Aerie
An alpine hospitality precedent demonstrating how large glazed volumes create a glowing beacon effect in high-altitude resort landscapes at dusk.
- What we like about this project
- The intense yellow interior glow contrasts dramatically with the monochromatic blue snow landscape.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- stone
- steel
Visual identifiers
- mountain-lodge
- glowing-windows
- alpine-setting
- dusk-sky
Style tags
- contemporary
- rustic-modern
- alpine
Visual tags
- hospitality
- alpine
- night-lighting
- resort
- timber-and-glass
- Geometry
- Low-slung rectilinear volumes with expansive glazed upper levels sitting prominently on a snowy ridgeline.
- Facade system
- Heavy timber frame with extensive floor-to-ceiling curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- Heavy timber frame construction with steel bracing.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story mountain lodge dwarfed by the expansive alpine setting and ski lift infrastructure in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour sky illuminated by a bright moon, contrasting sharply with warm interior lighting radiating through large windows.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and atmospheric winter evening with high contrast between deep blue twilight and warm interior glow.
- Environmental context
- High-altitude alpine ski resort landscape surrounded by dense evergreen forests and deep snow.
- Spatial experience
- The glowing lodge acts as a beacon across the vast, dark snowscape, offering warmth against the alpine cold.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal massing of the lodge balanced against the vertical lines of distant pine trees and the ski lift machinery.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mountain lodge
- Program
- Mountain resort lodge and restaurant
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, stone, steel
- Visual identifiers
- mountain-lodge, glowing-windows, alpine-setting, dusk-sky
- Style tags
- contemporary, rustic-modern, alpine
- Visual tags
- hospitality, alpine, night-lighting, resort, timber-and-glass
- Geometry
- Low-slung rectilinear volumes with expansive glazed upper levels sitting prominently on a snowy ridgeline.
- Facade system
- Heavy timber frame with extensive floor-to-ceiling curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- Heavy timber frame construction with steel bracing.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story mountain lodge dwarfed by the expansive alpine setting and ski lift infrastructure in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour sky illuminated by a bright moon, contrasting sharply with warm interior lighting radiating through large windows.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and atmospheric winter evening with high contrast between deep blue twilight and warm interior glow.
- Environmental context
- High-altitude alpine ski resort landscape surrounded by dense evergreen forests and deep snow.
- Spatial experience
- The glowing lodge acts as a beacon across the vast, dark snowscape, offering warmth against the alpine cold.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal massing of the lodge balanced against the vertical lines of distant pine trees and the ski lift machinery.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mountain lodge
- Program
- Mountain resort lodge and restaurant
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture