Rathaus, Markdorf
...to the old town. All entrances are oriented to the courtyard. The underground car park development will be relocated from the Schlossgarten to the Schlosshof. As a spatial conclusion of a side street to the Marktstraße, the castle’s courtyard should...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...is integrated into the ventilation unit. All mechanical systems are fitted with meters, to allow computer based monitoring of energy use. Early in the planning, the town council decided to cover the newly created town square to allow for a...
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...housed in a compactly organised core, to which the generously glazed guest room is attached. Due to its elongated proportions, all seats can be placed directly on the front, facing the lake. The deliveries to the kitchen come directly from...
Haggen - residential area, St. Gallen
...insulated. On the outside, the residential buildings are to be clad with horizontal and vertical wooden formwork to naturally fit into the context dominated by the brook shrubs. The construction typology of the commercial building is coordinated with the grid...
Messehallen 9-12, Dornbirn
...foyer 12 can be assigned as an additional multifunctional area of approx. 80m2. A staircase leads from the ground floor to the foyer of the seminar area. The division into spatial layers is analogous to the ground floor. The seminar...
Waste material collection centre Vorderland, Sulz
...The green section is executed in a concrete rib construction closed to the highway. ~ Traffic The entire development of the area is via the entrance to the southwest. From here, the customer can either approach the green area or...
Olpererhütte, Ginzling
...high altitude construction. In addition, the physical qualities of timber allow for direct and optimal ecological construction. The glue-laminated timber panels have both load-bearing and insulation properties. Extra insulation, because the hut is only open in the summer, was not...
woodpassage
...process. With simple pictographic symbols over forty stages, it conveys the transformation from fir to house. This conversion is shown as cuts out of large blocks of wood, cut by cut. The result is a sensory experience; consisting of four...
Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...the wood industry in British Columbia sees enormous potential in solid timber structures. The structural properties are comparable to a steel or reinforced concrete construction, but they clearly are superior to more traditional construction materials in terms of sustainability and...
BSBZ - Landwirtschaftsschulen Vorarlberg, Hohenems
...room, which is open to all students, is also located along this access door, in the centre of the school. These common areas are preceded by terraces and balconies, which also serve as constructive sun and weather protection to the...
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.«...
Recycling Centre Vorderland, Sulz
Round course on the sawtooth ramp. Sorting, separating and recycling – the central waste collection centre in the commercial zone of Sulz enables 11 municipalities in the Vorarlberg region of Vorderland to achieve both sustainable and professional waste management. Nestled...
Hotel Engel, Mellau
Re-oriented towards a new direction and a new future. A tourist’s expectations are hard to live up to, and fashions and trends in tourism are always changing. At The Hotel Engel, in Mellau, it was obvious their time of meeting...
Vorarlberg electricity Network - Operations Office, Lindenberg
...as a simple timber structure. Its closed courtyard is separated from the street space by the elongated one-storey commercial building with workshops, garages and storage and is enclosed to the southwest by an L-shaped canopy to accommodate the company vehicles....
Olpererhütte, Zillertaler Alpen
...to the high alpine conditions. The winter room is an independent form and construction that is a counterpoint to the main house. The two-storeyed building is designed as a traditional block construction with external insulation and timber cladding. Behind it...
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...
Hotel Schmiedberger, St. Johann
...The necessary intimacy that these areas require, due to their use or requirement, is made possible by their location to each other and a direct daylight supply is ensured along with privacy. The residential complex in the southwestern is a...
Mühlweg, Wien
...common – a commitment to a good cause.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann, DI Johannes Kaufmann Selected from the public competition was the proposal from Johannes and Hermann Kaufmann. Tit was a site-specific design that linked the existing residential buildings...
Schmuttertal Secondary School, Diedorf
...solutions. The use of timber, as a renewable building material requires very little grey energy and enables a neutral CO2 balance. The concrete of the wood-concrete composite ceiling brings mass into the building, and therefore dampens the fluctuations in temperature....
Unterfeldstraße, Ludesch
Proof that timber construction is justified in social housing from an ecological and economic prospective. The Unterfeldstraße residential complex in Ludesch is another milestone in a series of residential buildings developed with Vorarlberg based, non-profit housing construction and housing company...
Rheinhof, Hohenems
...a modern farmhouse. It stands on the spot we proposed, one that is the best distance from the existing tree. Built from timber and clad with natural, vertical, sawed silver fir. Oriented to the south and west and developed from...
