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 ...

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

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 ...

Ashley Franzen has lived all over the world and currently resides in Switzerland with her family. She frequently travels through and around the Swiss Alps – she is very thankful for the country's ...

A massive glacier collapse in Switzerland destroyed the village of Blatten on Wednesday, just days after being evacuated over fears of imminent collapse. Some 90 per cent of the Alpine village, ...