Beautiful houses on the slopes of the mountains

In Russia, there is still no general tendency to purchase housing in the mountains. While few can afford to have beautiful house in the mountains. Nevertheless, there is a certain interest in buying such real estate, mainly among well-established young businessmen who purchase such housing as a base for a family vacation.

In addition to the obvious plus - clean air, mountain vacations provide incomparable privacy. A milder climate in winter, warm summers with cool nights are a great addition to the atmosphere of tranquility of a true holiday. Construction in the mountains has a number of design features, in comparison with the construction of a cottage on the plain.

Houses on the slopes of the mountains design taking into account roughnesses and elevations. They solve the problem of placement in two ways: they create one large flat area, a kind of plateau, under the foundation of the structure or several small terraces for step construction, usually under houses over two floors. Usually, a building has two or three floors, the roof is necessarily designed taking into account precipitation and has an additional angle of inclination, an increased slope. The balconies do not have glazing, which is typical for mountain buildings, but are solved in the form of open girdle terraces.

Houses on the slopes of the mountains have additional supports and stepped descents leading down. Typically, concrete columns are used, they support the part of the structure that hangs over the slope and wide slabs of concrete or stones, which make it possible to move around the territory with a steep slope more comfortable.

The most fashionable and beautiful houses in the mountains long recognized chalets. It is such buildings that the inhabitants of the Alpine mountains erected and are erecting for themselves. The chalet is a combined building, the first floor of the building is made of stone or brick, the second, of timber or logs. This design is not in vain popular, the combination of wood and stone facilitates the overall weight of the structure, which makes it more secure in the mountains.

View beautiful house in the mountains, against the backdrop of green hills, blue skies and snow-white mountain peaks, leaves no one indifferent, both outside and inside, mountain houses are designed to give warmth and shelter.

Traditional participants in the interiors houses on the slopes of the mountains, it can be safely called wooden finishes, natural stone, exposed beams, and a mandatory fireplace. The warm atmosphere of the house against the backdrop of white mountain snows is gaining more and more hearts every year, it is safe to say that every year, the number of people who want to spend a vacation in the mountains, and not on the beach, will increase, and your house in the mountains will not less desirable than a trip to hot countries.

Photo of a house in the mountains Haus Wiesenhof by Gogl Architekten.

Photo of a house in the mountains El Viento by Otto Medem Arquitectura

Photo of a house in the mountains Private residence - west Vancouver project from DGBK.