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The story of Ruka and the Aho family began in 1967, when Doctor Juhani Aho bought his first little piece of Kuusamo: a site on Lake Kitkajärvi shore, and a permanent room at Hotel Rukah...

Georgia’s most popular winter resort is undergoing a transformation to equip the facility with the latest technology and infrastructure ahead of an anticipated busy winter season.Today ...

Meet the man who designs ski resortsNo fewer than 370 ski areas have been developed with the help of Ecosign, the company founded by Paul Mathews, the architect of Sochi. Ben Clatworthy...

In China, winter is no longer just about big dinners with family and late night mahjong. China’s ski market is entering a golden period with millions of ski fans. Why China, a country w...

Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners, the international firm that calls Whistler home, can add another Olympic feather to its cap — Beijing 2022.Ecosign has designed the snow cluster venues...

Text by Toby Skinner Modelmaker⁄Jethro Haynes Photos⁄Liz McBurneyCanadian Paul Mathews is the world’s pre-eminent ski resort designer, having created more than 400 of them around the wo...

Had it not been for some homegrown Whistler expertise, Russia’s Olympic Games may not be taking place in Sochi this month; in fact, they may not be taking place in Russia at all.As it t...

by Damian Inwood Pique Magazine - December 12, 2012Whistler`s Ecosign Designs the World`s Snowy PlaygroundsAs Eric Callender thundered across a mountain plateau, high above Beirut, he m...

By Jessica Dacey in Grindelwald - Dec 22, 2011 - 14:09 - swissinfo.chOne of the biggest and best known Swiss ski areas needs a major revamp if it wants to maintain its reputation, a res...

Words: Antti Laiho, Nieto Magazine, FinlandAs a young man, Paul Mathews 64, disliked the indifferent attitude of American ski resorts towards the environment. He was about to join the f...

'International Man of Mountains' by David Ebner (The Globe and Mail)Ski hills used to be built on gut instincts and gravity. Paul Mathews has spent 35 years changing that.Courchevel is ...

Feb 6, 2010 - 15:26 - Tim Neville in Whistler, swissinfo.chWhistler Olympic Park designer Paul Mathews has helped craft 320 ski areas in 34 countries, including Switzerland, where being...

By Boaz Joseph - Surrey North Delta LeaderGive her the facts and figures – topographical contours, roads, rivers, lakes, tree lines, proposed building footprints, parking lots and lifts...

by Andrew Mitchell, Pique Newsmagazine, July 5 ,2007The last time Russia hosted an Olympic event, the world was a very different place. It was the Moscow Summer Games of 1980, and some ...

On July 4, the 111 members of the International Olympic Committee will gather in Guatemala City to decide who will host the 2014 Winter Olympics. It’s expected to be a very close vote.T...

by Michel Beaudry, Pique Newsmagazine, June 28, 2007He’s the Forrest Gump of the ski business. And like the fictional movie character, he’s never forgotten his roots. Although Kiwi Roge...

Whistler-based Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd has been assigned by the Serbian government in charge of a major development Stara Planina. Horwath Consulting Zagreb, member of Horw...

The Sochi 2014 delegation celebrated their selection as Candidate City for the Olympic Winter Games in 2014 as the news was announced today at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerl...

Deutsche Welle 12.02.2005 Author: DW staff (jam) © Deutsche WelleFew things are more European than Alpine skiing, which was developed in the Alps a century ago. But today, many of these...

The ski resorts of Hasliberg, in the Bernese Oberland, with Engelberg-Titlis, and the Melchsee-Frutt ski area in Central Switzerland are planning to connect their ski slopes. In connect...

By Bob Barnett - The Pique Newsmagazine April 11, 2003One of the great laments of most people who have “discovered” Whistler in the last decade is that they weren’t in on things before ...