SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...services. In order to ensure a high degree of flexibility in the production processes, the number of supports in the hall is reduced to a minimum. The supporting structure consists of eight parallel, lengthways, 82 m long and 3.8 m...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...were insulated with cellulose, and sheep wool was used as the insulation material for the fit-out and finishes. Sheep wool replaces the commonly used polyurethane window insulation, costing only 800 euros more. Solid walls stiffen the structure, while slender steel...
Gutsbetrieb Rheinhof, Hohenems
...is airy and marked by a large number of unique elements. This is related to the decision to use timber from nearby forests: the length of the wood was limited to that which could be found locally. Gluelam technology was...
Foot and Cycle Bridge, Zwischenwasser
...a guardrail”, the bridge over the river Frutz in Zwischenwasser crosses the stream in an unspectacular way and is sparse in its form. It fulfils the requirements as an economic and quick realisation that is long-lasting and maintenance-free. The qualities...
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...space. The building is supplemented by temporary room modules to accommodate the Landesgartenschau gastronomy offerings. The kitchen and storage areas of the permanent building can already be fully used by the catering industry. Through a covered walkway, a threshold-free connection...
Extension of the Bundeswehr kindergarten, Ulm
...was built in 2015 as a single-storey timber building and is now to be expanded to accommodate two additional groups of 30 children each. Important criteria for the development of the new volume were to strengthen the free urban form...
Raiffeisenbank, Egg
...to build a sustainable and high-quality building. By using a photovoltaic system and the connection to the local heating network, an energy balanced is achieved and the building is emission-free over the year. An overall sophisticated energy concept reduces the...
Fire department, Schnepfau
...and against the slope, it is framed by smaller chambers, in which the areas for maintenance and inventory are organised, as well as operational areas, the technic-room, and storerooms. | The single-flight staircase on the east side of the building...
Indoor swimming pool, Bregenz
...bathing hall that is flooded with light and has panoramic views, opens out between the foundations containing the swimming pool technology, and a delicate roof structure that is supported by pillars. The guest is led via a generously curved flight...
Dorner Electronic, Egg
...given that the existing structure was primarily built of timber, it seemed – despite some reservations from the client – only natural to encase the headquarters in the gradually weathering timber that is native to the region. The slightly cantilevered...
LifeCycle Tower
...been eliminated. Reservations are also had regarding the durability and safety of timber. The world’s tallest timber building to date, an eight-story timber construction housed on a concrete ground level was recently completed in London – facilitated by specific building...
3-fach Sporthalle, Kempten
A pillar construction as a place maker. The town of Kempten is considered the educational and administrative centre of the surrounding Allgäu region. A new triple sports hall, for up to 800 spectators, is to be built on the site...
Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...authorities increased the maximum number of storeys from four to six in order to increase the height of wooden buildings. For the 53 m high dorm this change was not enough. However, the campus has its own building regulations and...
Sutterlüty, Hohenems
...the largest number of gimmicks imaginable. Sutterlüty’s new commercial centre in Hohnems was designed to be the antithesis of those ubiquitous, glaring, banal shaped boxes. »This shopping centre demonstrates that retail complexes do not have to be bland or impersonal.«...
Zerlauth, Frastanz
The antithesis of cubist architecture, open angular rooms under an abstract roof. Frastanz, in Austria, is home to a large number of international businesses. In contrast to the Bregenzerwald region, this area is firmly in the grip of a...
Hauser, Hohentannen
Abundant space in a simple shell. A house for a movement therapist and a music teacher should be designed according to the individual needs of its residents. But in the newly developed area, a large number of planning parameters had...
Unterstein, Langenegg
...The developer Morscher Bau- & Projektmanagement GmbH from Mellau built a number of units that use the constructive language for which Vorarlberg is known. Most of the facades are made of wood – as are these two buildings. Morscher calls...
Hotel Schwanen, Bizau
...modernised, changed in their formation and adapted to today’s needs. Although this reduced the number of beds slightly, it has increased the numbers of rooms sold. The design deliberately retreats and is dominated by mute surfaces of timber and plaster....
Hotel Schmiedberger, St. Johann
...highly thermally insulated outer shell. The element construction method makes it possible to ideally use a large number of Egger products. In addition, the interior offers different applications for the products from Egger. The outward appearance of the hotel is...
Haus mitanand - Ellenbogen, Bezau
...timber according to ecological and modern structural engineering requirements, as well as the requirements of the Passive House standard. The timber cladding is in the style of the existing building that will be demolished. The large number of parking spaces,...
Recycling Centre Vorderland, Sulz
...noise and emissions, but opens up via the saw-tooth loading bay to the access road. It was desirable to reduce the number of materials and components used to just a chosen few, the large-scale roof construction transfers its static loads...
