Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...styles and also differentiated designs, while maintaining its materiality. Very sensitively and skilfully, every building responds in each case to its environment and its peculiarities. Due to the relatively high number of building structures (compared to the project), they inevitably...
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...
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,...
1st prize for a proposed development of the former Spicher school
...affordable housing options. Extract from the jury report The authors create a quality of residence, building interesting spaces and areas sequence narrow streets and squares. The scale, granularity of the buildings, and the chosen density are developed from the context...
Exhibition Berlin Bauen mit Holz – Wege in die Zukunft (building with wood – ways into the future)
...1990s and it continues to gain momentum every day. This familiar material presents itself in new and diverse forms. Continuous researching has resulted in enormous developments and improvements in construction technology and furthermore, the new computer calculation methods, and the...
Ground breaking ceremony for ASZ Vorderland
...resources and anticipate, and provide people with better services.« Harald Sonderegger The President of the State Parliament thanked all those responsible from the municipalities, the Regio Vorderland and the other project participants, and congratulated them all on the construction progress...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...and Austria. He is known for his expertise in timber construction and has played a key role in its further development through numerous research projects and innovative solutions. Francis Kéré has been Professor of Architectural Design and Participation at TUM...
Insight into the exciting YKK project in Japan - exclusive interview with the project team
...They want to achieve carbon neutrality and zero waste. Through innovative practices, renewable energy, and circular economy principles, YKK aims to minimise their environmental impact, fostering a more sustainable and responsible future. This is why they wanted HK Architekten on...
Awarded 1st place for the new Zünd Systemtechnik project in Altstätten
Zünd Systemtechnik AG (ZST) has been producing digital flatbed cutters at their Swiss Altstätten location for over 30 years. They have been delivering innovative products and services all around the world, and demand is growing. In order to consolidate and...
Lecture Detail Congress 2019
...planners, top-class personalities from architecture and research shed light on the topic from different perspectives. Building projects are presented and solutions and reference projects are shown that represent and reflect upon the critical subject of “rural space”. The experts explain...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007
...du Patrimoine” and Epamsa. It was supported by the Yvelines departmental assembly and internationally by the committee of the Global Award. It was designed to gather together, and connect, public and private stakeholders who believe that sustainable housing offers immediate...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins Contract for Illwerke Centre Montafon
The landscape and architectural environment of the new location for the Illwerke Centre was characterised by the interplay between the natural untouched countryside with the man made modifications to the land and large, two-storey blocks of flats. From this, the...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower is Awarded a Nomination of the State Prize
...pioneer in modern timber construction and energy-efficient building technology. The LifeCycle Tower as a sustainable wooden high-rise building, that generates more energy than consumed, is unique in the world and places the Austrian engineering services and products on the international...
Architekten Hermamm Kaufmann wins the tender to design for the Wildlife Park Pforzheim
...and this fits perfectly into its surroundings,” says Stadtbau’s managing director Ulrich Füting. In the two buildings, the areas of information and services, gastronomy, school classes and education, and the shop are all beautifully presented. Between the two buildings one...
The Priory St Gerold recevies Constructive Alps 2017 recognition prize
...ensures its economic survival, which enriches the tourism standard of the region. The architect, Hermann, Kaufmann, took every care with material selection and usage, and deliberately expanded the historical site without creating unwelcome contrasts between the old and the new....
Sohm Holzbau Receives Price the State Prize for Architecture Industry and Trade
...and is intended as a positive incentive for other companies, according to Mitterlehner. Due to the rapid growth of industrial and commercial areas, their sustainable architectural design is more important than ever before. Jury’s statement for the category ‘Small and...
Hermann Kaufmann Awarded Bezau Assisted Living Development
...a Passive House. Parking spaces and the underground car park are in the north of the building, while the southern areas have been persevered for recreation and include the orchard, the open play area and a vegetable and herb garden....
