This doctor's surgery in the Austrian Alps by Graz-based architects Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher was inspired by small wooden hay barns that dot the local landscape (+ slideshow). More »
Italian architect Enrico Scaramellini squeezed this narrow holiday house into the passageway between two farm buildings in the Alpine countryside of northern Italy. More »
Slideshow: the modular fenestration of this school building in western Switzerland was inspired by shapes from 1980s computer game Tetris. More »
Recently established Norwegian architecture studio Gartnerfuglen have created a mobile fisherman's hut with walls of ice, where a single inhabitant can isolate themselves from modern technology. More »
This scaly apartment block in alpine Slovenia appears to have had its corners sliced away to create triangular balconies. More »
Following our recent roundup of stories featuring ice and snow, here’s a timber lodge outside Prague that was photographed days after a blizzard. More »
Dezeen archive: here's a seasonal look at all our stories featuring snowy scenes and icy weather. See all the stories »
Dezeen Platform: this movie features Chris and Polly of Wrap, an illustration magazine that's designed to be reused as giftwrap, talking about their latest issue on the theme of Dark Days, Bright Nights. Wrap is currently on sale at our Christmas shop The Temporium. More »
Danish architects BIG seem to have a thing for skiing on rooftops and have designed some more buildings that double up as ski slopes, this time for a resort in Lapland. More »
Later this week visitors to the Hong Kong Arts Centre will be able to stick their heads through the ceiling of one gallery to find themselves in a paper winter wonderland. More »
Climbers in the Alps can now spend their nights sleeping in a tube that cantilevers over the edge of a mountain. More »
This pod-shaped woodland retreat floats on a net between the trees in Dorset, UK. More »
Norwegian architects Fantastic Norway have designed a mountain lodge with a sloping roof that you can ski over. More »
Patkau Architects of Canada created this group of temporary plywood skating shelters huddled together by a skating trail along a frozen river in Winnipeg. More »
Helsinki studio Avanto Architects have completed this house with four wings overlooking four distinct views in Virrat, Finland. More »
