Doppelmayr, Wolfurt
...by partitions that can be altered under a continuous ceiling height. Furthermore, channelling through traffic through the work areas should be avoided. This function is handled by the south-facing access routes, which connects up to four departments. The office zones...
Hotel Schmiedberger, St. Johann
...The necessary intimacy that these areas require, due to their use or requirement, is made possible by their location to each other and a direct daylight supply is ensured along with privacy. The residential complex in the southwestern is a...
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...~ Building settlement The pavilion was placed as a two-storey structure with the lowest possible use of land at the northern boundary of the property. This will leave generous open spaces in the south, which can be used as attractive...
Biomass Heating Plant, St. Christoph
Meeting all safety requirements and the needs of the land. This biomass heating plant is located in open countryside to the south-west of St. Christoph. The clear structure is integrated into the surrounding landscape through its reserved design. In the...
Oberdorf 561, Sulzberg
...and a west-facing apartment, with garden access, is located. The 8 apartments on the upper floors are accessed via a pergola with right-angled staircases. All apartments are oriented to the south. The “soft” south facade stands in deliberate contrast by...
Schlichtling, Telfs
Ambitious prefabricated timber construction in Tyrol. The apartment complex was built as part of the urban expansion which began in the 1990s. The structure’s spectacular hillside location in Telfs affords stunning views of the mountains to the south and...
Haggen - residential area, St. Gallen
...entrance in the basement. The main development of the eastern apartments takes place, as for the shop, over the south-facing forecourt. The flats to the east are separated from the maisonettes in the west by a spacious courtyard but can...
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...
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...
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...
SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...of constructing the load-bearing structure of the hall in timber, while metal elements were used to design the facades. The conscious decision to use renewable building materials also sends out a signal for sustainability, because every cubic meter of “built-in”...
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...
Haus mitanand - Ellenbogen, Bezau
...will be demolished. The large number of parking spaces, and the exit of the underground car parking in the north of the building, open in the south areas for the orchard, the outdoor area, and the vegetable and herb garden....
Housing Estate Michaelipark, Augsburg
...the green areas and the neighbourhood, are created between the buildings. Many of the existing trees can be preserved The volumes are offset in the north-south from each other, with the ground floor apartments facing south. As a result, the...
High-rise timber house - Queckareal, Tübingen
The tall wood house Gartenstrasse leads from the medieval core of the southern German university town of Tübingen along the Neckar to the east to the mouth of the Ammer. There, on the site of the former Queck cement factory,...
Civic centre with a new Pallaufhof, Münsing
...saw-tooth roof and to the south, an additional building designed for semi-public use. The separation of the two functions, town hall and community centre, allows a clear urban planning setting. The new buildings form a central square between the town...
Assisted living, Mittelberg
...a two-sided exposure. 23 of the 25 apartments have a southwest-southeast orientation and 2 apartments have a northwest-northeast orientation with southwest oriented terraces. In addition, all apartments of the same size are located directly above each other. This ensures a...
Residenticial and Commercial Building, Natter, Bezau
...street space and to create a green open area to the back. From there, the residential areas are accessed, while the business zones face the street. In the south there are public parking spaces under a slightly protruding side of...
Hofsteigstraße, Schwarzach
...was decided to have the buildings reused as a residential area for young families. The elongated area is enclosed on the north side by a steep slope and on the south side by the Schwarzach itself. The six multi-family dwellings...
Nürnbergkareal phase 1, Absam
...towards the south on the gently sloping slope of the Eichat district. The top volume is partly based on the underground car park for the entire area. The senior care rooms are located on its ground floor and are aligned...
Lexengasse, Liefering
...buildings, each holding 13 to 15 units, as well as a generously designed nursing home, with diverse accommodation and services for people with varying access needs and usage requirements. As a harmonious counterpart to the gabled detached houses on Lexengasse,...
Solar School, Dafins
The first solar powered school in Austria. The idea of this design was to maximise the south-facing exterior space for the school due to the small building site. The school and kindergarten were attached to the eastern cemetery wall, as...
Sportplatzweg, Schwarzach
A 58-meter-long timber “living cube” floats above an architectural office space. This ‘living cube’ protrudes north and south, with a sheltered, covered entrance and access on the north side, with a shaded facade on the south. The cube is clad...
Beck/Faigle, Hard
...allows open living in spacious and bright rooms, which are decorated with simple but beautiful materials and furniture. The typical floor plan, the north-facing staircase, and all rooms are oriented to the south which works almost automatically in this situation....
Mathis, Dafins
...a gauge on how to use this highly up-to-date and unerring modern building style, especially in timber regions.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann From the slopes of the scattered hamlet of Dafins, the eyes can wander to the south and...