Moosbrugger, Bizau
...implementation, a high importance was placed on regional value creation. The spruce and fir timber needed for the construction comes mainly from the regions forests, and the majority of the craftsmen involved in the construction come from the immediate neighbourhood....
Gymnastics and Celebration Hall, Muntlix
...keeping with the neighbourhood of large farmhouses, barns and smaller sheds, which line the village street. The timber cladding also corresponds to the buildings of the region. From the light, almost elegant area created with a ‘glass cube’ under the...
Convenience Store, Bizau
...of goods as well as allowing goods to be delivered efficiently and to improve storage conditions. The elongated new building now stands away from the street, directly on a steep edge of the terrain, to create parking spaces for motor...
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...
Gantner/Bundschuh, Sulzberg
...were largely preserved. Existing furnishings and furniture were professionally renovated and integrated into the contemporary living concept. Particular emphasis was placed on using natural building materials from the region and to outsource the work to craft businesses from the Bregenzerwald....
Assisted living, Mittelberg
...addition, we are not convinced that it is right to expand the space around the area of the garage that is to be demolished, because it is too big in relation to the village. A structural consolidation at this point...
Jagdbergstraße, Schnifis
...space-saving sliding gates. A covered seating area overlooking the generous toddler’s playground completes this communal outdoor area. Due to the minimised traffic areas on the building side, the private gardens can be arranged generously and undisturbed around the buildings. Internal...
Heimat Österreich, Salzburg-Liefering
...timber are stacked. In addition to the ecological and haptic aspect, this also has the advantage of an enormously shortened construction time and a high quality of construction. The natural facades convey the quality of the timber structure. Due to...
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...
Unterstein, Langenegg
...internal channel. Even the thermal collectors are integrated into the parapets of the facade, while the photovoltaic modules are flush-mounted in the roof. Contemporary technology is integrated into the design, instead of being attached to the volume as a foreign...
Isar-Würm-Lech GmbH, Landsberg am Lech
...overall development. »During the planning and implementation process, special attention was paid to resource-saving. All innovative components, building materials, construction methods and technical building equipment had to meet the criteria of sustainability and resource conservation. To achieve this goal an...
Stallinger, St. Gerorgen im Attergau
A company headquarters made from its own product, a prefabricated solid timber frame with no additional casing. The headquarters of this timber processing company features a novel, extremely economic, and flexible construction made of spruce glue laminate, from the company’s...
Cloister Mehrerau School Bregenz
...the complex despite the use of alternative materials and light construction techniques as opposed to solid stone walls. The ground floor facade is solid with an oak-wood-glass construction on the 1st and 2nd floors. This creates a deliberate contrast to...
Hotel Bellevue, Les Houches
Maintaining a traditional facade, but giving it an ecological and sympathetic ‘timber heart’. For an architect, accustomed to using their creative potential for the development of new, contemporary structures, this task presented an unusual challenge. A total reconstruction was required...
Sutterlüty, Lochau
From the old we make the new. Originally built in the 1990’s, Sutterlüty in Lochau had to be rebuilt due to structural defects which had caused damage to the roof. The existing foundations had to be considered with regards to...
Schlichtling, Telfs
...north. Adjoining two rows of north-south oriented apartment buildings by Hubert Riess, also built of timber. This structure extends from east to west, featuring access galleries and a north-facing staircase, similar to that in the “Ölzbündt” complex. The building contains...
Bridge, Wetzlar
...2012, which is important for the region, the bridge system connects the event locations and has to offer an accessible route. Accessibility had to be central to the design of the bridges, with clear passage widths from 2.50 m to...
Interpark Focus - Impulszentrum, Röthis
A tower visible from afar. A front square and facilities for communal use. The Impulszentrum, Interpark Focus is the new administration and architectural centre of an industrial area in Feldkirch-Röthis. The “Interpark Focus” is a group of enterprises clustered together...
Sutterlüty, Weiler
...and from the local context. Further Sutterluty’s of this kind that are local and tailor-made are planned.« proHolz 2010 Sutterlüty was searching for a spatial structure and a material concept that provided optimum flexibility, using only a few elements. In...
Dorfhus, Düns
...Internal organisation In order to meet the manifold requirements in a confined space, the new building development is very space-efficient. This creates space for flexibility and saves construction costs. The compact and central access core connects all areas. All stored...
