Hunker Down in This Alpine Swiss Community Space

This imposing structure, according to its designers at architecture firm frundgallina, is for community gatherings and meals. It looks equally capable of withstanding a community militia. Flanked by two historic structures, the architects moderated its modern concrete construction with more traditional elements such as smokestacks. The mountainous vista it affords is jaw-dropping, and while the design seems dead serious, we think the architects have a sense of humor: the site was historically used for cow milking and, in a macabre nod to that history, a cow head hangs prominently in the stairwell's window.

∙ Community Shelter / frundgallina [ArchDaily]