Herbert von Pichler Straße phase 2, Jenbach
...the sites boundary line, offering a good south orientation. Underground garages with a capacity of 107 parking spaces services the majority of the residents parking needs; the visitor parking is located along the Herbert von Pichler road. All apartments are...
Herbert von Pichler Straße phase 1, Jenbach
...and large community space. There are also all larger apartments arranged here, as family-friendly living is the main objective. The second construction phase, with 25 units, is arranged on the sites boundary line, offering good south orientation. Underground garages with...
Schmuttertal Secondary School, Diedorf
...for the fact that the school building contributes to the well-being of its users and thus indirectly to learning success.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann Learning landscapes are the basic framework in which young people learn to study by themselves....
Residential complex Michaelipark, Augsburg
...the green areas and the neighbourhood, are created between the buildings. Many of the existing trees can be preserved The volumes are offset in the north-south from each other, with the ground floor apartments facing south. As a result, the...
Floras Garten, Lochau
...units replace the original production halls. The urban planning approach is defined as the interlocking of the volumes and open spaces with the neighbouring settlement structure. The buildings are spaced generously along the north-south axis of the building site and...
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...
Dorner Electronic, Egg
...stories as the best solution. Usually, companies in this sector want to project a progressive corporate image through the use of high-tech building materials. But in this case the business is located in the timber centre heart of “Bregenzerwald”, and,...
Student Housing, Rosenheim
Student life in a green zone. In the northwest of the city of Rosenheim, the CAMPUS RO project is within walking distance of the university grounds. Space for student accommodation and recreation is to be created here. The four-storey building...
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...
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.«...
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...
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....
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...
New thermal baths, Obersdorf
...The urban planning concept of the project allows one to look beyond the boundaries of the site, to create a meaningful relationship to the high-quality open spaces of the existing situation. This defines a generous contiguous green space that can...
High-rise residential building in timber - Grieser Auen, Bozen
...access areas in the south-east of the building structure. These covered open spaces form a weather-protected meeting place and serve as a filter zone for the users of the community meeting place, which is located in the two basement floors....
Gantner/Bundschuh, Sulzberg
Revitalising an historical gem The stately Landammannhof from the first half of the 19th century sits on a soft south-easterly slope. Its generously glazed window openings of the gable front allow wide views over the Bregenzerwald. The finely crafted triplet...
Zünd assembly and logistics hall, Altstätten
...a competition was carried out for the property south of the company’s headquarters in the industrial park of Altstätten. After an in-depth examination of the urban situation and the specific parameters of the production conditions, the concept of a three-storey...
Educational campus at Sallerner Berg, Regensburg
...planted public forecourt with a bus stop. The placement of the volumes at the edge of the site allows for a green, park-like campus in the interior. The sports hall with integrated cafeteria forms the heart of the complex. A...
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...
The Headquarters of Künz GmbH, Hard
...remain visible. Slots in-between the timber boards provide good acoustics, while the timber ceiling creates a warm, comfortable atmosphere and a productive working environment. The generous glazing of the façade offers well-lit rooms. Venetian blinds and canopies in the south...
Children’s care centre, Kennelbach
...outdoor space. Inside, the central meeting room (auditorium) forms the heart of the care centre. On the ground floor it can be combined with the spacious movement room, on the upper floor it serves as a gallery. In the extension...
School on a slope, Frankfurt (Bergen-Enkheim)
...and the library in the socle, opening the classrooms to the two playgrounds. The outdoor facilities will be more closely integrated into the architectural concept, in the south of the complex a new cafeteria will be built and the existing...
Jagdbergstraße, Schnifis
...southwest and have comfortably designed outdoor spaces in the form of covered loggias with seating, as well as spacious private gardens. | The structures are designed as consistently hybrid constructions on a solid base foundation. Their structures are made of...
Agricultural school, Salzkammergut
...are comparable in terms of cost with a new building. There is the chance of farm expansion, which is appropriate for the new use. From this courtyard, all areas are developed. It remains the centre and heart of the entire...
Olpererhütte, Zillertaler Alpen
...materials we can utilise. Also, the position allows a generous area to the south. The development is carried out, as it is now, on the southwest terrace and is organised with a certain separation of “day and overnight guests”. A...
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...
House of Sustainability, Ruggel
...use the barn in the way for which it was built: the barn becomes a bicycle rack, the barn becomes a frost-protected archive; and the south-facing arbour becomes a sun-drenched and weather-protected seating area for the café. Therefore the stable...
TUM Center of Excellence, Garching
The interplay of people’s movements on campus, with the vibration of the facade allows for colourful experiences in the ‘Age of Signs’. (Erich Wiesner) The TUM Exzellenzzentrum stands on the forecourt of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, south of the...
