Local outfit Studio Brother John has collaborated with Studio B Architecture + Interiors for a house in Boulder, Colorado, USA making the most of its mountainous site and replacing a structure destroyed in a wildfire. More about Colorado house by Studio B and Studio Brother John appears to "hover over the land"
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has transformed the industrial structure of the Titlis Tower in the Swiss Alps into a sculptural tourist destination with dramatic cantilevers and a panoramic viewpoint. More about Herzog & de Meuron transforms mountain antenna tower into "iconic sculpture"
US studio Faulkner Architects has clad a low-profile mountain house in corrugated Corten steel for wildfire resilience in Northern California. More about Faulkner Architects designs California house around fire and water
With climate change threatening ski towns around the world, recent design graduate Tanay Wadodkar has created a small-scale geoengineering intervention in the form of snow-generating stickers. More about Snow-generating stickers help fight climate change effects in ski resorts
American studio CLB Architects has completed a holiday house near a ski resort that features a mix of earthy and industrial materials and focuses on "essentials rather than excess". More about CLB Architects wraps Caju House in Wyoming in weathering steel
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has collaborated with furniture fair Salone del Mobile to design a cross-laminated timber Alpine bivouac, which will be exhibited at the 2026 Winter Olympics. More about Carlo Ratti Associati designs Alpine bivouac for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games
International architecture practice OF Studio has created a brutalist concrete house with a cantilevered terrace and sloped foundations shaped by its site on a mountainside in Mendoza, Argentina. More about OF Studio designs Argentinian mountain house that "emerges from the terrain"
New York-based Atelier Garcia has constructed a triangular concrete house on a hillside in the mountains of Guatapé, Colombia, with a view of the landmark Rock of El Peñol. More about Atelier Garcia "honors the monolith" with Concrete House in Colombia
Ecuadorian studio Diez + Muller Arquitectos has designed El Pastizal, a house composed of a series of courtyards enclosed by board-formed concrete living spaces on a hillside in Machachi, Ecuador. More about Diez + Muller Arquitectos settles concrete house into Andean landscape
Architecture studio WORKac has completed the North Boulder Library in Colorado, USA, with an entry ramp running up its sloped form. More about WORKac gives Boulder library "playful" slide and tower
Polish studio Mistovia has paired plywood, walnut and graphite accents with a mishmash of vintage furniture in Plener Istebna – a pair of gabled cottages in the Silesian Beskids mountains. More about Mistovia designs duo of Polish holiday homes to complement mountainous surroundings
Portland-based studio Hacker Architects has replaced an outdated lodge with a blackened wood-and-glass structure featuring elements informed by the volcanic landscape of Sisters, Oregon. More about Volcanic landscape informs Hacker Architects design of Oregon lodge
Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed its design for Refuge de Barroude, a hiker stop with a curving form that will be nestled in the Pyrenees National Park in France. More about Snøhetta designs hikers' refuge in Pyrenees mountains with swooping grass roof
Canadian studio Appareil Architecture has created a wooden, light-filled mountain house with a single-pitch roof in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. More about Appareil Architecture tops wooden Quebec home with sloped single-pitch roof
Amsterdam studio More Architecture used a large zigzagging roof to shelter Floating Hotel, which is dramatically positioned among the bamboo forests and mountains of Dachangping, China. More about More Architecture perches Floating Hotel among Chinese mountains
Lviv studios Sanina Arch Club and Gubar Architects used a "combination of modern and local traditions" for Krasnyk House, a holiday cabin in the Carpathian mountains in Ukraine. More about Traditional cabins inform mountain retreat in the Ukrainian Carpathians
US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. More about CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper
Italian studio Senoner Tammerle Architekten has created a mountain shelter in the Alps, distinguished by galvanised steel cladding chosen to reflect the hues of the sky. More about Senoner Tammerle Architekten places reflective mountain shelter in Italian Alps
Architecture studio EX used prefabricated CLT panels and aluminium cladding to create the Pinwheel Shelter mountain refuge in Italy. More about "Minimally invasive" tent-like refuge has panoramic views of Italian Alps
Three villages will make up Omani Mountain Destination, a mixed-use district for 8,000 people being developed for Oman by the country's Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning. More about Oman announces plans for mixed-use district in Jabal al Akhdar mountains