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The architects and designers who build and furnish the great chalets.
Last checked October 2026.
Founded by architect Alireza Razavi, the studio designed Mountain House, a private family chalet in Manigod in the Haute-Savoie, pairing a raw-concrete base with timber upper floors while meeting the strict local building code.
The Pritzker Prize-winning architect works from Haldenstein near Chur. His Alpine work includes the thermal baths at Vals and, above Vals, the timber holiday houses at Leis that he built for his own family and lets to guests.
The St. Moritz practice led by Hans-Jörg Ruch is known for restoring and extending the historic stone houses of the Engadin for private owners, work collected in a monograph covering its projects from 1994 to 2016.
The South Tyrol-born architect and designer built Vigilius Mountain Resort above Lana, a timber-and-glass hotel reached only by cable car that set the model for the contemporary Alpine retreat.
Norman Foster's practice designed Chesa Futura in St. Moritz, an apartment building raised on stilts and clad in larch shingles, completed in the early 2000s.
Pierre Yovanovitch founded his interior architecture practice in 2001; his Alpine work includes a 500-square-metre private penthouse in Andermatt, Switzerland, made with French craftsmen and contemporary artists. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Paris interior architect designed the interiors of Cheval Blanc Courchevel and a six-storey, 900-square-metre private chalet in Courchevel 1850.
The Paris architect and interior designer created the interiors of the Four Seasons Private Residences at The Park Gstaad.
The Paris studio of Reda Amalou and Stéphanie Ledoux designed the interiors of the Six Senses Residences in Crans-Montana, chalet-style apartments inside the five-star resort.
The London studio designed the interiors of the Six Senses Residences Kitzbühel Alps, villas and apartments in Austrian chalet style.
That makes 10 entries in all.
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