Mühlweg Vienna Receives Best Architect Award
Hermann Kaufmann, for who wood has been a passion since his childhood, has won the 34th Dr Toni Russ Award. When you consider it, you might wonder: Isn’t a residential building with almost 100 apartments, built entirely of wood, doomed...
Awarded 1st place for the new Zünd Systemtechnik project in Altstätten
...project, but rather the development of a design and construction strategy on selected topics. The basis was the present logistics concept, which was developed in cooperation with W + P Weber and Partner AG from Wil. Jury notes On the...
Insight into the exciting YKK project in Japan - exclusive interview with the project team
...our own position. As the planning architects for YKK, what is your role in the project? HK: As the planning architects we are responsible for the design, construction, and materialisation. The plans are drawn in Japan based on our designs....
New building in Neubaugasse
...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 support of controlled aeration and ventilation...
The Timber Construction Atlas adds Berlin-Brandenburg to its map
...Berlin area, on which around 70 innovative timber construction projects in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region are displayed and locatable on an interactive map. Everyone can visit the website at holzbauatlas.berlin and get a comprehensive picture of contemporary and historical timber...
The Federal HolzbauPlus 2020: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk
...protection – because it stores carbon. So if you build with it, you act! Building a single-family house out of wood produces up to 56 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Builders, investors and planners around the world are increasingly relying...
1st prize for a proposed development of the former Spicher school
...spatial entrance situation, deserve a positive mention. Beyond the domestic community, well-proportioned meeting areas are offered with the neighbourhood squares and the community courtyards. The construction principle, with a series building blocks linked timber construction meets the building standard III,...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...underground parking solution, as well as better integration of the buildings along the east-side boundary in relation to the smaller-scale and affordable housing. The project has other great qualities, which reveal themselves only at a second glance. The individual buildings...
Ground breaking ceremony for ASZ Vorderland
Interkommunal for more sustainability! 11 municipalities work together to realise the Recycling Centre (ASZ) Vorderland. At the celebration of the laying of the foundation stone on 06.06.2019, President Harald Sonderegger emphasised the positive example displayed by this extraordinary cooperation –...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...TUM. In 2021, he was honoured with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture. In 2022, he became the first architect from an African country to receive the most important award in architecture: the Pritzker Prize, endowed with 100,000 US...
Exhibition Berlin Bauen mit Holz – Wege in die Zukunft (building with wood – ways into the future)
A fascinating new exhibition on current building culture that focuses on wood; a natural, renewable resource. With international and national projects, the exhibition presents ecologically, sustainable modern wooden architecture. Spectacular projects, trend-setting urban wooden dwellings, and the latest trends in...
A new Sutterlüty supermarket opens in Rankweil
...baked goods department into the entrance area. The building is equipped with a modern refrigeration system with a CO2 cascade, with deep and normal cooling and air heat pump technology. By embracing new alternatives such as new cooling technology, LED...
8th International Forum on Timber Construction in Dijon France
...France is a dynamic and growing market, one that contributes to the necessary reduction of CO2 emissions. In 2018, the Macron government launched the third timber industry development plan and commissioned Adivbois with a national tender for urban construction, with...
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 receives the Toni Russ Prize
Hermann Kaufmann, for who wood has been a passion since his childhood, has won the 34th Dr Toni Russ Award. Vorarlberg’s architectural scene is a worldwide sensation. It is “The ramifications and impact of this scene are vast and cannot...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins Contract for Illwerke Centre Montafon
...and therefore become unusual and memorable. The decision on the simple form naturally required that the ground floor area is subject to restrictions, so the pool is arranged on the first floor with a direct connection to the foyer, and...
Hermann Kaufmann nominated as the Austrian of the Year 2013
...if you support me. It is very simple and does not take much time. Just click on the “VOICES” link. Why I was selected you can read there. It would be nice, if you could tell your friends too! Many...
Lecture Detail Congress 2019
...Wirtschaft in Stuttgart deals with aspects of regional development that set the course for the future of rural areas. Among other things, it deals with the topics of building with timber and new forms of living. In addition to well-known...
