Almost all architecture is enhanced by the landscape that it is set in. For proof, one only needs to look to the strickbau ...

Engadine-style houses have a distinct architectural giveaway – their decorated exteriors. In addition to the playful scrolling – known as sgraffito – the homes are also distinguished by their massive ...

No longer solely for the ski set, Crans-Montana welcomes year-round visitors. An exclusive apartment in this Carlo Rampazzi-designed Alpine property is on the market. Price upon request. Switzerland’s ...

Every week, Mansion Global poses a tax question to real estate tax attorneys and other experts. Here is this week’s question. Q: I’m thinking about buying a chalet in the Alps, and I understand ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

A chalet—also commonly known as a Swiss chalet—is a small house that originated in the Alpine region of Europe. Common in Switzerland, the Bavarian Alps, the French Alps and the Austrian region of ...

A landslide near Blatten, Switzerland submerged an entire village in the Swiss Alps, leaving most of the homes and buildings under a mass of brown sludge. It happened after a large chunk of the Birch ...

About 40 people were killed and around 119 others injured in a fire at a New Year’s party in a Swiss ski resort bar, according to police.