Turmhaus Tirol, a lovely tower-shaped chalet in the snowy Alps - A project by the architect Grünecker Reichelt and the Holzrausch studio subverting traditional alpine architecture

The Zillertal valley is one of the main holiday destinations in the Austrian Tyrol, well-known for its beautiful mountains, the natural park and the ski slopes. Here, at an altitude of 1,261 meters, stands Turmhaus Tirol, a tower-shaped building designed by the German architect Grünecker Reichelt together with the interior design firm Holzrausch, which adds a contemporary touch to the farmhouses that inspired it. It is a slender 8x8 meter structure with a pitched roof clad in larch planks, which develops not horizontally like the other chalets in the area, but vertically over six floors.