New building in Neubaugasse
Low-cost housing for Lauterach On 6 October, Wohnbauselbsthilfe and Rhomberg Bau launched their joint new building in Neubaugasse in Lauterach. Through to autumn 2023, the developer and the general contractor will build a modern complex with 38 affordable flats in...
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...
Experts discuss the very best Timber has to offer
...first hand on selected projects and are then available to answer questions. Collectively the panel probes, explores, challenges and develops new and existing elements of, and topics in timber architecture. This year the event takes place in Forum 21 of...
Timber Construction Day 2019: Lecture in Oslo
...the world’s best new building”. Totan Kuzembaev is Russia’s foremost timber architect and will present projects with collaborators in the engineering firm Idea Statika. Switzerland’s LOCALARCHITECTURE recently won “The 2019 International award for wood architecture” and will, together with 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....
International Architecture Project BUS: STOP KRUMBACH launches.
...visitors the chance to experience a rich culture and cuisine, architecture and crafts, sports and leisure at a standard much higher than what is expected of such a rural idyll. The timber construction tradition of Bregenzerwald is recognised globally, and...
Univ.-Prof. DI Hermann Kaufmann emeritus
...and shaped the department for over 20 years. In addition to teaching and the TUM.wood association founded in 2013, he and his team were also responsible for relevant research projects and publications. The central topic of his work has always...
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...
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...
Ground-breaking ceremony for residential complex in Feldkirch, Heldenstraße
...will house bicycles, push-chairs, and all the rubbish and recycling facilities. Each apartment has a balcony or a ground floor terrace. The outdoor area consists of a spacious green zone, with a child and toddler playground and vegetable gardens, as...
Hermann Kaufmann receives the Toni Russ Prize
...Wolfgang Ritsch and Roland Gnaiger, he is considering a forum for the exchange of experiences in the region. Kaufmann himself is the Head of Timber Construction at the Institute for Construction Engineering and Design at the Technical University of Munich....
The most beautiful books in Austria 2008: Hermann Kaufmann Woodworks
...and Culture and the Austrian book trade. The top three most outstanding publications, from the final of the 15 award winners, are awarded by the BMUKK. This year, the Minister of Education, Art and Culture, Claudia Schmied, and the President...
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...
Schmuttertal Gymnasium Diedorf wins the DGNB award Building Sustainable 2016
...education is carried out. The four buildings that form the school perfectly integrate into the landscape at the edge of the Augsburg Nature Park. The project shows how modular building and pre-manufacturing can be a cost-effective, sustainable, functional and beautiful....
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...
Winner of the Schmiedberger Boutique Hotel
...south-west facing, five-storey building, is accessible via a separate stairwell, with a lift, from the underground car park and the south-facing entrance area. This ensures the privacy of the residents. Both the premier shop and wine merchants are accessible on...
The Federal HolzbauPlus 2020: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk
...investors and planners around the world are increasingly relying on it – building with wood is becoming more and more attractive and popular. We contribute to progressive materials popularity this with our competition. I warmly congratulate this year’s winners! “...
A new Sutterlüty supermarket opens in Rankweil
...deep and normal cooling and air heat pump technology. By embracing new alternatives such as new cooling technology, LED lighting, photovoltaics and much more, the carbon-neutral Sutterlüty Company can again save a considerable amount of CO2 at this new location....
The Architekturtage Experience in 2008
May 16th and 17th will see the forth ‘Architekturtage’ taking place across the country. Celebrated throughout Austria, and now in the neighbouring regions of Bratislava, Liechtenstein and Eastern Switzerland, Architekturtage, under the motto “Experience Architecture”, is a comprehensive range of...
Prize Awarded to the Recently Built Administrative Buildings of Erne Fittings
...blend and homogenise the development with the surrounding area of Giessenbach. This area has to be upgraded by means of special planning measures. The development bridges the gap between the very open, spacious and bright and closed intimate areas required....
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...