Our new book is at the printers.
We are eagerly awaiting the delivery from the printer. Our latest book “SCHRAUBENWERK MIT HOLZ – Plumbing the Limits of Hardwood”, author Marko Sauer, will be published soon and can now be pre ordered. You can secure their copy here...
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...
The environmental education centre, Britzer Garten, is complete
...building and the neighbouring grove. The covered exhibition area will be equipped with mobile exhibition walls and will have dual purposes, it will showcase topics on urban nature, and the area can also be used as a covered-outdoor learning zone....
European Architecture Award 2015: IZM – Illwerke Zentrum Montafon receives an accolade
...of the most suitable materials, led to a very economical and ecological construction. The prefabricated wood-concrete ceilings, in connection with pairs of pillars, and the facade elements allowed for extremely fast installation. Wood is the predominant building material, and also...
Ceremonial inauguration of the Schmuttertal High School in Diedorf
...the use of optimised timber construction solutions and compliance with a defined energy specification. As a result, the plus-energy standard in timber construction, and the development of new solutions for open learning landscapes were realised and can now be enjoyed....
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”...
"Building with BauBuche", a lecture at the Innovation Cluster March 6
Meet architects (Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann, DI Christoph Dünser, DI Mathias Schädler), the structural engineer Henning Ernst and the timber building experts SCHLOSSER Holzbau GmbH on the 6th of March in Jagstzell, at the Innovation Cluster. “Building with BauBuche”...
Virtual tour of the energie.campus Montafon
With the construction of the new energy.campus montafon in Vandans, illwerke vkw AG strengthens its position as an attractive employer and trainer. The new training centre is also being built on the premises in Rodund, in close proximity to the...
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...
Winner of the Schmiedberger Boutique Hotel
...the location allows. Guests can reach the central reception area via an attractive lobby. There is a direct connection from the reception area to the spacious outdoor terrace over the lounge, as well as to the breakfast room and the...
IZM receives recognition at Constructive Alps 2015
...public, together with the other 32 finalists, in an exhibition and in the catalog of the architecture magazine, Hochparterre. The exhibition will then travel across all Alpine countries in the next two years. More information can be found at www.constructivealps.net...
Architekten Hermamm Kaufmann wins the tender to design for the Wildlife Park Pforzheim
...Uhlig thanked Architekten Hermann Kaufmann for the “excellent solution at a prominent location in the city of Pforzheim”. According to the estimate made the project is expected to cost around 2 million euros. The history of the game park began...
Ground-breaking ceremony for residential complex in Feldkirch, Heldenstraße
...to build three-storey houses that can be built in modular construction, which ensures reduced planning costs, easier structures and faster implementation. Certain compromises in quality – like accessibility only on the ground floor and the abstinence of basement, underground parking...
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...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007
...construction of an ecological house in one of the 51 municipalities of the Seine-Aval region, in the north-west of the department of Yvelines. It is a residential construction project within the framework of the “Opération d’intérêt national” (Act of national...
IZM - Illwerke Zentrum Montafon nominated for State Prize for Architecture and Sustainability 2014
...Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW). The competition is managed and supported by the Austrian Society for Environment and Technology (ÖGUT) in cooperation with the University of Art, Linz, the Association of the Stone and Ceramics Industry,...
Fernpassstraße receives recognition from the Prize for Quality in Housing 2015
...with the German Werkbund Bayern. The award recognizes innovative, predominantly privately funded, residential construction projects in Bavaria. It celebrates construction that demonstrates the highest quality on all planning levels. “This year saw the addition of the category ‘Prize for Quality...
klima: aktiv Gold for Multi-Apartment Construction in Sulzberg
...firm gold award winner. Also the building has a primary energy requirement of 117 kWh / (m²a), which is even below the limit for certified passive houses. The system combines passive-type efficiency (excellent insulation, high-quality windows, comfort ventilation with heat...
The prototype of the new forest bus stops can now be seen in Doren. More in the construction blog.
