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Chalet-style house built by Swiss nurse Ruth Trummer in Hagere Selam around 1970 The Silver Beach chalet in Ranua, Finland in December 2007. With the emergence of the Alpine travel business, chalets were transformed into holiday homes used by ski and hiking enthusiasts.
Swiss chalet style (German: Schweizerstil, Norwegian: Sveitserstil) is an architectural style of Late Historicism, originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine (mountainous) regions of Central Europe. The style refers to traditional building designs characterised by widely projecting roofs and facades richly decorated with ...
But my favorite Alpine-style villages are in Colorado: Ouray, Telluride, and Crested Butte. ... For a bit of higher-brow culture, stop at the Wright Opera House. It was established in 1888 and ...
This style focused on using traditional elements in modern buildings, while preserving historic buildings and cityscapes, traditional rural living and agriculture. Particularly in Switzerland the image of the Alps, alpine herding and agriculture became a key part of the movement.
The foundation ruins of Glacier House can still be seen near Wheeler hut along the short rail trail that provides access to the hut in winter. The Alpine Club of Canada approved plans for an Alpine hut to serve as a substitute for Glacier House for alpinists in 1938, but construction did not commence until after World War II ended in 1945.
Lustron House - 3629 Livingston Street, New Orleans, Louisiana - stuccoed over in late 2000's; Lustron House - 3635 Livingston Street, New Orleans, Louisiana; Lustron House - 9412-14 Stroelitz Street, New Orleans, Louisiana - Double constructed of two joined Lustron Houses; Julius Reese Residence - 4940 St. Roch Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
The house was maintained much like a small resort hotel by several housekeepers, gardeners, cooks, and other domestic workers. The Berghof became a centrepiece of Nazi propaganda. The Nazi-controlled German press as well as the English-language international press covered Hitler's life at home in a positive light.
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