Snøhetta places shingle-clad viewing tower on mountain peak in Austria

Norwegian architecture practice Snøhetta has built Top of Alpbachtal, an angular timber viewing tower in a popular skiing area in the Tyrolean Alps that sits 2,030 metres above sea level.
The Top of Alpbachtal building sits beside a recently completed high-speed ski lift close to the Wiedersberg Horn peak in the mountainous town of Alpbach, Austria.
Top of Alpbachtal was designed by Snøhetta
The viewing tower is 13 metres tall and has a tapered cubic form that draws on the shapes a