Extension of the Bundeswehr kindergarten, Ulm
...of the existing building within the orthogonal campus structure and to implement the consistent continuation of the original design idea with minimal intervention. The thoughtful placement of the extension makes it possible to redesign the north-west façade into an appealing...
Residential building Hälin, Langen bei Bregenz
...site come from its specific location and its topographical conditions. The adjacent main road is busy but provides optimal access, while the steep slope, although demanding in terms of construction, opens up to a privileged and scared panoramic view. A...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Riding Hall, St. Gerold
...it was decided to expand the complex to include a riding school for people with both developmental and physical disabilities. The new structure that houses the ridging school extends from the southwestern corner of the Priory framing the garden courtyard...
Nebelhorn Cable Car - Summit Restaurant, Oberstdorf
...view, and in terms of design expression, the balance between alpine-kitchen and fashionable modern design style had to be found. Building at this altitude is also a constructional challenge that permeates the entire design: rail transport is limited to the...
SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...used for the project, this means a CO2 saving of around 3,600 tons compared to conventional construction methods, based on a useful life of 50 years. | However, technical and economic arguments also speak in favour of a timber design....
Gutsbetrieb Rheinhof, Hohenems
...school representatives, local farmers and agriculture officials, Kaufmann developed an efficient alternative to conventional stables with a gable roof. To allow light and air into the 46 m long and 30 m wide stable, the building envelope takes the shape,...
House R, Rankweil
...village, which allows for cross-generational living and offers usable and enjoyable outdoor spaces. The project also took into account sustainability through the selection of ecological materials, working to low-energy house standards and planning for energy generation via geothermal heat pumps....
Security Center, Bezau
...of community buildings that have been constructed in the last few years that are dedicated to promotion of timber construction and modern architecture. Timber is the material of choice when creating public buildings in Vorarlberg. The building material comes from...
Hittisauer Straße, Krumbach
...built on in the entire history of our community” says Arnold Hirschbühl, Mayor of Krumbach in Bregenzerwald. It has been his concern to put a stop to this consumption of land since he was made responsible for the spatial development...
Owens "House Drexel", Warth
...be activated via an app. The insulation of the ceiling above the first floor also contributes to the general comfort. The original brick and timber structural layout could only undergo minor adjustments.|In the centre of the house, a new bathroom...
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...
Wälderhaus BA 1, Bezau
...to the new timber structure, Wälderhaus. The result of the two industrial complexes is a “timber city”. The aim of the design was to integrate the new volumes into the landscape using balanced forms and natural timber. Similar to the...
Dorner Electronic, Egg
...90 employees. Thanks to the company’s consistent support and provision of software and hardware solutions, today it is global market leader in its sector. The original plant was designed by Leopold Kaufmann in 1977 and he was also responsible for...
Gasthaus Adler, Schwarzenberg
...aisle was taken back all the way to the rear and from this the individual rooms were developed. In the central area the hallway is separated only by a glass wall, expanded and opened to the guest garden. The individual...
Primary & Elementary School, Schwarzach
...an essential accessibility requirement, a redesign of the school playground was possible. From the entrance you enter a foyer, and from there the new inner courtyard opens up. The extension of the school was made in lightweight construction to the...
Scout Centre, Wolfurt
...was as compact and energy efficient as possible, and that the simple constructive solutions and materialisations allowed a high degree of self-construction. For this reason, as well as for ecological considerations, a timber construction was the obvious solution. The choice...
Übermellen, Mellau
...from the basement to the upper floor, the railing is glass. Visible original walls, contrasting to new timber and glass openings, create a whole that is atmospheric. The floor plan follows the original structure, but is adapted to the requirements...
Foot and Cycle Bridge, Zwischenwasser
...bushes, a simplistic gesture with reduced materialisation. A timber boardwalk, whose timber girder merges smoothly with the base plate, connects the bridge’s abutments of exposed concrete. Due to the given topography, which allowed a bigger construction height in the south,...
Kopf, Au
A pioneering example of prefabricated panel construction using glue-less, diagonally-dowelled, solid timber studs. The client runs a local sawmill which processes spruce, fir and larch from the region into timber for windows and construction, as well as planks for log...
Kaufmann, Reuthe
...its architectural language and follows clear constructive principles. The exterior cladding consists of natural 3-layer panels that will naturally weather. Also what is striking is the coloured shingled boat, which lies on the roof of the base body. It is...