Housing and Care Home Development in Liefering Awarded to Hermann Kaufmann
The following measures were taken to meet the challenges of accommodating a comparatively high density of people into a ‘village’ structure: All non-essential and superfluous rooms and areas for example, storage, washing and drying rooms for residential buildings and secondary...
Special award for our project B&O wooden multi storey car park, Bad Aibling
...convincing reference for the use of wood as a building material for technical infrastructure. The Bavarian Timber Construction Award “Holzbaupreis Bayern” is a joint project of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry and proHolz Bayern, which is...
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...
Energy and Climate Protection: Particularly climate-friendly constructions honored – such as the project Unterstein, Langenegg
..., and we congratulate all involved: “Alpenländische” and “Morscher Bau” with “Wohnbauselbsthilfe” projects stand out. Affordable rents are particularly important for non-profit housing developers, and low energy costs naturally contribute to this. Therefore, “Alpenländische Heimstätte” with 31 buildings and “Morscher...
Hermann Kaufmann receives Bavarian Architecture Award and State Prize for Architecture
Architect Prof. Hermann Kaufmann, architect Prof. Christiane Thalgott and the Olympic Park Munich were awarded the “Bavarian Architecture Prize 2021” – Prof. Hermann Kaufmann also received the “Bavarian State Prize for Architecture 2021”. The “Bavarian Architecture Prize” and the “Bavarian...
Building work begins at SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
...and a new reception building for visitors, is planned on the company’s premises. The mainly timber (frame work, fixtures, partition walls, and staircase) 12.465 m2 hall encapsulates the production process of a screw, from wire delivery, cold forming, heat treatment,...
Breaking Ground at Illwerke Center Montafon
...and secondly, also it increased the potential space of the building. This is reflected in the interior zones such as the dining room and the conference room which occupy the area on the lake and therefore become unusual and memorable....
Recognition for ‘Haus der Kinder’ at the Holzbaupreis Tirol 2015
...proHolz Tirol and the Chamber of Architects and Engineers invited Tirol and Vorarlberg to submit their outstanding projects for the award “Holzbaupreis Tirol 2015”. The award met with widespread interest, a sign that wood plays a key role in architecture...
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...
We received the Austrian Green Planet Building® Award for the Brock Commons Tallwood House in Canada!
...objectives and strict criteria of the national climate protection initiative klimaaktiv for the building and real estate industry to an international level. The outstanding achievements of Austrian planning offices, consultants, construction companies and production plants abroad in the field of...
"Haus Mitanand", Bezau is nominated for a Constructive Alps 2020 award
The international prize for sustainable renovation and building in the Alps “Constructive Alps” spans international borders. The awards are part of the larger Alpine Convention and aims to offer ‘food for thought’ about alpine life and living. Switzerland and Liechtenstein...
Lectures in Ulm on contemporary timber architecture
Two lectures from Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH and Ludescher & Lutz. The first will be given by partner and architect Christoph Dünser. He will be reporting on the office building of the Illwerke Zentrum Montafon. It is currently...
The new gastronomy centre at Uferpark Überlingen has been awarded to Hermann Kaufmann + Partners
...complex and unique gastronomic commission. The commissioning was prepared and carried out by landscape architects and the gastronomy consultant Ingo Wessel (hospitality development) and was commissioned by the city of Überlingen. A total of three firms where asked to submit...
New Caritas headquarters build begins in Salzburg
Caritas Salzburg, and the parish of Herrnau, begin the construction of their joint project this month. The new Caritas centre and a new parish building are being built on Friedensstraße. In the parish building, the new parish kindergarten and ten...
Austrian brick and roof award 15/16: Wagner GmbH receives a recognition
...of Austrian brick architecture were awarded with the Austrian brick and roof award 15/16. Based on 79 entries, the expert jury chose five winners and awarded four recognition prize. The project extension for the company Wagner received a recognition prize....
