Ice Q — Solden, Austria

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View of Ice Q — Solden in winter
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It took a Tyrolean architect - Johann Obermoser - to go against local tradition and give après skiers a view you don't get with a wooden chalet. Ice Q, his ethereal glass and steel design 3,048m up Gaislachkogl mountain, is the highest restaurant in the Otztal Alps, connected to the Gaislachkoglbahn lift by an equally delicate suspension bridge. The roof terrace seats 34 and the 94-seat dining room is furnished with local larch timber and dozens of Tom Dixon 'Void' copper pendant lights. A signature wine, 'Pino3000' - a collaboration between pinot growers from Austria, Germany and the South Tyrol - is matured in a wine cellar on the mountain.

Ice Q — Solden used t took a Tyrolean architect - Johann Obermoser - to go against local tradition and give après skiers a view you don’t get with a wooden chalet. Ice Q, his ethereal glass and steel design

(Image credit: soelden.com)

The 94-seat dining room furnished with dozens of Tom Dixon ’Void’ copper pendant lights

(Image credit: soelden.com)

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Gaislachkoglbahn II lift
Gaislachkogl mountain
Sölden
Austria

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Ellen Himelfarb

Based in London, Ellen Himelfarb travels widely for her reports on architecture and design. Her words appear in The Times, The Telegraph, The World of Interiors, and The Globe and Mail in her native Canada. She has worked with Wallpaper* since 2006.