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  2. Swiss chalet style - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Chalet - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Villa Fallet - Wikipedia

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    The house is in the Style Sapin, the Swiss variant of Art Nouveau. The chalet on the forested hillside near La Chaux-de-Fonds, is a large traditional chalet with a steep roof in the local alpine style, and is decorated with carefully crafted colored geometric patterns on the façade, with a design of triangular pine trees and pine cones.

  5. Architecture of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The Swiss chalet style became a symbol of a simple, pastoral life built on democracy, freedom and a connection with nature. The wide variety of local styles and building materials was reduced to a wooden cottage with a gently sloping roof and wide, well-supported eaves set at right angles to the front of the house.

  6. Swiss Investment Firm Acquires 3,500+ U.S. Single-Family ...

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    The Swiss-based private equity firm Partners Group announced yesterday that it has acquired a $1 billion portfolio of single-family rental homes located across 17 states in the Sunbelt region. The ...

  7. List of mountain huts in the Alps - Wikipedia

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    Swiss Alpine Club: Pennine Alps: Trient Hut: Swiss Alpine Club: Mont Blanc massif: Triglav Lakes Lodge: Triglav Group: Triglav Lodge at Kredarica: Triglav Group: Tschierva Hut: Swiss Alpine Club: Bernina Range: Tête Rousse Hut: Club alpin français Ville de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains: Mont Blanc massif

  8. Southern Swiss region rejects a plan to fast-track big solar ...

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    Voters in a southern Swiss region on Sunday rejected a plan to allow large solar parks on their sun-baked Alpine mountainsides as part of the federal government’s push to develop renewable ...

  9. List of castles and fortresses in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Name Image Location Type Date Notes Appenzell Castle: Appenzell: Manor house: 1563: Original owner Antoni Löw executed 1584. 1584-1682 used as Franciscan monastery. Today known as "Doctor's House" and privately owned.