Hannoverhaus is the Latest Competition Win.
...taking into account the special location while also incorporating the different requirements for summer and winter operation. The DAV wants to build and operate its huts in an environmentally friendly manner. The energy input for the erection and the energy...
The LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower receives the Balthasar Neumann Prize 2014
...celebrates the cooperation of various specialist disciplines on a single building project, and awards those it identifies as delivering outstanding technical and design qualities due to this cooperation. This cooperation does not only refer to cooperative partnerships between architects and...
School nominated for prestigious sustainable building award in Germany
...education is carried out. The four buildings that form the school perfectly integrate into the landscape at the edge of the Augsburg Nature Park. The project shows how modular building and pre-manufacturing can be a cost-effective, sustainable, functional and beautiful....
On the way to the future - Possibilities and perspectives of wood as a modern building material
...the wooded path into the future” – possibilities and perspectives of wood as a building material. Place: Neues Museum Nürnberg, Klarissenplatz, free admission. Organiser: BDA Kreisverband Nürnberg, Central Upper Franconia. Further works reports: 16.10.2018, 19.00 hrs. Menges Scheffler Architekten, Frankfurt...
Herman Kaufmann Awarded the IWL Landsberg Project.
The carpentry workshop, the administrative depart and the new power supply will be rebuilt to the west of the existing structure. Between the new building and the existing structures, a new pedestrianised zone will be created, to avoid a clash...
Ground breaking ceremony for Schmuttertal Gymnasium
...environment and the design and construction regulations. Schmuttertal Gymnasium Diedorf represents a unique challenge for all the planning participants due to the extraordinarily complex structure of the building, the open space learning environments and the diverse and novel usage requirements....
Fernpassstraße Munich Receives Recognition at the German Building Award 2013.
The Deutsche Städtetag DST, the GdW Federal Association of German Housing and Real Estate Companies, and the German Association of Architects BDA have launched the ‘German Bauharrn Award 2013/14’. The awards for modernisation and new construction, have been celebrating exemplary...
Fernpassstraße receives recognition from the Prize for Quality in Housing 2015
Following the award’s successful premiere in 2013, this year saw the return of the “Prize for Quality in Housing”. The prize was awarded, and created by the association of the corporate real estate and housing industry, BFW Landesverband Bayern, together...
The Swimming Pool in Mittelberg is Awards 1st Prize
...facing towards Liegewiese, so the terraces have a very direct and uninterrupted connection to the sunbathing areas. From the car park it is also possible to reach the entrance area via an open ramp system. The project is one of...
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...
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...
Opening of a new exhibition: Architecture in the Allgäu 2006-2015
...public spaces, and facilities for tourism and leisure, which were selected by a panel of experts. New buildings as well as conversions projects, which originated from civic initiatives, show interesting examples of the current building culture in the region. The...
Blattur Götzis receives the Werkbund label 2018
...or political benefits. The aim is to highlight those that can be role models. The entries are judged against multiple criteria such as environmentally friendly technologies and energies, and the promotion of positive societal development. The awarded projects usually meet...
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...
Mühlweg Vienna Receives Best Architect Award
...in a city like Vienna? In the minds of many people, burning cities are in the recent history. Moreover, due to the absence of timber construction in many parts of Austria, the special qualities and excellence of performance of this...
Hermann Kaufmann wins project to create new apartments in Krumbach
The two hugging buildings differ in their structure and design. One has a more ‘classical’ design and has greater access to wider internal spaces, while the contrasting building slopes down to compliment and embrace the other. The conception of two...
Illwerke Zentrum Montafon receives first prize at the 2015 materialPREIS
Outstanding material competence and high-quality implementation. This year the materialPREIS was awarded to architects, interior designers, planners and designers who use qualitative, innovative or visionary material in their projects. More than 200 entries competed for the first award in the...