The SWG Schraubenwerk project receives an award for good building culture
...in the region, together with Hermann Kaufmann + Partner, show what is possible with hardwood. The supporting structure made of regional beech is pioneering in its dimensions and static properties and explores the use of materials to the maximum. Together...
Interview with Hermann Kaufmann – about the 40th anniversary and his plan for the future.
Update of the interior at Provost St. Gerold: details with beauty and history. More in the construction blog.
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 Swimming Pool in Mittelberg is Awards 1st Prize
In principle, the location of the existing pool building was actually correct. The situation of old swimming pool was perfect because of its relation to the main road, its proximity to the village, and because the ground naturally swelled up...
"Haus Mitanand", Bezau is nominated for a Constructive Alps 2020 award
...are holding the “Constructive Alps” international architecture competition for the fifth time. The international jury has nominated 28 projects from 328 submissions, including our “Haus Mitanand” project in Bezau, which is an excellent example of carbon conscious renovation and construction...
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...
Role Model Recycling Centre in Langerringen - Germany
...collaborating with HK Architekten, presented the project, which will include the tallest wooden building in the district, equipped with a photovoltaic system that generates more electricity than is used. It will be a purely wooden construction, with only the staircases...
Hermann Kaufmann receives Bavarian Architecture Award and State Prize for Architecture
...Architecture Prize can also be honoured with the Bavarian State Prize for Architecture if it makes a special contribution to building culture in Bavaria. The winners of the “Bavarian Architecture Award 2021” received their awards from Chamber President Prof. Lydia...
Gold for Klimaaktiv flagship development Unterstein in Langenegg
...and 7 buildings from Vorarlberg were awarded for their innovative and environmentally friendly construction in accordance with Klimaaktiv standards. “There is immense potential in the building sector for climate protection. The excellent Klimaaktiv projects impressively showcase how these possibilities can...
FOKUS.GESUND BAUEN goes to the Schmuttertal Secondary School
...with their awards on March 9. The exhibition can be seen until 14th March in Hall B2 at the Munich Exhibition Centre. What the jury said of the project: The special prize FOKUS.GESUND BAUEN goes to the very special project....
Housing complex Unterstein receives Energy Globe Vorarlberg Award 2017
...more energy than it consumes, and it was also the first building in Vorarlberg which was certified with passive house plus standard. The housing complex demonstrates that perfectly optimised energy efficiency, and high-quality ecological construction can be implemented at affordable,...
Schmuttertal Gymnasium Diedorf wins the DGNB award Building Sustainable 2016
...reasons. Due to precision planning of the timber construction, the manufacturing was more efficient, resulting in a very short construction time. The wood construction uses renewable building materials, which requires just a little “grey energy” and enables a higher CO2...
Energy-Efficient Construction: Practice Well Advanced Compared to Regulations - Appeal by Hermann Kaufmann
...heard and to drive this transition in heating practices. This would give them something tangible to hold onto, a sign that progress is indeed happening in this realm. That’s my request.” Hermann Kaufmann In an interview with varmeco Managing Director...
Univ.-Prof. DI Hermann Kaufmann emeritus
...been surrounding what contributions can the biogenic building material timber make in resource optimisation in construction and also the creation of healthy living environments with high architectural and building culture qualities. The ‘TUM DesignBuild’ project was a particular interest of...
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...
Schmuttertal Secondary School wins German Wood Construction Award 2017
Schmuttertal Secondary School wins in the category ‘new building’, at this year’s German Wood Construction awards. Awarded on 23 May 2017 in Hanover, the Deutscher Holzbau Preis 2017 is considered the most prestigious German award for timber construction. An expert...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower is Awarded a Nomination of the State Prize
LifeCycle Tower with is awarded a nomination LifeCycle Tower research project was honoured yesterday in Vienna with a nomination for the state prize for environmental and energy technology. The jury awarded the interdisciplinary team in the joint venture, called...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower Receives the KYOCERA Environmental Prize 2014
...four different categories. In the “Arbeits- und Bürowelt” category, Austrian Cree GmbH won with their “LCT ONE -LifeCycleTower” project. This is a new, modular building system for high-rise buildings, which is based on the renewable resources of wood. The company...
