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Passo del Rombo
by Werner Tscholl
The Timmelsjoch is the deepest, non-glaciated indentation in the main Alpine ridge between the Reschen Pass and the Brenner Pass.
A road, once a mule track, links the Passeiertal valley and the Ötztal valley. Over thousands of years, unique similarities between the two valleys evolved,..
Glowing Red Garnet Pavilion
by Werner Tscholl
The Timmelsjoch is a well-known high mountain pass that links the Ötztal Alps along the border between Austria and Italy. The pass has historically been an important route for travel and is now famous for its hiking, climbing and recreation options. The Timmelsjoch Experience was created to help..
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Aurland Lookout
by Todd Saunders, ...
Designed by two architects Todd Saunders & Tommie Wilhelmsen, the 33-metre “diving board” shooting out from the road into thin air above the Aurland Fjord in Norway. This Aurland Lookout project is part of a national program on tourist routes commissioned by the Norwegian Highway Department.
Villa Drusch
by Claude Parent
The French architect Claude Parent, whose work lies equally in written theory and physical structures, designed the Villa Drusch as a home which embodies his theory of Oblique Architecture.
Built in Versailles in 1963, this home built for the industrialist Gaston Drusch is primarily..
Viewpoint Tungeneset
by Code
The National tourist routes are being developed and operated by the Norwegian Public Road Administration as a nationwide project. The Tungeneset-project is the first to be opened at the Senja-route. Senja is an island in the north of Norway, the project is located at the tip of an penninsula..
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Top of Tyrol
by LAAC Architekten
During recent years a number of observation platforms have been created attempting by different means to confront the visitor with the beauties of nature. This panorama platform was commissioned by the management of one of the five glacier ski arenas in Austria. Like most of its competitors the..
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Viewpoint Bergbotn
by Code
When driving across the island of Senja,one of the largest islands in Norway, this is the first point where you can see the ocean. The two side cantilevering construction offers a breathtaking view towards the north atlantic in the west, as well as the canyon below (east). The construction is..
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Lake Huron Floating House
by MOS Architects
The Floating House is the intersection of a vernacular house typology with the shifting site-specific conditions of this unique place: an island on Lake Huron. The house was designed by the american MOS Architects.
[h]Environmental aspects[/h]
The location on the Great Lakes imposed..