Raiffeisenbank, Egg
...were assigned to the respective business processes. The ground floor serves the private customer care in a generously sized customer reception. The first floor accommodates the corporate customer service and the executive board, while the administration can be found on...
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
Location The restaurant pavilion is designed to create a striking addition to the newly created water park. It serves as a contact point, with service functions for park visitors and users of the adjacent playground. It is also an important...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Lounge/Reception, Hirschegg
...wide view of the valley and the sun. It’s carefully choreographed sequence of lounge and service areas enhance the existing spaces both spatially and functionally and create a new relationship between the inside and outside. The complex communication lines of...
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...pavilion. The two-storey building sits on the north-eastern edge of the plot, leaving enough space to the south and west for sun-flooded terraces with a wide view over the water. The large, glazed guest room also opens up to the...
Moosbrugger, Bizau
...service sectors. In the throes of a progressive, timber-based architecture movement, the area readily combines sustainable goals with a sleek minimalist look. And a new Bregenzerwald farmhouse, built for a dairy farmer in Bizau, would not be out of place...
Reifen Forster, Lauterach
Light, transparent strength and functionality. As part of the relocation to a former food wholesale centre, the tyre service hall was built on the car park to the fount of the building. Here tyre service work can be carried out...
LifeCycle Tower
Multi-storey buildings are still rarely built in timber worldwide. Building regulations and fire protection requirements prevent larger heights from four to six storeys, depending on the country. The historical reaction of mankind to the combustible building material has not yet...
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...
Nigsch, Feldkirch-Tisis
Sculpted cube with a view and the sun. The small family home sits on a gently sloping incline to the northwest; the terrain is followed in the placement of a semi-basement level. The two upper floors are designed as a...
House of Sustainability, Ruggel
...pitched roof achieves further goals: the optimisation of sun exposure and the outlook; a differentiation of the building height between street and neighbouring buildings; a reaction to the roof landscape of the area; and the integration of an east-west photovoltaic...
Recycling Centre Vorderland, Sulz
...the south through an expansive gate. Here customers pass through the central square to hand in their recycling materials on the circular route of the collection containers before they leave the hall. Administration and sanitary rooms are lined up on...
Am Garnmarkt, Götzis
...the high-bay warehouses and administrative buildings. As a result, additional trading and service companies chose this location. After intensive planning and development work, as well as several architectural competitions, the second section was started at the beginning of 2010. In...
Cable Car Station, Nebelhornbahn, Oberstdorf - Kleinwalsertal
...safety glass, creates a shimmering transparent volume that radiates lightness and openness. Depending on the direction of travel, the structure is perceived as a gateway to the mountains or to the valley. The elongated service centre is essentially a purely...
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...
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...
Recycling Centre Hofsteig, Lauterach
...plant and an organic waste centre. This integration was accomplished by the continuation of the existing timber facade of the power plant, which further enhances the overall impression. The entire area is accessible to customers via a driveway, which then...
Sutterlüty, Rohrbach - Dornbirn
Bringing the marketplace to the customers. Sutterlüty puts the ‘market place’ at the centre of their considerations when planning the new branch in Dornbirn, Rohrbach. They want to create and experience for their customers that is reminiscent of doing...
Vorarlberg electricity Network - Operations Office, Lindenberg
...a bordered unit along the newly planned access area. A two-storey high volume forms the main building, which in addition to office space for administration also houses a publicly accessible customer centre. The clearly structured building has total accessibility and...
Waste material collection centre Vorderland, Sulz
Location Surrounded by the motorway, the main road and the industrial road, the project is defined by traffic, that creates the situation of the site. The building positions itself is confidently and clearly, visible to customers along the main road...
Haggen - residential area, St. Gallen
...whereby the living rooms open to the sunny garden side. The apartments in the northern building are oriented northwest – southeast, whereby the flexible floor plans can also be used as an option. This gives the sunny living rooms a...
Local History Museum, Alberschwende
...church, town hall and a country inn, is set amongst traditional farmsteads complete with barns and stables. However, like most of villages of the region, the majority of the agricultural out-buildings lie in a state of disrepair. Their preservation and...
Hotel Schwanen, Bizau
Renovations that increase a hotels appeal and suitability to the surroundings. The Hotel Schwanen was originally a traditional country inn, a lengthways building with integrated agricultural parts. This was completely remodelled in the 60s. What was left of the old...