Stallinger, St. Georgen im Attergau
...timber frame (BSH columns). The spatial arrangement and the layout of the facade allow the application of a construction that is made up of a few different components. This allows for a very economical implementation in prefabricated timber. The floor...
Schwimmbad, Riezlern
In principle, the location of the existing swimming pool building is correct. A building at this point manages to form a clear demarcation to the nearby village street, and to record the alternation in the terrain. We therefore proposes to...
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...
Ölzbündt, Dornbirn
...using protective treatments. Access to the subterranean parking garage and the stairs is possible from the north. However, a path leads from the uppermost tree-lined walkway, over a staircase and bridge, to the south as well. The building is also...
"Together House” Ellenbogen, Bezau
...in mixed (hybrid) construction at a passive house standard. It contains nine clearly structured, accessible and generously illuminated residential units that open up to garden areas or loggias to create a sustainably managed communal landscape. The holdings could be carefully...
Nürnbergkareal phase 1, Absam
...accessible to offer the possibly of assisted living. To the south of the building, a striking unit connects to the parking level, which contains 18 condominiums over four floors. In front of it are eight precisely executed terraced houses with...
Biomass heating plant, Zürs
...deliberately framed. A large glazed facade towards the connecting road to Lech shows the technical facilities. Everything seems “neat” because of the uniform colour and material concept and the disciplined laying of cables and components. The colour contrast between the...
Böhler Fenster, Wolfurt
...hall extension connects to the existing building via a simple join, creating a formal contrast. The large trusses are made from a simple glued laminate, which is also visible from the outside. A metallic outer skin protects the timber construction....
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...
Lino, Montagnola
...wide view over Lake Lugano. For a secure foundation, a massive reinforced concrete base was poured into the steep ground, on top of which stands a construction of timber walls and cantilevered laminated ceilings. The development of the three-storey volume...
Fire department, Schnepfau
...to the north to a steep embankment. The ground floor and the hollow tower are made of solid reinforced concrete; the slightly cantilevered upper floor and the roof construction are in timber. The elemental dialogue between the building and its...
Rectory, Krumbach
...Kaufmann, Bernardo Bader and René Bechter of Bechter Zaffignani conducted a study to strengthen the centre. If you want to achieve something in Vorarlberg, you have to build a house.” | Remarkable architecture: not rash, not cheaply plastered, but committed...
Pflegeheim, Mauren
...stacked together. The modular design means a short construction time, a fast technical fit-out, and limited disruption to the neighbours. The prefabricated rooms are ready to go to the construction site, including all installations. The sound insulation is released via...
House of Sustainability, Ruggel
...be added to the cafe for special occasions. Internal organisation and office landscape The internal organisation of the building is completely flexible. It enables both open room concepts and small-scale rooms. This allows the building to adapt itself to changing...
3-fach Sporthalle, Kempten
...placed in relation to the existing buildings in order to create a sequence of three topographically staggered courtyard spaces that lead into the park, which is to be opened to the general public. Together with the school building and the...
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...
Transfer Living Vorarlberg Blattur, Götzis
...to all. | The buildings could be executed in a simple, but solid, standard timber frame construction. Solid timber ceilings are created by local companies, special emphasis was placed on very low energy metrics. This project is more sustainable and...
Spa Hotel, Bad Reuthe
...rooms. The internal swimming pools lead this ellipse formally further. Above the almost permeable ground floor floats the wellness centre, covered with a skin made of natural sawn-up larch timber. The openness and transparency achieved by room-high glazing allows a...
Environmental Education Center Britzer Garten, Berlin
...to convey urban ecology topics to children in a contemporary way, the desire arose to create a weatherproof public space for training, educational projects and events. The single-storey building was designed as a floating pavilion in the old trees. While...
New housing, Krumbach
...to the southwest and linearly developed. The basic structure of the building is designed in such a way that timber construction is possible. It would also be necessary to investigate whether Krumbach’s community-owned timber can be used directly for this...
City of Wood, Bad Aibling
...side and executed as precast concrete elements. A special design concept enables a new approach to the topic of prefabricated timber construction. The complex parts, ie bathroom and the bath drainage, are prefabricated as a room fixture. This allows a...
