Berghaus Eller, designed for a couple with two children nearing university age, nestles among the Austrian Alps in the minute mountainside municipality of Blons—in Vorarlberg, the country’s westernmost state. A neutral exterior, made from cross-laminated spruce, allows the small three-story house to blend gently into its Alpine scenery in the winter months, especially with its seasonal cap of snow. While its clean lines and simple materiality indicate a modern aesthetic, the architects relied on centuries-old wisdom that marks the region’s traditional architecture to design and construct the high-altitude project.
At an elevation of 2,963 feet, which attracts hikers and skiers, Blons is part of the picturesque valley region of Großwalsertal, named after the Walsers, a nomadic people of Germanic origin who settled among various high-altitude sections of the Alps in the 12th and 13th centuries.
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