International Architecture Project BUS: STOP KRUMBACH launches.
...all design and build of seven new bus stops in Krumbach. “Innovation comes through exchanges and engagement with other cultures. We are looking for new perspectives and inspiration for our region” Arnold Hirschbühl, Mayor of Krumbach. Dietmar Steiner (Director of...
wienwood 15 - Holzbaupreis honours Mühlweg
...planners, builders and property developers, as well as timber construction companies, were entitled to submit entries. The wienwood 15 – Holzbaupreis was awarded by proHolz Austria in cooperation with the City of Vienna and the Architekturzentrum Wien. wienwood 15- Holzbaupreis...
Illwerke Center Montafon is the klimaaktiv "Property of the Month”
The administration building, Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, was honoured this month with the ‘Property of the Month’ status by kilmatactive. IZM was planned according to the klimaaktiv Silver Standard and proves that future-oriented, climate-friendly construction pays off and creates great added...
Schmuttertal Secondary School receives Bayrischer Energiepreis 2016 (Bavarian Energy Award)
...With this award, the ministry honours outstanding innovative achievements for efficient energy production and utilisation. In addition to the main prize, the ministry awards prizes in eight additional subcategories. Award winners in the category of ‘Buildings as Energy Systems/Building Concept’...
New Caritas headquarters build begins in Salzburg
...and an open house for different nationalities, ethnicities and religions. The joint construction project was launched on 14 November 2017 with the laying of the foundation stone in the presence of numerous representatives from politics, business and the church. ...
IZM, Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, receives the Hypo-Bauherrenpreis 2015
On April 24 the 7th Vorarlberger Hypo-Bauherrenpreis took place, and we can proudly announce that IZM, Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, received the Hypo-Bauherrenpreis 2015, in the category of ‘Commercial Building’. To support the awards there will be an exhibition at the...
Recognition for ‘Haus der Kinder’ at the Holzbaupreis Tirol 2015
...and construction. Architectural quality, in addition to the craftsmanship and material construction, formed the basis for selection for an award and for the formal recognitions. The kindergarten in Rum received recognition in the category mixed construction / hybrid construction. The...
Experts discuss the very best Timber has to offer
Holzbau Austria and its partners host an expert debate This year sees the 6th annual “Timber Architecture Technical Discussion“, organised by The Association of Timber Construction Austria, take place on March 12th. The concept: Architects experienced in timber construction report...
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...
Cluster Innovative - SWG site inspection of the production hall
Invitation to visit the new wooden production hall for free. On 24 October 2019, proHolzBW has organised a site inspection of the production hall as part of “Cluster Innovative”. If you are interested and for further information click here....
The Architekturtage Experience in 2008
...events offering an exciting access to the most diverse aspects of architecture. We invite you to open buildings and architecture workshops, guided tours, walks and bus tours, exhibitions, lectures, discussions, festivals, art events, a diverse program for people young and...
Lecture series "Visions of Sustainable Construction"
The Freiburg Chamber of Architects and the city’s Department of Environmental Protection again present three perspectives that take up these questions and pursue them: The Evolution of Systematic Timber Construction Speaker: Christoph Dünser, Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH, Schwarzach...
The Vorland recycling centre is now open
After intense planning and a year of construction, the Vorland recycling centre (ASZ) will be officially opened on March 7th. Over 45 different types of waste can be collected at the ASZ, separated by type and then prepared for further...
Building work begins at SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
Expansion of production facilities SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH is a leading manufacturer of screws for the construction industry based in Waldenburg. The global company has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. The product range includes timber construction screws, screws for fixing metal and...
Blattur Götzis receives the Werkbund label 2018
...for critical thinking, for innovation, for public action, social responsibility and creative quality. Founded in 1907, today it is an important driving force for positivity when it comes to future issues in architecture, urban planning, design, ecology, education and education....
