Virtual tour of the energie.campus Montafon
...Germann, board member, illwerke vkw From autumn 2021, more than 50 apprentices will be trained in metal technology, electrical engineering, mechatronics, cable car technology, IT and commercial professions in the new modern premises. High quality apprenticeship training Governor Markus Wallner...
1st prize for a proposed development of the former Spicher school
...approximately 7,500 square meter area is located between Metzstraße to the north, Koboldstraße to the west of the Stadtberger Straße and the Spicherer Straße to the east. A total of 70 timber-framed apartments are planned, including fully accessible living and...
Energy-Efficient Construction: Practice Well Advanced Compared to Regulations - Appeal by Hermann Kaufmann
...a school in Diedorf where we demonstrated this possibility five to seven years ago. My call is directed towards policymakers, emphasizing the urgent need to significantly tighten regulations and requirements. One possible approach is to mandate that new constructions must...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...Francis Kéré’s unconventional approach to architecture meets the timber construction expertise of Hermann Kaufmann. Their collaboration is expected to produce fascinating, modern and exciting results in terms of architecture and construction in the coming years. This collaboration began in mid-April...
Blattur Götzis receives the Werkbund label 2018
The German Werkbund (German Association of Craftsmen) in Baden-Württemberg has, since 2016, been awarding the biennial Werkbund Label. The award is given to exceptional projects, initiatives and companies, those that are innovative, forward-looking or have outstanding creative qualities, promote social...
Awarded 1st place for the new Zünd Systemtechnik project in Altstätten
...cannot be dispensed of within the rear of the hall. The illumination measures described also serve to naturally ventilate the hall. In particular, the approx. 2.00m wide, continuous “building slice” serves as a “chimney” for ventilation via the roof. Here,...
Mühlweg Vienna Receives Best Architect Award
...a hugely positive step. This building law amendment and the committed ecological approaches of the federal capital were the basis for the developers’ competition “Wien Mühlweg”. In total, almost 300 apartments on the outskirts of Vienna will be realised in...
Herman Kaufmann Awarded the IWL Landsberg Project.
...because of its unique in comparison to the usual commercial buildings. The overall design is subject to pragmatic criteria such as functionality and constructive meaning, but the main distinction is the consistent application of the renewable building material, wood. The...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins Contract for Illwerke Centre Montafon
...development, despite appearances, i.e. unprotected visible timbers. The hybrid-deck’s concrete elements separate the floors, as well as the suspended fire-apron in the facade area, are important factors in achieving the safety requirements. A sprinkler system also reduces the combustibility of...
The Federal HolzbauPlus 2020: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) announced the winners in the federal HolzbauPlus 2020 competition. Ten competitors were honoured in four categories. Through the “HolzbauPlus” competition, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has been promoting building with timber...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...environment in a simple, yet intelligent way. This is where a neighbourhood emerges, which provides a sustainable environment with high acceptance and promotes a natural coexistence in community, on an equal footing with the existing neighbourhood. Chairman A. Cukrowic...
Unterstein Langenegg receives the Klima:aktiv award
...implementation. In addition to the categories ‘planning and completion’ and ‘klima-aktiv building and renovation’ there is the new klima-aktiv category called ‘building utilisation’, which is designed to promotes a realistic energy demand calculation and the optimisation during operation. In this...
New building in Neubaugasse
...Lauterach Client: Wohnbauselbsthilfe, Bregenz Architecture: HK Architekten Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH, Schwarzach General contractor: Rhomberg Bau GmbH, Bregenz Construction period: October 2021 – autumn 2023 Site area: approx. 4 300 m² Useable living space: 2 637 m² 3...
Our new book is at the printers.
...structures give the factory building a filigree appearance, while the mighty supports divert enormous forces. There are innovative engineering and technological advances in every detail. The interplay of these factors resulted in a building that combines efficient floor plans, a...
8th International Forum on Timber Construction in Dijon France
France’s construction sector is picking up again, with almost half a million homes approved in 2017 and around 420,000 building permits granted. The demand is enormous, and the trend towards timber construction goes from strength to strength. Timber construction in...
Lectures in Ulm on contemporary timber architecture
...designed the building as a hybrid between solid and timber construction. The imposing roof is designed as a timber structure and combines tradition with progressive new approaches. The building was awarded the 2017 Vorarlberg Wood Prize. Ludescher & Lutz will...
The Gipfelrestaurant Nebelhorn wins a prestigious Baupreis Allgäu 2018
...which were completed between 2013 and 2017, applied for the construction prize. The seven-member jury selected five awards, five recognition prizes and 27 buildings they deemed worthy of showcasing, which are now being presented to the public in an exhibition....