Jagdbergstraße, Schnifis
...a gap left by the existing buildings. The compact volumes stand confidently in the sloping ground, their height adapting to the course of the terrain. The underground car park access to the west of the ensemble can be accessed almost...
Falkensteiner-Hotel, Latschau
...is designed as a coherent zone with differentiated lounging areas and a strong connection to the landscape; in the southwest, a continuous covered terrace is created. The particularly resource-saving timber-concrete hybrid construction method takes into account the ecological challenges of...
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...
Hauser, Hohentannen
...already been determined. One of the challenges of the project was to develop a high degree of autonomy and creativity within the predefined strict framework. »Many build only once in a lifetime. Therefore, it is natural for us to get...
Hotel Schwanen, Bizau
Renovations that increase a hotels appeal and suitability to the surroundings. The Hotel Schwanen was originally a traditional country inn, a lengthways building with integrated agricultural parts. This was completely remodelled in the 60s. What was left of the old...
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...
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...
Raiffeisenbank, Egg
...say ‘grand’, ‘incredible’ and ‘ingenious’. This definitely applies to the bank in Egg.« Best of Austria 2010/2011 The plan is to build a 4-storey, fully timber-framed bank with a total floor space of more than 1,400 m². The individual storeys...
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...
1st prize for a proposed development of the former Spicher school
...mass. Around the squares and alleys, as a matter of course, and respecting privacy, the individual houses are developed. The covered loggias, which correspond to the wishes of the tender for communicative space and the desire to create a successful...
Fernpassstraße receives recognition from the Prize for Quality in Housing 2015
...experimental character of the ensemble, the architectural design has by no means suffered. The ecological message of the project is a very important contribution to the building culture, above all due to the low costs and the good architectural design.”...
Timber Construction Day 2019: Lecture in Oslo
...wood projects from Format Engineers (UK), Herman Kaufmann (AUS), GROUPWORK (UK), Mecanoo (NL), as well as several newly-created timber projects from the American continent presented by among others Undurraga Arquitectos (Chile), Patkau Architects (Canada) and Equilibrium Consulting (Canada). more information...
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...
wienwood 15 - Holzbaupreis honours Mühlweg
From the outstanding 76 entries, 5 awards and 6 award winners were selected at this year’s wienwood 15 – Holzbaupreis. The awards want to celebrate superb examples of housing, public buildings, commercial and interior design, and exterior design. Architects and...
Gold for Klimaaktiv flagship development Unterstein in Langenegg
Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism Elisabeth Köstinger honours 94 sustainable building projects from Tyrol and Vorarlberg. On Wednesday, April 3, Federal Minister Elisabeth Köstinger awarded sustainable construction projects and companies in Innsbruck. A total of 87 buildings from Tyrol...
An update from Nebelhornbahn restaurant
The new restaurant at the summit of Nebelhorn will open on 22nd December 2016. This impressive dining location is well worth a visit.
Hermann Kaufmann erhält den Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010
...and a delicate understanding for the material as well as its concrete, tangible appearance, which can only arise in a seamless collaboration between the architect and the construction worker. Thanks to his pronounced social conscience and his ambitious work, he...
Detail: The world's largest roof structure made from Baubuche laminate
DAM Exhibition - Nice out here, from 27th March - 27th November 2022 in Neu-Anspach
Hermann Kaufmann takes part in leading TV-documentary from arte. He explains the role in sustainability of wood and timber architecture. Our recommendation "A New World" - now on arte
Watch the documentary: “A New World” – arte Online: 08/11/2022 – 08/07/2023 In 6 languages available...
The SWG Schraubenwerk project receives an award for good building culture
...with indirectly guided daylight, the use of rainwater and the use of a gas-driven air compressor for heat and cold control, the project impressively demonstrates a possible path to climate-friendly construction in the commercial building sector.” 44 good building culture...
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...
Architecture on the spot 128: Wagner GmbH
The VAI (Architecture Institute of Vorarlberg) organises (almost) every last Friday of the month an architectural visit, where buildings can be experienced and explored. Within this series of events, examples all over Vorarlberg are shown. From the areas of housing,...
Architekten Hermamm Kaufmann wins the tender to design for the Wildlife Park Pforzheim
...in 1968 with a single wild boar enclosure. The park has evolved and today it houses over 400 animals from 70 species. The Wildlife Park is characterised by the collection of species from Central and Northern Europe, as well as...
