Civic centre with a new Pallaufhof, Münsing
...volumes refer to their surroundings through precise openings. The town hall opens on the ground floor and has a dialogue with the church through the windows upstairs. The community centre directs the to the entrance area through the generous foyer....
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...footprint of the building could be kept as small as possible. Through a separate external access, the public toilets can be reached independently. Intelligently scaled room heights make it possible to optimally use the space above the lower side rooms...
Education Centre St. Arbogast, Götzis
In a magical landscape this “text book example” of contemporary architecture emerges, following ecological principles without force. A youth and education centre is extended with seminar rooms and function rooms, workshops and offices. In a magical landscape this “text book...
Dorner Electronic, Egg
...the first extension. The rapid growth of the company required a design concept that allowed for generous expansion of the plant and it’s facilities. In this case, the expansion plans saw expanding the existing plant through the addition of new...
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...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Lounge/Reception, Hirschegg
...expressively designed roof construction lets warm afternoon light flow through the room. On the mountain side there is a retail space with a vinotheque, also the reception’s back office and seminar rooms. The glass-enclosed inner courtyard, through which an existing...
House R, Rankweil
...surface became the “DJ booth”. The upper level is in contrast to the openness on the ground floor. Here there are intimate rooms, each offering bespoke vistas out to the beautiful surroundings, allowing light to flood through and enhance each...
High-rise timber house - Queckareal, Tübingen
...a new mixed-use development is being built, designed to be sustainable and integrated into the landscape. At the eastern tip of the area rises a striking structure that is an urban panicle, which, through its careful placement, creates the clear...
Provost Residence St. Gerold, riding hall - renovation project, St. Gerold
A good place for people and animals. This ensemble has been under construction for more than 1000 years. As early as 960, Saint Gerold founded a Benedictine provost on the historic Faschina Pass route through the Great Walser Valley, which...
Agricultural school, Salzkammergut
...the facades and along the corridors, coverings are arranged. These form linear supports for the ceilings and collect the loads through the timber supports. The horizontal building restraint takes place through the formation of roof and ceiling panels. The vertical...
City of Wood, Bad Aibling
Urban development Park living, sustainable construction, technical innovation, social mix through a variety of typologies. Functional amalgamation: Living, working, hotel, creation of local identity through framed views and a strengthened homely centre. Urban Design: Clear definition of the rooms,...
Wildpark, Pforzheim
...of insights and perspectives. Outdoor facilities The environment should remain forest and be as natural as possible. The gravel of the paths runs through the courtyard, also trees for shading are to be planted here. The outdoor space runs through...
Waste material collection centre Vorderland, Sulz
...skylights. The sawtooth ramp presents itself along the access road and is clearly visible through the open facade. Building envelope As a reaction of the building to its environment and to the noise protection of the employees, the side facing...
Dorfhus, Düns
...is generated by road narrowing and a gate, which marks the western beginning of the actual village square. Here is also a parking area and the delivery point for the store. Through this merger the area to the street, immediately...
Rathaus, Markdorf
...creative tension through a deliberate juxtaposition and superimposition of the different layers. In the process, the new building fits into the existing ensemble through greatly reduced choice of form and material. An emergancey staircase is planned for the tower. The...
Fire department, Schnepfau
...location manifests itself in the striking figure, which is contrasted by an almost textile-like shell of spruce shingles. The centrepiece is the cantilevered vehicle hall, which is oriented towards the square through three glazed steel folding doors. On the sides...
Kehl/Fischer, Burgebrach
Generosity through reduction. As visitors on holiday to Bregenzerwald, thrilled by the Vorarlberg architecture, the family of construction developers wanted a carefully thought out house built from timber. It should also find its place in the context of their local...
Olpererhütte, Ginzling
...reservoir, opposite it the glaciers and the mountain tops of the Zillertal Alps. Since refurbishment of the old building was impossible, in 2005 the decision was made to build a new one. Our company principle of “innovation through reduction” is...
Heldenstraße, Feldkirch-Altenstadt
Quality living on a reduced budget. The special residential construction program by the state of Vorarlberg supports the development of non-profit projects that can be rented out at extremely favourable conditions. This is achievable through intelligent planning, sharp cost calculations...
Steinbockallee, Rum
...site and the local river, to create an enclosed semi-private area. The east-west oriented, larger five-storey building offers 41 two- to four-room apartments and eight senior apartments on the first floor. They are accessible through the central walk way and...