Student Housing, Rosenheim
...built as prefabricated timber modules in the factory and then assembled on site. This design also makes it possible to minimise the number of working days on site and the associated weather dependency. The existing local system feeds low-temperature floor...
Nebelhorn Cable Car - Summit Restaurant, Oberstdorf
...free the summit, to make it the centre of attention and to bring it to life when looking up at it from below or when you have ascended to the peak by train.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann To highlight the peak,...
Jagdbergstraße, Schnifis
...Between the two structures a traffic-free space opens up, offering a high quality communal area. The entrances of the two houses are oriented directly on this common square. Also, the bike and refuse room is accessed directly by means of...
Schmuttertal Secondary School, Diedorf
...sawtooth roof windows. A micro sunscreen grid located on the horizontal windows draws in sunlight and transmits out diffused white daylight. The marketplaces benefit from glare-free daylight. The layered arrangement of the floor plan creates alternating classrooms on both the...
Unterfeldstraße, Ludesch
...timber walls and cross-laminated timber ceilings. The development is made from arcades that are made from non-combustible building materials such as steel and concrete. | For cost reasons, and to keep the building compact, the balconies are presented free of...
Kessler, Hirschegg
...with historical formalities of the design. It is however, by its very modern details, developed into a self-confident new statement. Structurally, it is a solid timber construction with visible walls and ceilings made of knot-free diagonal timber elements. This gives...
Kaufmann Holz AG – Beam Assembly Hall, Reuthe
New timber construction technology enables a vast open assembly hall. The column-free room of the assembly hall measures 30 by 60 meters, running its length are two cranes with a weight baring loads of 6.3 tonnes each. Their rails...
Kopf, Au
...the interior, whereby the roof slabs are arranged in such a manner that they synchronously continue the rhythm of the wall joints. The ceiling above the column-free main story is suspended from the roof support structure with tension rods. Large...
Metzler-Holz KG - Storage Warehouse, Bezau
What is more obvious a solution than building a warehouse for timber, from timber? The sawmill and timber trading company needed a 30 x 60 meter, pillar-free hall for the storage of dried timber, as well as for the air...
Stallinger, St. Georgen im Attergau
The basement and the surrounding free-standing columns are made of in-situ concrete, the rest of the construction is provided in timber. To ensure the greatest possible flexibility, the entire building is designed in a grid of 2.60 m as a...
IZM Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, Vandans
...dismantling is expected. The proposed skeleton construction allows for free interior division, which can also be adapted with little intervention to changing usage requirements. The facade and expansion grid underscores this flexibility while at the same time being optimised for...
Münchner Str. Hausner Grenzweg, Munich
...edge, a compact residential ensemble of seven units was to be built, and for this a separate development plan was drawn up. Three free-standing buildings, each surrounded by spacious private gardens, are set on the outer property boundary. Two triple...
Nürnbergkareal phase 2, Absam
...were designed with the support of an interdisciplinary team of research scientists and are now to be expanded to the east by two more volumes. As the concept of social mixing has been proven, 26 rental units, 19 free-hold condominiums...
Recycling Centre Hofsteig, Lauterach
The form and colour language of the architecture acts as a simple framework for the presentation of the recyclable materials. The hall is designed as a pillar-free timber construction and forms an overall ensemble with the existing local biomass power...
Interpark Focus - Impulszentrum, Röthis
...realised in three-formed, pre-cast, reinforced concrete segments, which support the reinforced concrete ceilings with a few steel supports, and which guarantee a free disposition of the floor plan and a high flexibility in its utilisation. Due to the fact that...
House of Sustainability, Ruggel
...floors The generous facade openings and the threshold-free entrances create a smooth transition between space and building. In addition to the central main entrance it is possible to open the seminar room, cafe, exhibition and utility room directly onto the...
Children’s care centre, Zwischenwasser
The basement and the surrounding free-standing columns are made of in-situ concrete, the rest of the construction is provided in timber. To ensure the greatest possible flexibility, the entire building is designed in the proposed grid of 2.60 m as...
Isar-Würm-Lech, Landsberg am Lech
...that in conjunction with the atrium as a buffer zone and the free night ventilation, active cooling of the building can be dispensed with. In addition, the floor heating can be used by a groundwater heat exchanger for silent cooling....
Vorarlberger Landesversicherung, Bregenz
At an extremely exposed location in Bregenz, a replacement headquarters for VLV is planned. Directly opposite the train station, the new building site come to the edge of the free plot, and is divided by the developments height. Through its...
B&O wooden multi-storey car park, Bad Aibling
Parking in the park An innovative mixed-use district is growing in the north of the Upper Bavarian town of Bad Aibling. It is designed to be emission-free and built entirely from renewable raw materials. This multi-storey car park is made...
B&O Villen, Bad Aibling
Sustainability through innovation. Along the Moosbachauen meadows in the north of Bad Aibling, the model project City of Wood is developing. On a disused military site, an emission-free urban district is being created from renewable raw materials, powered exclusively by...
