This modern hiking hotel blends into the dark alpine forests of Italy

The darkened wood façade of the award-winning Hotel Bühelwirt is specially tinted to reflect "the dark green, or often black forest tinge [that] seems to blend nature and topography with the building". Pedevilla Architects designed the building as a natural extension of the breathtaking alpine landscapes of South Tyrol, Italy. The 20-room hotel references traditional hiking hotels of the region. It marries simplicity with modern forms–rectangular forms meet an asymmetrical saddle roof...

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