Schmuttertal Secondary School receives Bayrischer Energiepreis 2016 (Bavarian Energy Award)
On the 20th of October 2016 the Bayrischer Energiepreis (Bavarian Energy Award) took place in Nürnberg. These prestigious awards are now in their tenth year, and are awarded by The Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Media, Energy and Technology....
Hirschau Unterdorf, Schnepfau has been awarded the prestigious environmental prize "Energy Globe" - congratulations to Morscher Bau and all parties involved.
...and the use of renewable energies. The aim of the award is to present innovative and sustainable projects to a broad public, as there are already good and implementable solutions for many of our environmental problems. This increases awareness of...
Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis 2019: 1 prize and 3 recognitions
Once again the prestigious Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis awards took place, celebrating the special achievements made in timber design and building. For the thirteenth time outstanding timber were awarded across various categories. We are very happy to have received the following awards:...
FOKUS.GESUND BAUEN goes to the Schmuttertal Secondary School
The exhibition GEPLANT + AUSGEFÜHRT, at the International Crafts Fair in Munich, is dedicated to 30 projects that stand for excellent cooperation of craftsmen and architects/interior designers. The best projects, and the teams who planned and implemented them, were honoured...
IZM, Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, receives the Hypo-Bauherrenpreis 2015
...of quality, sustainable construction and planning for society and the environment. It is jointly awarded to builders and planners. The organisational partner is the vai, Vorarlberger Architektur Institut. Hypo Landesbank Vorarlberg is the country’s largest mortgage lender and, with this...
Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis 2015: Three prizes and three awards
Austria’s oldest timber construction prize, ‘Vorarlberg Holzbaupreis’, took place last night. In its 11th year, the event was held in Poolba, Feldkirch and it saw the greatest architects and builders come together to celebrate excellence. Over 130 objects had been...
Architecture on the spot 128: Wagner GmbH
...public space, open space and landscape design, education and social affairs, trade and industry. The high-quality architecture is presented by their inhabitants, who guide the visitors through their spaces, report from the first idea to the current usage, about all...
The SWG Schraubenwerk project receives an award for good building culture
...district, 16 from the Main-Tauber district and 14 from the Schwäbisch Hall district. We are delighted to announce that the SWG was one of these award winners. Comments from the jury: “With the Schraubenwerk Gaisbach, two companies originating and based...
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...
Wood Conference exhibition, Denmark
The exhibition is part of the Wood Conference in Aarhus, Denmark, curated by Kristoffer Tejlgaard. The conference is organised by the Municipality of Aarhus, NCC and InnoBYG. The theme of the conference is timber construction. The aim is to discuss...
Iconic Award 2018: Innovative Architecture goes to Schmuttertal High School Diedorf
Visionary architecture. Innovative products. Sustainable communication. The ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Architecture honours the best of the best. The awards are the international architecture and design competition that, for the first time, focuses on the cooperation and interaction of all disciplines...
thomaswechspreis 2018: Recognition for Schmuttertal Gymnasium
...(Soglio, Graubünden, Switzerland) and Michaela Wolf (Bressanone, South Tyrol, Italy) ranked 31 submissions to create the shortlist. After another vote, 10 buildings were visited by the jury. The Schmuttertal Gymnasium, Diedorf received recognition and the summit restaurant Nebelhorn, Oberstdorf was...
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...
Symposium: Circular Economy in Construction
A contribution to sustainable construction There is a high demand for raw materials in the construction industry. Increasing resource efficiency is therefore an important step towards sustainable material consumption and use techniques in the construction industry. The guiding principle here...
Ground-breaking ceremony for the Hofsteig Recycling Centre
...residents. They will offer recycling and sustainable management for over 45 different existing substances and experts will be on-hand during the extensive opening hours to offer their advice to the local community. With regard to the environment and resource management,...
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...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower Receives the KYOCERA Environmental Prize 2014
The KYOCERA Environmental Prize, in collaboration with the German Environment Agency (DUH), the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (BVMW), the Federal German Working Group for Environmentally Sound Management (BAUM eV), the Fraunhofer Institute for Labor and Organization (ILO), and the Chamber of...