Neubaugasse, Lauterach
...the neighbourhood development structure between the tranquil Neubaugasse and the main traffic axis of Harderstrasse. The buildings were carefully positioned in terms of sunlight, access and circulation to the site in order to create high-quality, traffic-free outdoor spaces.| The reinforced...
Im Haag, Lauterach
High-quality and unobservable retreat areas increase living quality. A large building plot was reconfigured, due to the demolition of a centrally placed house, allowing two duplex units to be built. The elongated main structure, with its exact southern orientation...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Riding Hall, St. Gerold
Timber and glazing are used to create a sense of protection in an open space. After decades of decay, the St. Gerold’s Priory was carefully restored. Today it is a thriving cultural centre. After the renovation of the existing facilities,...
Experts discuss the very best Timber has to offer
...who wants to move towards more timber construction and is looking for initial contacts. Participation is free of charge. Since the number of participants is limited to 150, it is important to register here quickly, but no later than March...
The most beautiful books in Austria 2008: Hermann Kaufmann Woodworks
...considered excellent. With 211 submitted publications, from more than 100 publishers and designers, this year saw the largest number of entries. The competition “The most beautiful books in Austria” is annually published by the Federal Ministry of Education, the Arts...
The Olpererhütte Ginzling receives the Best Architects Award 2009
The “Best Architects 09” award received the highest number of entrants since the awards were founded. 189 outstanding projects were submitted to the award. This year’s jury found it particularly difficult to select the best of the best. A total...
Hermann Kaufmann receives the Toni Russ Prize
...in front of an audience of over 400 guests at the Bregenzer Festspielhaus, with the 34th Dr. Toni Russ Award. “What is extraordinary is the great number of excellent architects and the depth the reputation has penetrated into the region....
1st prize for a proposed development of the former Spicher school
...appearance of the building corresponds to the request for a residential building in timber, and is rated positively. The building maintenance and building operation, due to the large number of detached houses requires effort. Lanes between the building units must...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...styles and also differentiated designs, while maintaining its materiality. Very sensitively and skilfully, every building responds in each case to its environment and its peculiarities. Due to the relatively high number of building structures (compared to the project), they inevitably...
New building in Neubaugasse
...buildings with 2-, 3- and 4-room flats + common room Number of storeys: E+3 (house A, B), E+2 (house C) 38 flats, 38 underground parking spaces Special features: Exterior walls + facade in wood Heating system: groundwater heat pump with...
Role Model Recycling Centre in Langerringen - Germany
The Augsburg district will halve the number of recycling centers by 2035, particularly affecting smaller municipalities. One of the winners of the new distribution concept is Langerringen, where a modern environmental competence center is set to be established next year....
Architecture on the spot 128: Wagner GmbH
...social affairs, trade and industry. The high-quality architecture is presented by their inhabitants, who guide the visitors through their spaces, report from the first idea to the current usage, about all project phases and answer questions. The participation is free....
On the way to the future - Possibilities and perspectives of wood as a modern building material
...the wooded path into the future” – possibilities and perspectives of wood as a building material. Place: Neues Museum Nürnberg, Klarissenplatz, free admission. Organiser: BDA Kreisverband Nürnberg, Central Upper Franconia. Further works reports: 16.10.2018, 19.00 hrs. Menges Scheffler Architekten, Frankfurt...
Cluster Innovative - SWG site inspection of the production hall
Invitation to visit the new wooden production hall for free. On 24 October 2019, proHolzBW has organised a site inspection of the production hall as part of “Cluster Innovative”. If you are interested and for further information click here....
Ceremonial inauguration of the Schmuttertal High School in Diedorf
After two years of construction, the Schmuttertal Gymnasium was inaugurated on October 21, 2015. It was planned and built with an integral and future-oriented approach, as a nationwide unique lighthouse project. It was necessary to combine economic, ecological and social...
Hermann Kaufmann Awarded Bezau Assisted Living Development
...the different levels. The elevator provides accessibility. The opening of the central corridor provides orientation in connection with the structure and, allows for a reduction in the number of access points. Another result of this central corridor is an attractive...
klima: aktiv Gold for Multi-Apartment Construction in Sulzberg
...aktiv Bauen und Sanieren” found an absolute winner in this project. The multi-family dwelling achieved 979 points, the highest point number of all multi-family buildings in Austria so far and therefore exceeding the requirements of 900 points, making it a...
Energy and Climate Protection: Particularly climate-friendly constructions honored – such as the project Unterstein, Langenegg
...Bau” – partly in collaboration with “Wohnbauselbsthilfe” with 10 projects – are the developers presenting the highest number of certified buildings this year. Among the honored buildings are also the last two winners of the State Prize, the office and...
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