Avoriaz, inaugurated in 1967, is perhaps the unlikeliest of France’s purpose-built ski resorts: completely car free, built in its own idiosyncratic but rigorously applied architectural style ...

Avoriaz was built in the 1960s—the brainchild of Olympic downhill gold medalist (and local) Jean Vuarnet, who teamed up with a developer and brought on a trio of newbie architects—Jacques ...

Mysterious Avoriaz ski resort designed by Jacques Labro in the 1960's has an air of intrigue and fantasy thanks to it's remote, off the grid setting.

Avoriaz is the highest of the 12 resorts that make up the Portes du Soleil ski area, with 600km of pistes. The ski area spans the France-Switzerland border, including the resorts of Morzine and ...

Fashionable French ski resort looking good after a £200m makeover ...