Simma Electronic, Egg
Choreographed view axes into the mountains. On the historic country road leading from the village centre of Egg to the neighbouring municipality of Schwarzenberg, three plots of land have been claimed to create a small business park. The newly built...
Nebelhorn Cable Car - Summit Restaurant, Oberstdorf
Understated timber elegance and contemporary alpine design at 2’224 m. It takes a lot of strength to build on top of a mountain, but that does not mean you have to highlight this in the final design. The new summit...
BSBZ - Landwirtschaftsschulen Vorarlberg, Hohenems
...room, which is open to all students, is also located along this access door, in the centre of the school. These common areas are preceded by terraces and balconies, which also serve as constructive sun and weather protection to the...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...wind and weather. Below these bitumen-clad timber slabs, adjustable, cable-mounted sunscreens shade the window areas. The lightly sloping terrain allows for skylights on the southeast side of the basement, providing daylight to the club rooms that are situated there. The...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Riding Hall, St. Gerold
...weather, but retains the feeling of being part of the open landscape. Insulation was not required since the sun regulates the temperature perfectly. The roof construction is supported by six-part straddles in the middle. The converging, pyramid shaped tension bars...
Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...Trespa panels and floor-to-ceiling windows. Corner glazing dissolves the volume of the surfaces and a metal cornice crowns the building. A sunshade, made of CLT, adds the warm atmosphere of the outside common areas. The vestibules of the elevators are...
Ingeborg-Ortner-Children´s Home, Garching
...which also provide sun protection, serve to protect the recessed facade surfaces from the elements. The flat roof is beautifully landscaped. In order to ensure the most flexibility of use, the day care centre was divided into three units. Each...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Spa, Hirschegg
...pool. The treatment rooms and spacious fitness and relaxation rooms with access to the sun balcony are on the upper floor. The sculptural volume is clad with an outer skin made of matt shimmering copper sheet, which is broken up...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa – Conversion Chalet, Hirschegg
...guest rooms were created, which open up to the morning or evening sun via deep loggias. In the same design as the already refurbished room wing, the facades are covered with horizontal formwork made of filigree spruce boards. As in...
Owens "House Drexel", Warth
...walls. The new panelling consists of unlined planks, whose irregular shape gives mechanical manufacturing an air of craftsmanship. Once the timber has been aged by the sun the house will no longer stand out. Inside, the renovations focus on creating...
Stallinger, St. Georgen im Attergau
...of the building fulfils several functions: it serves as a spatial buffer towards the street, it optimally defuses sun light and glare, it allows for weather-independent night cooling of the building, it protects the untreated timber facade and windows permanently...
Stubenbach, Lech
...tenants can enjoy the mountain panorama and the afternoon sun. The units on the ground floor have smaller dimensions. On the floors above, the segmented building structure allows for orientation of the floor plans in two directions. The development was...
Kehl/Fischer, Burgebrach
...community in Upper Franconia.The result is a tailor-made building volume whose rooms blend into each other, alternating from dense to generous. The living and sleeping areas open onto the sun filled garden planted with vegetation. On the north side the...
Unterholzer/Pichler, Bregenz
...Carefully designed floor plans allow you to separate the house into distinct levels. On the ground floor, the living rooms and the master bedroom open up to the sunny pool, a bright access room leads to the upper floor, which...
Lino, Montagnola
A lake view from the sundeck. The expressive structure sits on a steep southeast slope in the Ticino village of Montagnola, surrounded by stately villas in Mediterranean vegetation. The determining design parameters are the orientation to the sun and the...
Gaudier Bzreska Vocational School, Orleans
...a new building was commissioned. This new space, with a total of 5000 m², is completely dedicated to the training of woodcraft professions. Spacious, with room for the sun light to poor in, it had to be the embodiment of...
TUM Center of Excellence, Garching
...sunscreen and exit. The access is via the hall or the open communal areas. It is possible to extend the building to the north if needed. The building is designed as a reinforced concrete skeleton construction with stiffening core and...
Heimat Österreich, Salzburg-Liefering
...was designed to optimally illuminate the shared lounges to the southwest. The common areas of the residential groups, meeting point and the terraces are oriented towards the sun. The location of the building was centred, giving the terrace an unobstructed...