The environmental education centre, Britzer Garten, is complete
...contemporary architecture, made from largely renewable raw materials. The new construction appears to be a floating pavilion, nestled between the old trees surrounding it. The interplay between façade, environment, exterior and interior encourages curiosity and lures visitors of the Britzer...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower Receives the KYOCERA Environmental Prize 2014
...Commerce Austria (WKO) was awarded on January 30th to a collection of prestigious winners. The KYOCERA environmental prize is a total of EUR 100,000. More than 90 companies, organisations and authorities applied, submitting their sustainable, and innovation technological projects, in...
Fernpassstraße Munich receives the Bavarian Energy Award 2014
...Technology, will be presenting the Bavarian Energy Prize 2014. Every two years, the Bavarian State Government presents outstanding innovations with this award for their responsible approaches to energy efficiency. Fernpassstraße Munich has won the award in the ‘Building Concept’ category....
IZM receives recognition at Constructive Alps 2015
The IZM received recognition at this years’ Constructive Alps awards because it demonstrates that commercial, utility companies can play a pioneering role. The energy producer chose to demonstrate their approach to sustainability in two ways: they chose a low-energy build...
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...
Illwerke Center Montafon is the klimaaktiv "Property of the Month”
...to the klimaaktiv building standard already fulfil the requirements of the Directive 2010/31 / EU of the European Union, which will apply from 2021, according to which residential and non-residential buildings must be implemented as Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)....
DETAIL Editorial May: The roof of the Nebelhornbahn cable car station is being anaylized
Roofs In the days when the urban flaneur still approached buildings from the pedestrian perspective, the facade was considered the identity-creating face of a building. The barely visible roof was secondary; its significance was to be rehabilitated with the designation...
Hermann Kaufmann erhält den Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010
...builds from wood, he builds sustainable and beautiful, he builds with people and for humans. The Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Prize honours his decades of work and his life. It’s appealing, uncompromising details were based primarily on functionality, durability...
Ground breaking ceremony for Schmuttertal Gymnasium
...quality of energy efficiency. To achieve this ambitious goal, the project will embody the integrated approach to planning, developed from a didactic and mythological approached used by the education system. The aim is to create architectural and constructional quality by...
Illwerke vkw opens training centre – energy campus montafon
...center in Vandans, Montafon. The four-storey wood hybrid building is now home to over 50 apprentices who are being trained in the fields of metal technology, electrical engineering, mechatronics, cable car technology, IT and commercial professions… [illwerke vkw, ext. Link]...
Education Centre St. Arbogast in Götzis receives a pleasant makeover after more than 30 years
Smart Bauen is now published
...energy-optimised construction method and are clearly conveyed with the help of numerous practical examples. Experts and stakeholders will have their say and share their experiences. Thanks to its interdisciplinary and cross-thematic approach, the book is aimed equally at architects and...
Univ.-Prof. DI Hermann Kaufmann emeritus
...of Technology and the University of Ljubljana. In April 2002 he was appointed a full professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Munich, where he was in charge of the newly established department “Design and Timber...
Orange Farm Kindergarten South Africa
...For 14 days, he supervised and managed the work around the mixing machine. He then went on to apply the plaster by hand, checking the work with a spirit level. An impressive experience for students, assistants and for Gerold: “The...
Sutterlüty Rohrbach-Dornbirn receives the Golden Mercury 2007 Prize
...zero energy concept. The jury praised above all the high regional distribution of agricultural products in the total turnover (approx. 30%), the affinity to regional structures of the farming tradition, as well as the extensive and fresh assortment of produce....
Prize Awarded to the Recently Built Administrative Buildings of Erne Fittings
From a town-planning perspective, a three-storey building is required, but it has to be one that will form a balance between the large-scale industrial buildings and the adjacent small-scale industrial and residential areas, one that can be part of the...
Breaking Ground at Illwerke Center Montafon
The frame, which is 120 meters long and 15 meters wide, will be completed by December 2012. The 30 million flagship project will be ready for use in August next year. The landscaping and construction of the new location for...
Hermann Kaufmann wins project to create new apartments in Krumbach
...different types of structures, and their position in relation to each other and the local area was received positively. There is a noticeable appreciation of the centre of the city centre. Public, semi-public and private external spaces form this important...
Hermann Kaufmann Awarded Bezau Assisted Living Development
...and the new modern finish are prominent in the design. The exterior design of the building responds respectfully to the shape quality of the original building and integrates into the overall appearance. The large-format sliding elements are functional offering protection...
Fernpassstraße Munich Receives Recognition at the German Building Award 2013.
...bearable costs in building, but also to the long-term viability of their investments. This requires quality awareness in the layout, choice of materials and the overall appearance. The ability to manage the multiple changes during a development process a vital,...
International Architecture Project BUS: STOP KRUMBACH launches.
...the Architekturzentrum Wien, AzW) and Marina Hämmerle (Project Coordinator) were appointed curators by the organisers (Association kultur krumbach). As a consultant, Verena Konrad, the new director of the vai (Vorarlberg Architecture Institute) will also support the scheme, along with the...
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...