Swiss chalets
Mountain vacation homes
Swiss chalets are a style of wooden house originating in the Swiss Alps, characterized by wide, gently sloping roofs with deep overhanging eaves, exterior balconies, and decorative woodwork.
The style spread as vacation architecture: They rented a Swiss chalet for their ski trip.
In North America, Swiss Chalet is also a rotisserie chicken restaurant chain.
- balconiesRaised exterior platforms
- flower boxesMounted containers for plants
- mountain villagesCommunities in elevated terrain
- timber framingConstruction using joined heavy wood
- carved woodSculpted timber artwork
ski lodges · après ski · raclette · snow · geraniums · traditional craftsmanship · dormer windows · vacation homes · stone foundations · fondue · Grindelwald · pine · rural heritage · architectural history · mountain retreats · mountain air · pitched · sloped roofs
- SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Lausanne
- Swiss tourismmountain resorts, ski resorts, St. Moritz, Davos, Matterhorn
Swiss chaletsurban apartments
Housing in metropolitan areas
high-rise towers · high-rise flats · tower blocks · mobile homes · prefabricated housing
Swiss chaletsskyscrapers
Extremely tall urban buildings
megastructures · tenement buildings · barracks · dormitories · housing blocks