The new gastronomy centre at Uferpark Überlingen has been awarded to Hermann Kaufmann + Partners
...entries. The task was divided into two parts. Create a permanent gastronomy centre for the Uferpar, while simultaneously delivering a temporary restaurant pavilion of the district of Bodenseekreis that can accommodate and supply large catering needs during the Landesgartenschau 2020....
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...
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,...
School nominated for prestigious sustainable building award in Germany
...Bavaria. The winner will be announced at the award ceremony on November 25, 2016 in Düsseldorf. The Schmuttertal Secondary School in Diedorf is nominated for multiple reasons this year. Due to precision planning of the timber construction, the manufacturing was...
We received the Austrian Green Planet Building® Award for the Brock Commons Tallwood House in Canada!
Canadian high-rise building in solid wood construction with know-how from Austria At 53 meters, the Brock Commons Tallwood House in Vancouver, Canada, is one of the world’s tallest buildings in solid wood construction. Except for the base floor and an...
BDA regional award: TUM research station Friedrich N. Schwarz makes the shortlist.
...Munich, Southeast Bavaria) presented the members of this year’s jury – consisting of Sven Matt (Innauer Matt, Bezau), Guobin Shen (Atelier Kaiser Shen, Stuttgart) and Laura Weißmüller (Süddeutsche Zeitung) – with the huge challenge of making an initial pre-selection. ...
Wood Conference exhibition, Denmark
...the possibilities and limits of timber as building material in Denmark. One of the biggest challenges in Denmark is getting to the point of being able to build tall timber buildings. In connection with the conference there will be a...
Ground-breaking ceremony for the residential complex in Schnifis
Opposite the cable car station in Schnifis, 15 residential units will be built, grouped together in two three-storey buildings. The two buildings contain 15 residential units, which are designed as 2-, 3- and 4-room apartments with between 48 and 92...
Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen visits Provost Residence St Gerold
On the occasion of its 800th anniversary Feldkirch hosted the 68th Austrian Cities Day. On June 7th a formal party including, Governor Markus Wallner and Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen visited the Grosses Walsertal. The visit to the biosphärenpark.haus...
The Gipfelrestaurant Nebelhorn wins a prestigious Baupreis Allgäu 2018
The Gipfelrestaurant on the summit of Nebelhorn and four other outstanding buildings have been awarded the Baupreis Allgäu at a ceremony on 23 February in Kempten held by the Allgäu Architecture Forum. In total 89 architects with Allgäuer projects, which...
Brock Commons phase 1: structure completed
On September 15, 2016, the completion of the solid wood structure, and facade, was celebrated at the UBC dormitory Brock Commons. The world’s tallest wooden building with, 18 storeys, was completed ahead of schedule. The structure was completed in...
Austrian brick and roof award 15/16: Wagner GmbH receives a recognition
On April 7 the “Wienerberger Architecture Symposium 2016” took place in Vienna, focusing on the subject “Construction material brick – Architecture in Transition”. At the event five outstanding examples of Austrian brick architecture were awarded with the Austrian brick and...
German Architecture Award 2017 for Schmuttertal Secondary School
...of the Augsburg district, is constructed as a resource-conserving, plus-energy house, in a wooden skeleton construction, and has a future-oriented architectural design. The German Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt – DBU) funded the innovative school project with 1.1 million euros....
Triple win at the 2017 Vorarlberg timber construction awards
The 12th Vorarlberg Holzbaupreis was awarded on June 30. This year’s awards focused on “Rethinking with Wood” and received over 140 submissions from projects across various categories. Three of our projects were honoured on the night; Schmuttertal Gymnasium: recognition, category...
Ground-breaking ceremony for the Hofsteig Recycling Centre
The ground-breaking ceremony on 2nd March 2017 marks the start of the construction of the Altstoffsammelzentrum (ASZ) Hofsteig in Lauterach. The four municipalities of Lauterach, Kennelbach, Schwarzach and Wolfurt will create a whole new level of recycling recourses for their...