Schmuttertal Secondary School, Diedorf
...through production to installation on the construction is utilised. This design and manufacturing method provides efficient and rational manufacturing with a very short construction time. This is the reason for the flexibility – the timber construction provides a framework for...
Mühlweg, Wien
...its surrounding environment, making the transition to the landscape of the surrounding Marchfeld area more fluid. |The open space flows evenly through the residential complex and forms a tranquil, sunlit playground. The apartments – oriented to the south and the...
BSBZ - Landwirtschaftsschulen Vorarlberg, Hohenems
...design element on the facade is the areas with vertical slats. Through this filter, both the inner development and community zones in the outer areas can be recognised, as well as the transition areas between the different stages of construction....
Messehallen 9-12, Dornbirn
...quiet impression of space as possible, priority was given to a simple and clear supporting structure. The roof structures are economical timber constructions, which optically fade into the background through black glazing. Truss girders, as the main supporting structure, stretch...
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...
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...
Sutterlüty J, Egg
...the forest behind the house that continues through the completely glazed staircase, enveloped into the axis directly under the trees and over the stream. The ground-floor living areas radiate from a fireplace. The gallery floor opens on three sides: to...
Neudorfstraße, Wolfurt
...guided this project to both an affordable and pleasing conclusion.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann The two buildings sit inside a neighbourhood of single family homes and align themselves with the scale and fabric of the surroundings, especially through the...
IZM Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, Vandans
...is planned as a Passive House. An appropriate design of the external components minimise transmission heat lose, optimises passive energy gains and prevents summer overheating. The technical equipment is united with the facade design and the heat and cooling supply...
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...
High-rise residential building in timber - Grieser Auen, Bozen
...The communal exercise room, the reading room with a connection to the lounge area above and the caretaker’s office are publicly accessible to the residents of the entire settlement. In the west a private entrance leads through a small foyer...
Kaufmann, Bregenz
Preservation through change. The little house is actually a wooden timber structure, because apart from the brick walls of the first floor, it was completely made up of this material. Since 1913 it was in a quiet residential area that...
iCampus Werksviertel, Munich
...in the dense urban fabric of the area. Due to the high-quality thermal envelope, the project can be carried out to the passive house standard. It has a controlled ventilation system, the heat and moisture recovered through a rotary exchanger....
Indoor swimming pool, Bregenz
...from the newly designed pool landscape over the natural garden to the lake on the horizon. Through the changing areas they reach the highest level of the swimming pool, which cascades down to the children’s zone. Wide steps along the...
woodpassage
...wooden gates, 4.32 m wide, 4.32 m high and 8.65 m long, the “woodpassage” expresses a strong three-dimensional message when viewed from afar. Whilst strolling through the cheerfully illuminated passage, it becomes playful ambassador for the ecological advantages of timber...
Sutterlüty, Landammanngasse - Rankweil
...was made as a pure timber construction with a wide-span roof structure. The main girder runs longitudinally through the centre of the hall and has spans of about 9 metres between the supports sections of hollow steel. The slender dimensioned...
Student Housing, Rosenheim
...of place is formed, the visitor is invited to enter and walk through the park-like courtyard. Student living is designed with dual principles. The individual rooms are oriented towards the outside to enable a concentrated learning environment. Since coexistence also...
SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...made. In addition, the high density of the material favours joints with pin-shaped fasteners, screws in particular. When using BauBuche you can achieve full load-bearing capacity even with short screw-in lengths. Through precise and courageous planning in conjunction with an...
TUM Friedrich N. Schwarz Research Station, Berchtesgaden
...can be accessed directly. Through a generously dimensioned entrance hall, visitors can either go directly to the staircase or to the laboratories and storage rooms via a drying room. In the area of the cooling and pantries, a second vertical...
Catholic Centre of Excellence, Salzburg-Herrnau
...transferred through a solid core and the outer walls. These are made of innovative thermal insulation bricks, on which a layer of insulating plaster and finely worked top plaster are applied. | The kindergarten and residential building have an open...
New housing, Krumbach
...behind the bus stop, while the residential building to the north has moved closer to the road. This creates a clearly defined outdoor space on which the public spaces of assisted living are aligned. Through this forecourt all functions are...