IZM - Illwerke Zentrum Montafon nominated for State Prize for Architecture and Sustainability 2014
...total of 74 submissions. Twelve projects were then nominated for the National Prize, and then five finalists were awarded the prize. A top-class, international jury, chaired by Univ.-Prof. Roland Gnaiger from the University of Art, Linz, evaluated both the architectural...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007
...committee of the Global Award. It was designed to gather together, and connect, public and private stakeholders who believe that sustainable housing offers immediate opportunities to contribute to the common good and to stimulate the international debate around sustainable architecture....
Schmuttertal Secondary School wins German Wood Construction Award 2017
...jury evaluated more than 200 works, ranging from ambitious new buildings, to innovative renovations, to pioneering developments in product development. Owners, architects, structural engineers, and wood construction companies were honoured for their excellent contributions to timber construction. This year, four...
The environmental education centre, Britzer Garten, is complete
The construction of the environmental education centre in Britzer Garten, and the design of the outdoor facilities, is now complete after 16 month of construction. Berlin State financed the project, costing two million euros. The new building is ambitious,...
New Caritas headquarters build begins in Salzburg
...subsidised apartments will be built. In addition to administration departments, the new Caritas headquarters will also include social counselling and a new Carla second-hand shop. The construction is scheduled to be completed in March 2019. In the new Caritas headquarters,...
Lectures in Ulm on contemporary timber architecture
...the largest timber building in Austria, built with minimal resource use and energy consumption. It has an improved CO2 balance of 90%, a shorter construction period, one that delivered precise construction quality. The building was realised using a timber hybrid...
24.-25. April | Mission: Climate-friendly timber construction culture | Lecture Christoph Dünser
For the second time, the interdisciplinary congress “Three countries, one mission: Climate-friendly timber construction culture” will take place on 24 and 25 April in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. D-A-CH interdisciplinary congress “Three countries, one mission: climate-friendly timber construction culture” will...
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
...escape from the legal constraints of the civilian technician’s test, they formed the group of the Vorarlberg architects, led by Hermann Kaufmann. The “young savages” have evolved and calmed down a little, today it is the “Vorarlberg School”, consisting of...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...individual buildings, both the semi-detached houses to the east, and the longitudinally oriented multi-storey buildings to the west, are incorporated into the structural system. The height of the individual residential buildings is three to four storeys, the commercial building on...
Experts discuss the very best Timber has to offer
...the Blaha in Korneuburg. The lecture schedule includes special projects, such as the SWG screw production hall and the St. Michael training centre. Examples from residential construction are also included. From architects to structural engineers and students, everyone is invited...
New building in Neubaugasse
...to ensure that Lauterach remains liveable and affordable for all,” stated Mayor Kolb. The residential complex will be realised on the land of the Lauterach parish. “A big thank you goes to the parish, whose commitment makes it possible for...
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...
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...
klima: aktiv Gold for Multi-Apartment Construction in Sulzberg
...running costs and the highest level of construction, the total annual costs are not higher than in buildings of standard quality. On November 16, 2012 the presentation of the plaque klima: aktiv Gold to Günter Morscher in the presence of...
Energy and Climate Protection: Particularly climate-friendly constructions honored – such as the project Unterstein, Langenegg
Vorarlberg’s excellence in climate-friendly construction is comprehensive. 57 particularly climate-friendly apartment buildings, commercial, and public buildings were honored by State Councillor Marco Tittler at the State House. We are especially pleased with the additional mention of “Morscher Bau“ with “Wohnbauselbsthilfe”...
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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...Climate change is fuelled by a surplus of CO2. Forests have the greatest potential of reducing CO2 from all ecosystems – timber locks CO2, replanting lowers CO2 levels. We need forests to help heal the damage done to our environment....
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40th Anniversary
...can pin this down to individual events or projects alone. The path led from the small scale to the medium to the large scale. It was a continuous process of working with wood. Fortunately, we always had projects where we...
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What moves us? We consider the development of sustainable and ecological buildings in connection with innovative timber construction to be our core competence, and this inspires and challenges us again and again. Our architecture is deeply rooted in the cultural...
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BUS:STOP Krumbach
7 international architecture offices designed 7 bus stops for the Bregenzerwald community in Krumbach, and enter into a dialogue with people, landscapes and tradition. Accompanied by architects from the region and local craftsmen, small utility buildings, akin to extraordinary sculptures,...