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...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower receives the Schweighofer Innovation Award 2013
The SCHWEIGHOFER PRIZE 2013 was awarded for outstanding performance in the development and implementation of LCT ONE – LifeCycle Tower. The SCHWEIGHOFER PRIZE has been awarded, every two years, by the Austrian wood industry family Schweighofer since 2003. It awards...
Security Centre Bezau showcased at "Participate in Architecture of Necessity 2013” in Sweden
...exhibition is part of a competition called “Participate in Architecture of Necessity 20132, and was held at the Virserum Art Museum. In connection with the exhibition, the project was presented in book called TRÄ 2013 NÖDVÄNDIGHETENS ARKITEKTUR by Virserums Konsthall....
Ground breaking ceremony for Schmuttertal Gymnasium
The new construction of the Schmuttertal Gymnasium Diedorf is designed to optimise architectural, constructional and technical competencies to create a future-oriented, learning, and teaching environment. The project also has been designed as a sustainable wood construction with a high design...
Environmental Education Centre in Berlin’s Britzer Garden Awarded to Hermann Kaufmann
It was a larger tender process, with four architectural offices invited to participate. The goal was to create a modular building, and if possible a series of building designs that echoed the values of environmental education. The chosen design delivered...
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....
Illwerke Zentrum Montafon receives first prize at the 2015 materialPREIS
...material competence are stimulating each other. When receiving the first place award in the specialist category of Hybrid, the Jury at the materialPREIS 2015 said of the IZM: “The project was convincing with its outstanding material competence and high-quality implementation.”...
Nürnbergkareal Bauabschnitt 1, Absam receives klimaaktiv GOLD award
...achieved the klimaaktiv GOLD standard, thus receiving the highest award for energy-efficient buildings. This demonstrates that they make an important contribution to reducing energy consumption and improving the quality of life. “With low energy consumption, the use of renewable energies...
Brock Commons phase 1: World's largest wooden tower is under construction
Brock Commons Phase 1 is a dormitory building on the campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC), in Vancouver, Canada. With a height of 53 meters, the 18 storey building will be the tallest wooden building in the world,...
DETAIL Editorial May: The roof of the Nebelhornbahn cable car station is being anaylized
...the current issue, we show less spectacular examples that have one thing in common: They are in the context of historic roofs. Dietrich Untertrifaller’s wide overhanging wooden roof ducks into the landscape within sight of Munich’s Olympic tent, as does...
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...
Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Prize 2022 for SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...pleased to have received the Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Prize 2022 and would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved for such wonderful cooperation! Many thanks also to the client, SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg for your trust. ...
German Timber Construction Award 2021: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
...timber construction: “In the search for solutions that sustainably reconcile climate protection and resource conservation with the need for buildings for living, living and working, timber as a building material makes a significant contribution. […] The award-winning works impressively demonstrate...
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...
Now available - book "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, renewable building material. The result...
Orange Farm Kindergarten South Africa
...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 dedication and passion of the whole team have inspired me.”...
Housing and Care Home Development in Liefering Awarded to Hermann Kaufmann
...area. If possible (especially in the direct connection to the Lexengasse) the buildings elements are divided into regimented floor plans, with a higher degree of attention, in order to avoid unnecessary wall formations. The required compactness was taken into account,...
Hirschau Unterdorf, Schnepfau has been awarded the prestigious environmental prize "Energy Globe" - congratulations to Morscher Bau and all parties involved.
The ENERGY GLOBE Award was founded in 1999 by Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann and is now the most renowned environmental prize worldwide. The Energy Globe Award annually honors outstanding sustainable projects with a focus on resource conservation, energy efficiency,...
Opening of the new "Holzparkhaus" in Nuremberg
We are pleased to announce the opening of the new wooden parking garage for the Construction Industry Center “Bauindustriezentrum” (BIZ) in Nuremberg-Wetzendorf. The official inauguration took place on June 26th in a small ceremony. This innovative parking garage was constructed...