City of Wood, Bad Aibling
...of the space with two poles formed by the eight-storey landmarks. Orientation: Optimised orientation of the apartments to the south and southwest – large terraces overlooking the mountains or the meadowy countryside. ~ Terraced house Multi-storey timber constructions in...
Children’s care centre, Zwischenwasser
...several functions: it serves as a spatial buffer towards the street, it optimally defuses sun light and glare, it allows for weather-independent night cooling of the building, it protects the untreated timber facade and windows permanently against weathering and last...
Haus mitanand - Ellenbogen, Bezau
...sun and glare, and are stylistically based on the shape and proportions of the existing agricultural wing. In the interior, however, is a space that allows for a high quality, contemporary living and working. The interior is determined by the...
Agricultural school, Salzkammergut
...sit in shade and sun and to roam in all directions. Sports and games, as well as a large part of the pitches are located in the west in slight hillside terraces. The 200 additional parking spaces can be found...
Legero, Graz
...surrounding traffic noise and other emissions. In summer it acts as a sun shade, in winter as heat storage. The development of the headquarters is via a central main entrance with a view of the sample production, and the presentation...
Mayer, Weiler
...the afternoon sun, the basement made of exposed concrete can be read as the encasing of the embankment wall. The walls of the bedrooms and bathrooms above, which are in contact with the ground, are also solid, and the terraced...
Educational campus at Sallerner Berg, Regensburg
...disabled children are combined. Due to its orientation towards the morning sun and the forest playground in front of it, it offers ideal development opportunities for the small children. These parts of the school grounds are clearly accessed by a...
Extension of the Bundeswehr kindergarten, Ulm
...the prerequisite for using the outdoor space in the southeast as an undisturbed playground. This is enhanced by the communal centre, with its sunlit terrace and shady courtyard tree to offer all children optimal opportunities for development. The internal routing...
IZM – Illwerke Centre Montafon, Vandans
...throughout by projecting roofs, which also allow ideal access for cleaning, thus reducing operating expenditure. It would be possible to extend the building by adding further stories. All the service installations remain accessible, and the envelope is perfectly energy-efficient, so...
Wagner GmbH, Nüziders
Architecture that reflects the values of the company: efficient, innovative and precise. The company Wagnertec, in Nüziders, manufactures chrome components for plant engineering, energy suppliers and building services. In order to enable the future development of the business, the administrative...
Security Center, Bezau
...service teams; it was also about making sure we created another example of modern timber architecture in Vorarlberg, to continue to promote this wonderful, versatile and sustainable building material.« DI Claudia Greußing The Sicherheitszentrum is another project in a series...
Sutterlüty, Hohenems
...a unique atmosphere to the interior. The planning and concept for the building service installations reflected the requirements for a highly efficient heat supply and cooling system. A low temperature heating system had been requested which could be used both...
Herbert von Pichler Straße phase 1, Jenbach
...a capacity of 107 parking spaces service the majority of the residents parking needs; the visitor parking is located along the Herbert von Pichler road. All apartments are arranged over three floors. The ground floor apartments have private gardens. The...
Biomass heating plant expansion, Lech
Complex geometry maximises the potential of an undulating mountain plot for a vital service provider. The expansion of the Stubenbach district made the heating capacity of the two existing biomass boilers in the Lech too low. After initially considering...
Impulszentrum, Egg
A demonstration of the regional building culture in a unique location. At the location of the disused railway station in Egg, a service centre has been created to encourage people to engage with the regional, highly skilled, handcrafts. It...
Gymnastics and Celebration Hall, Muntlix
...because all the serving rooms are housed in the separate new wing. The exposed concrete wall of the service area is the view from the hall, the front of which is fully glazed. On the opposite side is a large...
Municipal Office, Schnepfau
...the village square. In 2000, the building was purchased by the municipality and revitalised, integrating further public amenities; a library and nursing service on the ground floor. The town council office resides on the timber-structured first floor, and the second...
Hannoverhaus, Mallnitz
...the entrance floor the kitchen, above the sleeping areas for guests, in the basement, the storage rooms and the guest toilets, the living areas for the staff and the innkeeper. On the 2nd floor garages, winter room and service technologies....