Environmental Education Center Britzer Garten, Berlin
A Filigree nest in old trees. The Britzer Garten in the south of Berlin is an institution nestled among the green areas of the city. It offers its visitors, in all seasons, natural beauty and varied park past-times. In order...
Fire department, Schnepfau
...leads to a bright upper floor, which opens to the north and south through generously sized timber windows. There is space for the rehearsal room of the local music group, a training room and ancillary rooms. The atmosphere of the...
Sutterlüty, Weiler
...and from the local context. Further Sutterluty’s of this kind that are local and tailor-made are planned.« proHolz 2010 Sutterlüty was searching for a spatial structure and a material concept that provided optimum flexibility, using only a few elements. In...
Hotel Hubertus, Balderschwang
Simplification and modernisation of a hotel complex Balderschwang, Germany’s highest located, independent municipality is home to Hotel Hubertus, which sits in a landscape of forests and meadows. The Hubertus is a basic structure of connected individual houses which has undergone...
Hatlerstraße, Dornbirn
A multi-use development in the centre of the city. The property on the Hatlerstraße in Dornbirn is a residential building with 13 apartments and a commercial space on the ground floor. The apartments range between 30 m² and 121...
Convenience Store, Bizau
...vehicles and bicycles. In the south, an open space with old trees opens up between the church, elementary school and the traditional Hotel Schwanen. The striking division of the building into three structures is achieved through recesses on the side...
Heldenstraße, Feldkirch-Altenstadt
...site boundary to create space to the south for an inviting garden area with children’s playgrounds and vegetable patches. The residential units are grouped around a central access wing, in which the storage areas are also laid out. Each apartment...
Ölzbündt, Dornbirn
...it is meant for sustained use. In addition to the larch used on the weather boarding, the building also features a canopy roof that acts as protection against the weather for the facade, in order to prolong its life-cycle without...
Sutterlüty O, Egg
The building is situated above the village of Egg, a historic hamlet in Bregenzerwald. Egg is characterised by its detached old Bregenzerwald farmhouses with their weathered exterior timber cladding. It was obvious to find a modern solution that worked with...
Kaufmann, Reuthe
...remnants from their own company. For this reason, the house actually takes a back seat and is, as it was customary in the Bregenzerwald, disguised. The living area opens south to a beautiful vista. This southern side has a sliding...
Kopf, Au
A pioneering example of prefabricated panel construction using glue-less, diagonally-dowelled, solid timber studs. The client runs a local sawmill which processes spruce, fir and larch from the region into timber for windows and construction, as well as planks for log...
Conservation Centre, Fußach
A simple, energy efficient facility for a complex and vital cause. The Rheindeltahaus is a small conservation station, which stands in the Rhine delta and emphasises the importance of this nature reserve and how it can be preserved through...
Foot and Cycle Bridge, Zwischenwasser
Timber design that offers an economic and quick realisation of a bridge. The old construction had grown old and dilapidated due to use by pedestrian and cyclist taking the connecting route between Rankweil and Muntlix. As a “boardwalk with...
Gymnastics and Celebration Hall, Muntlix
...canopy that houses the cafeteria terrace, it is easy to see that it is a public building. To the south, the hall is flanked by a massive extension which is separated from the main building with a glass-roofed channel. In...
Wilbinger, Bezau
...the ridge axis, so that a central corridor is created. All four floor plans are divided into two halves: a northern side room zone and a living area with integrated dining area, and open kitchen oriented over the entire south...
Widerin, Wolfurt
...collectors integrated into the facade on its south side. A photovoltaic system with a capacity of 3.4 kWh was installed on the roof. The system exceeded the regional requirements by achieving 269 units. For optimal utilisation of the property, the...
Moosbrugger, Bizau
...now facing the sun with large, generous glazing. The workshop is located in the basement. The staircase is illuminated from two sides and it opens up all the floors. ~ Constructively it is freely developed skeleton construction. Steel supports, steel...
Rheinhof, Hohenems
...a modern farmhouse. It stands on the spot we proposed, one that is the best distance from the existing tree. Built from timber and clad with natural, vertical, sawed silver fir. Oriented to the south and west and developed from...
Kammelweg, Wien
...the first Passive House standard project. Also, a first for the city is the realisation of the seven-storey building in mixed timber construction. A compact, central development with a “twisted” south line that responds to the specific the site on...
Geroldsegg, Schwarzenberg
...or sitting area. In this home two such arbours are located above each other on the south side of the building. Made of silver fir, they form a barrier to the street, serve as a place to receive guests and...
Steinbockallee, Rum
...their staggered arrangement, at the same time creating partial roofing. The second, four-storey residential building with 24 units is oriented to the south, with continuous balconies. On the top floor, the return of the building results in smaller apartments with...
