Gone are the days of mountain rustic grandeur with dark rooms, heavy beams and taxidermy galore. The new world of log cabin-esque contemporary architecture embraces natural materials and boasts lots of light with plenty of indoor-outdoor living. Technology advancements, energy performance and building make it possible (and even easy) to utilize bigger windows and large, open floorplans. Whether you’re planning on building a new cliff-top residence from the ground up, you want to give your existing ski chalet a major makeover or you don’t actually even live anywhere near the mountains, here are four key aspects of modern mountain architecture that you can bring home.
