Contemporary timber and concrete house on an autumn alpine meadow beneath a wide sky, overlooking a valley and snow-capped mountains.

Mountain House

No.
6
Graubünden, Switzerland
2027

Location

Graubünden, Switzerland

Year

2027

Area

380 m²

Status

In progress

Type

Residential

Architecture

Hartwell & Kessler

Interiors

Hartwell & Kessler

Structural engineer

Caflisch Holzbau Ingenieure

The site

A steep alpine meadow at 1,600 m, reachable by road only half the year. Snow lies for five months, and local building rules require pitched roofs and timber facades.

The house

A concrete base is set into the slope and carries a timber upper level with a steep roof. The living space opens to the valley through one large window, and the bedrooms sit in the base, sheltered by the hill.

Construction status

The concrete base was cast in summer 2026. The timber frame is being prefabricated in a workshop in the valley and will be assembled on site once the snow clears in spring. The images shown are visualisations.

Floor plan

Mountain house floor plans showing three bedrooms on the lower level and an open living, kitchen and dining area upstairs, with aligned staircases.
Vaulted timber living room with a rust wool sofa, stone coffee table and suspended fireplace, overlooking alpine peaks through a large gabled window.
Alpine kitchen and dining area with a dark green stone island, larch worktops, black wooden chairs and a wide window overlooking spruce forest and snowy peaks.
Warm larch-panelled bedroom with ochre and cream bedding, a sculptural wooden bench and a panoramic alpine view in late-afternoon sunlight.
Snow-covered alpine house at dusk, with warmly glowing windows and chimney smoke above a quiet valley framed by snowy peaks and spruce forest.
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