A funicular station on a mountain in Italy has been converted into a museum with an adjoining restaurant that balances on stilts by Gerhard Mahlknecht of EM2. More about Lumen Museum of Mountain Photography perches on a mountainside in the Italian Dolomites
Snøhetta has released visuals of a Museum Quarter in the mountains of Bolzano, which will have a projecting stepped roof that doubles as a viewpoint. More about Snøhetta designs Italian mountaintop museum for Ötzi the Iceman
Orma Architettura has built three matching wooden viewpoints in the mountains of the Mediterranean island Corsica, for people to observe the native red deer. More about Trio of deer observatories by Orma Architettura nestle within Corsican mountains
From two precariously placed hiking shelters designed by OFIS, through to a stilted timber-frame hideaway on an old ski slope, we've rounded up 10 of the best mountainside cabins on Dezeen. More about 10 of the best mountain cabins
A wooden cabin with a prefabricated honeycomb-like structure, called Varden, has opened on Storfjellet mountain in Norway. More about Spinn Arkitekter completes wooden hiking cabin on Norwegian mountain
Italian architects and researchers Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo have built a prefabricated shelter, named Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti, on the edge of a mountain peak in Valpelline, Italy. More about Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo build mountaintop shelter in Italian Alps
Network of Architecture has added seven new Alpine chalets in an expansion of the Zallinger resort in northern Italy. More about NOA extends historic Alpine retreat with cluster of cosy wooden chalets
Set on a mountain summit more than 3,000 metres above sea level, Herzog & de Meuron's Titilis 3020 station and restaurants will cantilever out over the Swiss Alps. More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils plans for mountaintop outpost in Swiss Alps
Sri Lankan practice Zowa Architects has used bamboo canes to shroud the glazed walls of this boutique hotel in Uttarakhand, India, which cantilevers out to give optimal views of the Himalayas. More about Zowa Architects combines bamboo and glass for The Kumoan hotel in the Himalayas
The timber-clad roof structure of this house in the foothills of the Himalayas features a pointed peak incorporating skylights that allow daylight to flood an open-plan interior arranged over stepped levels. More about Matra Architects creates holiday home with peaked roof and Himalayan views
Bernardo Bader Architects has reinterpreted the traditional Alpine chalet using concrete and larch wood to create a home for an art and antique furniture collector on the edge of a village in the Appenzell region of the Swiss Alps. More about Bernardo Bader references traditional Alpine architecture in larch-clad home for an art collector
This compact timber-and-concrete cabin in the Norwegian village of Nerskogen incorporates large windows that angle upwards to make the most of views towards the nearby lake and mountain range. More about Bergersen Arkitekter's Viewpoint Granasjøen is an angular lakeside cabin with a turfed roof
Oslo studio Rever & Drage Architects used a variety of cladding materials and traditional construction techniques to distinguish the different functional spaces at this mountain cabin in Norway's Sunndal region. More about Troll's Peak cabin features facades and roofs clad in contrasting materials
Baragaño Architects designed this prefabricated house made from galvanised steel, wood and slate in northwestern Spain to take only five hours to erect. More about Prefabricated house in rural Spain took just five hours to assemble
Athens-based architect Natalia Kokosalaki combined timber and stone with less traditional materials like perforated steel to give the interior of this chalet in the Greek town of Livadeia a contemporary edge. More about Greek mountain home by Natalia Kokosalaki blends ideas from chalets and urban lofts
American studio CCY Architects has created a spacious residence for a rugged site in the Rocky Mountains, which consists of timber-clad boxes linked by glazed bridges. More about Aspen retreat by CCY Architects overlooks dramatic mountainous scenery
Photographer Allan Crow battled treacherous terrain, high humidity and swarms of insects to capture these images of MAD's latest project – a group of topography-inspired housing blocks in China's Huangshan mountain range. More about MAD's Huangshan Mountain Village photographed by Hufton + Crow in the dawn light
Utopia Arkitekter has designed a tent-like shelter that could provide a cosy retreat for trekkers in the mountains. More about Skýli mountain shelter is designed to withstand extreme weather conditions
A circular skylight in the tip of this pinecone-shaped treehouse by architect Claudio Beltrame in the Italian Alps allows the occupant to gaze up into the starry sky at night. More about Pinecone-shaped treehouse in the Dolomites allows visitors to sleep under the stars
Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects has won planning permission for an astronomical research centre on top of a Cyprus mountain, which will provide NASA with information about celestial phenomena. More about Star Wars-inspired observatory will be built atop a mountain in Cyprus