Bicycle Bridge, Gaißau
...raised road over the river, but you pass through into a separate room, in a separate environment. Anyone who has walked on old, covered wooden bridges knows this feeling. The bridge construction is completely clad, offering a timber shell-like protect....
Environmental Education Center Britzer Garten, Berlin
...the northern part of the building is oriented inward as a closed office and infrastructure block, the exhibition area and a dividable seminar room, open up through floor-to-ceiling glass windows to the southwest of the park. This core structure is...
Lino, Montagnola
...takes place from the lowest floor, through the precise formulation of the exterior spaces. The building interweaves with its surroundings. The interior has an open and bright atmosphere; finely worked panelling made of fir gives the generous rooms feeling and...
Vorarlberg electricity Network - Operations Office, Lindenberg
...opens up to the urban surroundings through large windows. In order to ensure the greatest possible flexibility, the interior walls are constructed using partition walls, whereas the static loads are taken from the core of the building to the exterior...
Residenticial and Commercial Building, Natter, Bezau
...floors above each hold two to three generously designed apartments that open up to the south and west of the rooms through deeply cut loggias. The entire system was built in solid construction. However, the outer skin of the building...
Sutterlüty, Weiler
...timber roof slab also prevent the formation of a thermal bridge and allow a smooth transition of the roofing slab through the glazed front facade into the projecting canopies. This “monolithic” roof slab also has a structural function, namely to...
Spa Hotel, Bad Reuthe
...strong connection to the charming landscape of the Bregenzerwald throughout the changing seasons. Changing rooms around the pool, a cold water pool and a therapy pool complete the bathing area. The outdoor garden pool and experience pool are connected; bathing...
Sutterlüty, Rohrbach - Dornbirn
...start of the generous refreshment department. Here you can experience the original flair of the old market, take a quick snack or enjoy fresh fruit shopping, without having to run through a labyrinth of shelves. You can talk with sales...
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...
Die Drei – Advertising Agency, Dornbirn
...mineral wool insulation. To improve the indoor climate in the summer, the ceiling of the ground floor is made of reinforced concrete (night cooling through window ventilation). The facade concept for the upper floors is realised in Larch timber that...
Lexengasse, Liefering
...three blocks of flats form a structured avenue, while two more blocks moved towards the south-eastern boarder. Through this clear placement of the buildings sunny, open spaces in the centre of the ensemble, as well as in front of the...
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...
BSBZ Agriculture School Vorarlberg - New Building Tract E, Hohenems
...facility, the building had to be reprogrammed and enlarged several times over the following decades. As early as 2006, the buildings were already divided into clear structures through carefully designed interventions, around courtyard typography, confidently differentiating itself from its heterogeneous...
Transfer Living Vorarlberg Hartmanngasse, Rankweil
Value created through a positive neighbourly environment The second phase of the project Transfer Wohnraum Vorarlberg enables a meaningful reconfiguration and an increase in housing in an area that was once mainly single-family homes in Rankweil. The site is...
Outer Lakeside City, Bregenz
...and additional retail space are connected to the development through the proposed access to the lead project, while flexible office space is available on the 2nd and 3rd floor. The main focus is placed on the connection of the existing...
Kaufmann Michael – Beam Assembly Hall, Reuthe
Only by focusing on the details does a timber construction begin to come alive. The building demonstrates the new ways and potential of modern timber construction. Great attention was paid to fine-detail, which is possible through intelligent design. Only by...
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...
Wilbinger, Bezau
...Unheated and accessible only by an external staircase, the cellar serves as a storage and boiler room, |with log burner and storage tank. Unheated cellars and carports reduce construction costs considerably. The load-bearing walls run through the middle, parallel to...
Mathis, Dafins
...to the deeply cantilevered living quarters, a timber construction that has been placed on the substructure. It opens to the south and to the west through ceiling-high glass elements and extends to terraces on three sides which are protected by...
Glas Marte – Cutting Factory Hall, Bregenz
...in front of a sealed warehouse building, which is clad with corrugated iron and is only accessible through two gates for deliveries. Behind it are the areas for the production of insulated glass. The roof structure consists of a timber...
Am Kreuz, Bludenz
...In addition, an electrical external blind, and a horizontal roller blind are used to respond to the individual needs of the residents. The large building is softened and develops a warmth through the alternating colours of balconies and window reveals....
