Alpine Architecture in South Tyrol
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South Tyrol is a memorable place: climatically, culturally, and from a culinary standpoint, the region epitomises well-being in a stunning, mountainous setting like no other.
Alpine Architecture in South Tyrol captures and highlights the region’s profile in all its multi-layered complexity. From cable car stops to mountain huts, monastery conversions to hotel suites, virtually every conceivable building typology comes under the spotlight. The publication delivers a case study in how local building tradition and contemporary architecture can mutually revitalise one another, and their potential to help turn a transit spot into popular holiday destination. Essays by selected South Tyrolean experts offer unique insight into key aspects of the region.
Alpine Architecture in South Tyrol captures and highlights the region’s profile in all its multi-layered complexity. From cable car stops to mountain huts, monastery conversions to hotel suites, virtually every conceivable building typology comes under the spotlight. The publication delivers a case study in how local building tradition and contemporary architecture can mutually revitalise one another, and their potential to help turn a transit spot into popular holiday destination. Essays by selected South Tyrolean experts offer unique insight into key aspects of the region.
Daniel Reisch: professor for architecture, iu Internationale Hochschule