tact, Müller decided to focus ...

Switzerland is shifting away from tradition and triteness with a headturning array of next-generation architecture for hotels, convention spaces, and attractions. The Swiss have an impressive legacy ...

I DO not know whether the idea has previously occurred to any one that the modern Swiss châlet is a descendant of the old lake dwelling, but I was strongly impressed with that conviction this autumn.

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IDENTICAL suggestions to those of Mr. George Henslow with regard to the connection in descent of modern Swiss châlets with ancient pile lake-dwellings will be found expressed in Dr. J. J. Wild's “At ...