Herbert von Pichler Straße phase 2, Jenbach
...separately. The outer facade is executed with natural larch. As a colour differentiation, the shutters of the windows are vibrant colours, reminiscent of historic wooden buildings. In the apartments, the construction material can be experienced through the visible timber ceilings....
Herbert von Pichler Straße phase 1, Jenbach
...separately. The outer facade is executed with natural larch. As a colour differentiation, the shutters of the windows are vibrant colours, reminiscent of historic wooden buildings. In the apartments, the construction material can be experienced through the visible timber ceilings....
Schlichtling, Telfs
...twelve apartments, ranging from one bedroom apartments to the west, to three bedroom apartments facing east. Medium size apartments are located in the centre of the building, extending through it from the balconies on the south side to the galleries...
Sutterlüty, Hohenems
...for heating and cooling purposes and make 100% use of the waste heat from the cooling units for heating. The building is heated and cooled through the floors. Should the waste heat from the cooling system be insufficient for heating...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Spa, Hirschegg
...complex. With the construction of the reception pavilion, the building was functionally and spatially linked to the main building. The existing building is now being extended and integrated into the high-quality design concept of the entire ensemble through a thermal...
Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...an apt demonstration of how Canada’s forest industry is finding new opportunities through technology and innovation.« Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources The timber industry dominates in British Columbia. The wooded province in western Canada exports wood products worth...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Riding Hall, St. Gerold
...of the surrounding trees and rolling hills. “The elegant lightness of this wooden building has been achieved through the expert, optimal use of glass, steel and timber, working in harmony to deliver a sense of openness simultaneously with shrouded security...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...used to generate heat and in summer to generate cooling. Air humidity inside the building is constantly monitored and adjusted. Hot water is generated through 30 m2 of solar panelling on the roof. Additional heat energy is supplied by the...
Nebelhornbahn Talstation - cable car station, Oberstdorf
...through its prominent placement. It separates the traffic and the parking areas with its thoughtfully configured location and it is a direct extension of the pedestrian zones, which enables passers-by the optimal orientation. The covered checkout area as well as...
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...
energie campus montafon, Vandans
...steel-concrete composite construction. The workrooms of the metal technology training branch occupy the two lower floors. The heart of the building is a two-storey machine hall, which opens extensively to the north and creates visual links and communication axes through...
Cable Car Station, Nebelhornbahn, Oberstdorf - Kleinwalsertal
...timber construction and its striking shape frames the street space and defines the street space through its prominent placement at the crossroads. It separates the motorised traffic and the parking areas from a generously proportioned square as a direct extension...
YKK Passivetown, Kurobe
Living in the Park For the ‘Passive House Town 5’ project, an alternative approach was chosen compared to previously realized projects. Three tall buildings with a square footprint provide sufficient living space. Ground floor areas are connected through generous roofs....
Simma Electronic, Egg
...an inspiration. The surfaces of the interior are predominantly covered with finely structured, vertical timber panelling or veneer, but individual walls feature mineral plaster with wall paint in HygroTherm technology, which ensures a balanced indoor climate through rapid moisture exchange....
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa – Extension of the main building, Hirschegg
...opened on the ground floor. The plan was to find more calm and clarity in its design through well-thought-out architectural interventions. Organisational, infrastructural and thermal improvements were also required. An enlargement of the kitchen and its storage rooms were also...
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...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower, Dornbirn
...us maintain the livability of our world.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann The aim of the project is to verify the feasibility of the construction system, and to declare it both functional and efficient through use. This modular prefabricated construction...
Propstei St. Gerold - main building renovation, St. Gerold
...following eras with buildings in the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Classicist styles to create a multi-layered complex. In 1958, the monastery was rededicated as a place of encounter and education, which is constantly being further developed through careful renovation and...
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
New headquarters of Raiffeisenbank Mittelbregenzerwald. In the middle of the village of Egg in the Bregenzerwald, Austria the new headquarters of the Raiffeisenbank will be built. One of the goals of the new building is to build a simple, but...
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
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...
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...
Nürnbergkareal phase 2, Absam
...subsidies.«. Managing Director of Neue Heimat Tirol Hannes Gschwentner Even with the houses that were completed previously, there was a desire to promote good cooperation between the residential communities through architectural decisions. |The entire development could be planned traffic-free, a...
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...
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...