Mountain
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Slovenian architectural firm OFIS recently teamed up with AKT II engineers to create an innovative alpine shelter. Perched amid an extreme alpine environment, the modular shelter was broken down into three sections and flown into its new home by helicopter.
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A small team of photographers has worked to produce a 365 gigapixel panorama of one of the world's tallest mountains. Shot over 15 days, the result is one of the most stunning composite images we've ever seen.
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The result of a design-build workshop at Bergen School of Architecture headed by OPA Form architects' Espen Folgerø, Tubakuba Mountain Hub is an off-grid tiny cabin that's available to anyone to use, but is especially aimed at instilling kids with a sense of appreciation for nature.
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Blink and you'll miss it, but what appears at first glance to be a large boulder is actually a tiny cabin that contains all the basics you'd need for a short stay in the mountains. The cabin is the work of Swiss firm Bureau A, and was recently installed in a sculpture park in the Swiss Alps.
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Taking part in a recent international architectural competition, Czech firm Atelier 8000 offers food for thought with a concept for an unconventional mountain retreat that resembles a kid's toy block thrown carelessly into the snow.
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Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter (JVA) recently completed the Rabot Tourist Cabin, a rugged cabin that shelters hikers in Norway's Okstindan mountain range, some 1,200 m (3,937 ft) above sea level.
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Deriving its name from a blend of UFO and Vogel (the latter is "bird" in German), Ufogel is an oddly-shaped holiday retreat in the East Tyrollean village of Nussdorf.
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The smartphone is like the modern day, techy Swiss Army Knife. But it can't do everything. The Canadian Avalanche Centre says that avalanche rescue apps can not effectively replace dedicated avalanche beacons.
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Italian architects LEAPfactory recently constructed a new energy-efficient hotel on the southern glacier of Mount Elbrus, in Russia's Caucasus mountain range. Dubbed LEAPrus 3912 on account of its altitude in meters, the hotel was constructed for the North Caucasus Mountain Club.
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Explorers have mapped the surface of the iconic Matterhorn painstakingly by foot, by satellite, and now by drone, thanks to a small fleet of eBees launched by senseFly and Drone Adventures. The mission not only proved the eBee’s capabilities, but generated a data-rich 3D model of the mountaintop.
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Suspended over an old quarry, Coop Himmelb(l)au's winning design for the Dawang Mountain Resort Changsha, China design competition rolls an indoor ski slope, water park and entertainment ice world into one sleek structure.
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Peugeot's 208 T16 and WRC Champion Sebastien Loeb pair up for the Pikes Peak Hill climb.
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