Landratsamt, Miesbach
...the north. The double entry in the floor plan marks the main entrance and facilitates the orientation. To the east is the smaller complex area, with the central service core and offices along the facades. There is room in the...
Sutterlüty, Landammanngasse - Rankweil
...secondary girders are arranged at close intervals on the same level and span over 20 metres to the enclosing walls. A service zone wraps around the back of the volume as an angular structure made of exposed concrete. The arcade...
energie campus montafon, Vandans
...centre for apprentices. The compact building blends into the growing ensemble and is connected to the central administration building by a carefully landscaped park. On top of the concrete basement, with technical and service zones, four storeys were built in...
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...
Neudorfstraße, Wolfurt
First multi-storey timber construction for social housing in Vorarlberg, built as part of a subsidised housing scheme. Neudorfstrasse has been developed by a housing society in Vorarlberg, three years after the completion of the privately-financed “Ölzbündt” estate. The development is...
Textile School, Dornbirn
Faithful renovation of mid-century architecture creates a new home for two Vorarlberg design institutes. The old textile school is considered a typical example of the architecture of the fifties, and one of the best in Vorarlberg from the first...
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...
Sutterlüty J, Egg
Open, light and airy. A large, almost villa-like space program is organised in a cross-shaped in response to the west and north slopes, fringed by a brook and groups of trees. The south-facing entrance opens up to a view of...
Interpark Focus - Jura, Röthis
Open flexible design in the work place. The new administrative centre of the original Jura building, which was completed three years ago, now forms the entrance to the 120,000 m² business park Interpark Focus. Pivoting around a central open square,...
Nürnbergkareal phase 2, Absam
...of the stairwells, which amazes the children. The community library is a great place to exchange ideas and the covered roof terrace on the third floor can be used by all tenants to enjoy the sun and the view. ...
Sutterlüty, Frastanz
Simple and dense At the border between the commercial areas and residential quarters of the market town of Frastanz, the restrained volume marks the intersection of two heavily frequented main traffic arteries. The customers of the regional local supplier enter...
Kaeser Ladepark, Coburg
...an honest architecture that is rooted in the location through the choice of building materials and the interweaving with the topography. Customers and visitors can easily find their way around and experience the four elements (sun, wind, water, earth) when...
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...
Pflegeheim Jesuheim, Lochau
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Biomass heating plant - extension 2021, Lech
Complex geometry maximises the potential of an undulating mountain plot for a vital service provider The expansion of the Stubenbach district made the heating capacity of the two existing biomass boilers in the Lech too low. After initially considering building...
The Architekturtage Experience in 2008
May 16th and 17th will see the forth ‘Architekturtage’ taking place across the country. Celebrated throughout Austria, and now in the neighbouring regions of Bratislava, Liechtenstein and Eastern Switzerland, Architekturtage, under the motto “Experience Architecture”, is a comprehensive range of...
Triple win at the 2017 Vorarlberg timber construction awards
...over 140 submissions from projects across various categories. Three of our projects were honoured on the night; Schmuttertal Gymnasium: recognition, category Outside the Country Propstei St. Gerold: recognition, category Renovation Passive House Plus Housing Area Unterstein: recognition, category Multi-occupancy dwelling...
Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis 2019: 1 prize and 3 recognitions
...following awards: Temporary building woodpasssage – From tree to house – price Out of the country (International) Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver – Recognition Detached house Kaufmann, Lingenau – Recognition Public construction Recycling and waste centre, Hofsteig, Lauterach – Recognition...
thomaswechspreis 2018: Recognition for Schmuttertal Gymnasium
...to builders and architects every three years. A total of 67 works from all over Bavarian Swabia were submitted to this year’s awards. In the first online round, the three international jury members Bernardo Bader (Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria) Armand Ruinelli...
Ground breaking ceremony for ASZ Vorderland
...be able to know their waste has been meaningfully repurposed, recycled and used. The opportunity to process about 40 different valuables and problem substances for about 30 hours per week will make the ASZ Vorderland a valuable service centre for...
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...
October 13 sees the start of operations at the Altstoffsammelzentrum in Hofsteig
On October 13, the new Altstoffsammelzentrum (ASZ) in Hofsteig starts its trial operations, after only seven month of construction. 45 types of waste can be delivered to a single location, during customer-friendly opening times. For the residence of the four...
