Atlas Multi-Storey Timber Construction
Wood is regarded as a visual attractive, tactile material; it is sustainable, renewable and usually readily available. The fact that wood is now almost unrestricted for use in multi-storey buildings is, however, new and requires a more creative approach to...
Corporate Timber. Schraubenwerk mit Holz
Pushing the Limits of Hardwood The new production hall of the SWG screw factory in Gaisbach is a pioneering building for timber construction. The architecture sets new standards for the use of hardwood and re-explores the limits of the future-oriented,...
Hermann Kaufmann IZM - Illwerke Center Montafon
Creating the largest wooden hybrid building to date. The Austrian state of Vorarlberg is vital to timber construction. An active and innovative scene has emerged around this renewable building material, including craftsman, planners and industrial operators that are expanding their...
Building with Wood - Creating the Future
...variety of exciting design possibilities of wood in timber construction. The whole book concludes with a detailed bibliography. The publication provides an enjoyable, informative and sensuous reading experience that is not just for experts. Publication of the exhibition of the...
DBU Building 1: Schmuttertal High School
...The new High School embodies this spirit. Innovative educational approaches and a participatory planning culture formed unusual spatial structures, ambitious ecological goals guided the construction, and practical and inspirational ideas formed the architecture. Builders and sponsors, users and planners, specialists...
Public buildings: Orientation. Protection. Identity.
From town halls to fire departments to community centres. In their often-overlooked diversity, public buildings shape the quality of a place to live and therefore enjoy great public interest. They organise coexistence in cities and communities, meet the need for...