Hittisauer Straße, Krumbach
...those who come after us.« Arnold Hirschbühl, Bürgermeister A first phase of work saw the design and construction of multi-family houses that contributed to forming the town’s central focus area. The demand for these units exceeded expectations, so a second...
Spinnereistraße, Hard
...due to their openness to try new processes. What is unusual is the skeleton construction using timber wall elements, the prefabricated wash rooms and the photovoltaic system, which are designed as sliding shutters on the south face of the building....
Natter, Mellau
...a Bregenzerwald house. An elongated, timber, simple, south-facing structure that reacts to the beautiful location and offers a quiet and spacious home. Passive solar use, active collector surfaces and wood heating, together with an optimised building envelope, guarantee economical operation....
Allmeinteilweg - BA 5, Ludesch
...mounted on the facade of the south wing. The challenging shape of the plot is optimally used to maximise green spaces. The staircase units come with structural shafts which can later be used to install elevators when additional funding becomes...
Mühlweg, Wien
...together with the shutters and loggias, create an even and deep palette of colours. In order to meet the required fire safety standards, fire tests were conducted using prototypes of the timber facades. Instead of using expensive hard woods, through...
Jagdbergstraße, Schnifis
...the narrow property is not further restricted, and there are attractive views of the southwestern mountain ranges. Loggias and living spaces are therefore predominantly southwest oriented. In the east there are also two southeast oriented loggias with an additional garden...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...fluorocarbon were used The timber construction elements were prefabricated by two local companies and assembled on site. Concrete anchors, screws and adhesive tapes were used for assembly in place of glue. Meticulous attention was paid to the sealing of the...
Residential building Hälin, Langen bei Bregenz
Challenges and potentials The village of Langen, near Bregenz stretches along the southern slope of the Pfänderstock mountain range. A high-quality residential complex is to be built on its eastern edge. The challenges, and also the potential of the building...
Landratsamt, Miesbach
...the county searched for a suitable architect to deliver this project. The existing surrounding planting served as a leitmotif: the four-storey district building has undulating curvature creating space for a striking beech in the south, and a new tree to...
Bahnhofstraße, Wolfurt
...playground and the family gardens to the east offer attractive common space. The apartments are facing south – with the spacious loggias they offer a high quality of living. Most apartments are exposed on two sides with bathrooms on the...
Transfer Wohnraum Vorarlberg Froschweg, Dornbirn
Sustainable and compact mixed living Agricultural green spaces run through the residential and commercial zones in the district of Wallenmahd on the south-western boundary of Dornbirn, in Austria. The fifth project from the initiative Transform Wohnraum Vorarlberg, condenses the rapidly...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa – Extension of the main building, Hirschegg
Clam, clarity and functionality for a five century old family business. The extensive building complex of the nature hotel Chesa Valisa is located on a gently sloping south-east slope above the village centre of the historic Walser settlement of Hirschegg....
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...
Raiffeisenbank, Egg
...the second floor. The third floor is intended as a social area for employees or for training. There is a spacious roof terrace that offers a generous panoramic view of Egg. The upper floors are connected by spacious airy walkways,...
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,...
Metzler-Holz KG - Storage Warehouse, Bezau
...drying of various products. With the requirement to use solid timber for the construction as much as possible, the idea came for to use fish-belly girders with a solid top chord, as well as diagonals of crossed 30 mm bar...
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...
Neudorfstraße, Wolfurt
...balconies and the beams made of plain-sawn wood, the walk ways, and facade with a timber frame. The design is particularly economic, using ceilings made of glue laminated timber with supporting transverse walls, and facades built with a post and...
Sutterlüty, Frastanz
...floor. These are accessed through a sound-absorbing arcade on the street side and are oriented towards the south via generously dimensioned loggias. The entire complex does not use any fossil fuels; for example, the heating of the supermarket is provided...
De Meyer, Dornbirn
...for a three-storey wooden structure that houses four residential units. The living rooms and bedrooms are mainly oriented to the south or west to guarantee optimal sunlight and views towards the distant mountains. While the interiors were lined with high-quality...
Bildungshaus St. Arbogast - renovation, Götzis
...space. While the staff flats in the basement were converted into a creative space and light offices, various other areas of use were combined and restructured on the access level. The repositioned reception desk, a drinking fountain, the elliptical bar...
Schule am Hang, Frankfurt
...and the library in the socle, opening the classrooms to the two playgrounds. The outdoor facilities will be more closely integrated into the architectural concept, in the south of the complex a new cafeteria will be built and the existing...
Propstei St. Gerold - main building renovation, St. Gerold
...accessibility and infrastructure required for a modern seminar centre. In order to create space for a bright reception and access area, the floor plan of the compact building complex was closed in the south-west corner by a slim replacement building....