Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...around € 10 billion each year. Not surprisingly, the building material in the region has a long tradition, but what is astonishing is the low level of innovation in modern timber construction in Canada. Conventional constructions methods dominate. Small scale...
BTV, Hohenems
A complete overhaul of function and form. Due to the new function that was to be given to the building, it had to be completely hollowed out, except for the outer walls and the ceilings. It got a new...
Hofsteigstraße H, Wolfurt
Lifting the housing complex out of the ordinary residential building design. The villages in the Rhine Valley are traditionally linear and made of old timber farmhouses. The Wolfurt Hofsteigstraße, where this residential complex is located, is still characterised as such....
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...
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...
Geroldsegg, Schwarzenberg
...architects were able to show them that development could initiate a combined exercise in quality, design and materials.« Bauwelt 2006 While its design and material choices were inspired by local traditions, the building, located perpendicular to the slope, adapts to...
Edeka, Wörthsee
...gibt es ein breites Angebot an günstigem Wohnraum mit sogenannten „Starterwohnungen“ von ca. 28 bis 63 qm. Für den Bau konnten wir den Vorarlberger Architekten Prof. Hermann Kaufmann gewinnen, der sich im Holzbau einen Namen gemacht hat. [Quest Baukultur, 2022]...