IZM, Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, receives the Hypo-Bauherrenpreis 2015
...of quality, sustainable construction and planning for society and the environment. It is jointly awarded to builders and planners. The organisational partner is the vai, Vorarlberger Architektur Institut. Hypo Landesbank Vorarlberg is the country’s largest mortgage lender and, with this...
Insight into the exciting YKK project in Japan - exclusive interview with the project team
...of course to the country itself. What have you learned from this project so far? HK: In this project we got to know the most different approaches to building in both countries. Especially regarding timber construction, we have advanced a...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...TUM. In 2021, he was honoured with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture. In 2022, he became the first architect from an African country to receive the most important award in architecture: the Pritzker Prize, endowed with 100,000 US...
Architekten Hermann Kaufmann presents their latest book
Individuality from a modular system: Illwerke Zentrum Montafon The new office building of the Vorarlberg power plants in Vandans is a hybrid timber construction designed and implemented by Architekten Hermann Kaufmann. On July 10, the book “Hermann Kaufmann IZM –...
The new gastronomy centre at Uferpark Überlingen has been awarded to Hermann Kaufmann + Partners
A jury consisting of the top management, representatives of the county council, and members of the management of the Landesgartenschau Überlingen 2020 GmbH have chosen our architectural office Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH to be the winner of a...
BDA regional award: TUM research station Friedrich N. Schwarz makes the shortlist.
55 projects have made it into the next round of the BDA Regional Prize Über Oberbayern 2021, creating this year’s exciting shortlist! A total of 104 valid projects were submitted to participate in the first-ever BDA Regional Prize Über Oberbayern...
Hermann Kaufmann takes part in leading TV-documentary from arte. He explains the role in sustainability of wood and timber architecture. Our recommendation "A New World" - now on arte
Watch the documentary: “A New World” – arte Online: 08/11/2022 – 08/07/2023 In 6 languages available...
Hermann Kaufmann Awarded Bezau Assisted Living Development
...from the sun; they are also stylistically orientated to the shape and proportion of the existing agricultural nature of the plot. In the interior, however, spaces are created that enable quality, contemporary living and working. The interior space is determined...
Fernpassstrasse in Munich wins the 2014 Bayern Holzbaupreis
The ‘Holzbaupreis Bayern’ is a project formed by the Ministry of Forestry, Landesbeirat Holz Bayern e.V., proHolz Bavaria, The Bavarian Chamber of Architects and The Bavarian Chamber of Civil Engineers. Now in its ninth year, the awards have been presented...
New Caritas headquarters build begins in Salzburg
...around 90 employees from the central and service areas of Caritas will work in an area of 2,200 m², spread over four floors. The parish building will be 1,050 m². The kindergarten, with an integrated toddler group, will provide child...
Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Prize 2022 for SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
The Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Prize 2022 was awarded for the first time as part of the state’s timber construction campaign. Many of the submitted works raised awareness of the need for an environmentally-friendly building culture using wood, and a sustainable...
Role Model Recycling Centre in Langerringen - Germany
...made of concrete for fire safety reasons. The environmental competence center will set a good example: the wooden building itself will be fully separable and recyclable at the end of its service life. [text summary] Here is the full article...
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Nice out here - Architecture in rural areas | Neu-Anspach
Increasingly, attention is being paid to rural regions as a center of life. They are places to live and work. Architecture can be an expression of valuing something; it can, in the best cases, generate a sense of confidence. For...
Hermann Kaufmann IZM - Illwerke Center Montafon
Creating the largest wooden hybrid building to date. The Austrian state of Vorarlberg is vital to timber construction. An active and innovative scene has emerged around this renewable building material, including craftsman, planners and industrial operators that are expanding their...
DBU Building 1: Schmuttertal High School
Architecture – Education – Resources »Perhaps it’s inevitable that we must massively change society and its approach to our education system, and the importance of the school building, and learning environments, will increase with this shift.« Federal President Gauck...
Atlas Multi-Storey Timber Construction
Wood is regarded as a visual attractive, tactile material; it is sustainable, renewable and usually readily available. The fact that wood is now almost unrestricted for use in multi-storey buildings is, however, new and requires a more creative approach to...