Children’s care centre, Kennelbach
...which places the kindergarten and the child care under one roof. The site is located directly at the transition from the flat valley to the first slopes of the nearby hills. This attractive location means the care centre has wonderful...
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
...surrounding vertical screen in this project ground-based climbing plants, a combination of wild grape, clematis and wisteria is proposed. The advantage of the climbing plants lies in their manageable care and the relatively low cost. The MFO Park project in...
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...
Children’s care centre Auwiesen, Wangen
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...
Am Garnmarkt, Götzis
...by the units for assisted living and by the inter-company childcare facility. Two buildings are connected by commercial units on the ground floor. The formation of the structure was specified in the master plan, and by the ground floor shopping...
Haus mitanand - Ellenbogen, Bezau
...floor is the care units and a lounge with gardens with covered areas. The historical elements of the collection are to be preserved or restored and integrated into the new building concept. The energy efficiency is improved with the renovation...
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...
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...
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
...in the east of the area and allows by the height development of the terrain a ground-level parking for the customer as well as the visitor parking. On the one hand, this has the advantage that the cars can be...
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...
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...
IZM – Illwerke Centre Montafon, Vandans
...not disappear behind plaster walls, but will remains visible and forms part of the interior. This makes it possible to produce buildings on an industrial scale with the same care and livability as the smaller residential properties for which Vorarlberg...
Wagner GmbH, Nüziders
...The insulation consists of mineral wool. The clinker from the Netherlands offers an easy-care outer skin, and combined with the window reveals, made of chrome manufactured by Wagnertec, the result is both robust and resilient. A special feature is the...
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...
Hittisauer Straße, Krumbach
...phase, including a multi-family house and a multi-generation housing complex, were formed. The multi-family house refers to a building with mixed residential use, for individuals and families to either rent or buy. Multi-generation housing offers decent living space, parental care...
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...
Dorfhus, Düns
...the catering in the present draft can be sublet for events of all kinds, or the store staff can take care of additional guests. At the heart of this holistic concept is a coherent counter, a welcome desk, for all...
Caritas Head Office, Salzburg-Herrnau
...the fully glazed entrance area. The access to the main building is central. A second back entrance allows protected access to the social care offices. The central backbone of the office building includes all infrastructural facilities and can be subsequently...
Assisted living, Mittelberg
...covered entrance area and the garage lead into a foyer, which is connected to the care unit and the common garden on the ground floor. Due to the slope there are three floors with direct external access. Therefore, the premises...
Heimat Österreich, Salzburg-Liefering
...shortened construction time and a high quality of construction. The natural facades convey the quality of the timber structure. Due to the flush surfaces, these larch facades will weather evenly, resulting in a homogeneous, restrained and easy-care grey outer skin....
Extension of the Bundeswehr kindergarten, Ulm
An extension that follows the logic of a building. The grounds of the German Armed Forces Hospital are located on the northern outskirts of the university town of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg. The existing day care centre with 50 childcare places...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Housing and Care Home Development in Liefering Awarded to Hermann Kaufmann
The following measures were taken to meet the challenges of accommodating a comparatively high density of people into a ‘village’ structure: All non-essential and superfluous rooms and areas for example, storage, washing and drying rooms for residential buildings and secondary...
Timber Construction Day 2019: Lecture in Oslo
...engineer Ratio bois Sárl, present their innovative designs. Path Architects + Kaiser Group are both an architecture and contracting firm, and a leader in the use of mass timber in multi-story buildings in the United States. They will talk about...
The Priory St Gerold recevies Constructive Alps 2017 recognition prize
...the materials used and the designs of the structures. With the expansion into gastronomy, and a hotel offering, the monastery ensures its economic survival, which enriches the tourism standard of the region. The architect, Hermann, Kaufmann, took every care with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New Caritas headquarters build begins in Salzburg
...care for about 30 children and will have a large outdoor playground. On the second floor there will be six two-room, and four three-room apartments. Since the year 2000, Caritas has grown from 200 employees to 700 employees. The central...
Ceremonial Opening of the "Kindertagesstätte Auenland" Daycare Center in Reichelsheim
...which are specifically tailored to the needs of the youngest members of our society. The “Auenland” nursery will make a valuable contribution to early childhood education and care in the Reichelsheim region and offers children a safe place to play...
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...
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....
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Building with wood – A path to the future I Munich
The United Nations proclaimed 2011 the ‘International Year of Forests’. On this occasion, the Architecture Museum, together with the Department of Timber Construction of the Technical University of Munich, presented the technical, economic and design possibilities of the material in...
Public buildings: Orientation. Protection. Identity.
...security and care and play an important role in establishing identity and community. Public building always means designing a public space in which people meet, differences collide and demands are negotiated. In the best case, architecture can help create a...