IZM receives recognition at Constructive Alps 2015
...and they dared to build it in wood. The construction stands strong on the Speichersee and is an impressive structure that is both elegant and coherent. In additional to the awards the IZM will be presented to the public, together...
Nürnbergkareal Bauabschnitt 1, Absam receives klimaaktiv GOLD award
At the klimaaktiv award ceremony, Federal Minister Andrä Rupprechter celebrated 41 Tirolean buildings, which not only showed energy efficiency, but also the highest quality in terms of planning and construction, building materials, comfort and indoor air quality. 18 of them...
Hirschau-Unterdorf in Schnepfau receives the klimaaktiv Gold building standard. An award for quality and sustainability.
Multi-family house. Completed in 2020 klimaaktiv declaration: 2022 Declared according to: klimaaktiv criteria catalog 2017 – new construction klimaaktiv points: 970 out of 1000 [klimaaktiv, January 2023] klimaaktiv Building and Renovation stands for energy efficiency, ecological quality, comfort, and execution...
klima: aktiv Gold for Multi-Apartment Construction in Sulzberg
...aktiv Bauen und Sanieren” found an absolute winner in this project. The multi-family dwelling achieved 979 points, the highest point number of all multi-family buildings in Austria so far and therefore exceeding the requirements of 900 points, making it a...
Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Prize 2022 for SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...minimum. This created the world’s largest roof structure made of beech laminated veneer wood with spans of 40m and 42m. A shining example of contemporary industrial architecture: resource-efficient, sustainable and beautiful. [Holzbau-Campaign BW, 2022] We are very pleased to...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann + Partners are celebrated on international television.
...in Reuthe, etc.) and they also explored our offices. ARTE is a unique media channel, part funded by the European Union since 2015. An article on their visit will be published on 04 November in their magazine, and the TV...
Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen visits Provost Residence St Gerold
...Walsertal in the St. Gerold priory. After the lunch a tour was conducted. »Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen is greatly impressed by the Vorarlberg timber architecture and the combination of old and new buildings in St. Gerold« Father Kolumban...
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....
Schmuttertal Secondary School wins German Wood Construction Award 2017
...projects in total were awarded with the Deutscher Holzbau Preis: two outstanding new buildings and two in the category “components/concepts” The award winners will be presented in the travelling exhibition “HOLZ.BAU.ARCHITEKTUR – Designing, Constructing and Building with Wood”, sponsored by...
Provost Residence St Gerold nominated for the Constructive Alps 2017 Award
The deanery of St Gerold, in Austria, has been nominated for year’s ‘Constructive Alps Awards’. When assessing the awards, the international jury conducts a comprehensive review of all the sustainable renovation, and new build, projects submitted. It evaluates the aesthetic...
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,...
The Community Centre in Ludesch Receives the Balthasar Neumann Prize
The Balthasar-Neumann-Prize is dedicated to celebrating exemplary cooperation between architects and engineers. The prize, which has been awarded jointly by db (deutsche bauzeitung) and the Federation of German Architects and Engineers (BDB) since 1994, is for 10,000 euros. A total...
DETAIL Editorial May: The roof of the Nebelhornbahn cable car station is being anaylized
...fifth facade. At the latest after the introduction of Google Earth and the increasing use of camera drones, this understanding has been reversed. Today, the vertical view, i.e. the roof, is often the first impression we have of buildings. In...
Book - Public buildings: Orientation. Protection. Identity. Insights into the project B&O wooden multi-storey car park, Bad Aibling
24.-25. April | Mission: Climate-friendly timber construction culture | Lecture Christoph Dünser
...construction offensive and in cooperation with vorarlberger holzbau_kunst, Proholz Bayern and Lignum Holzwirtschaft Schweiz. Vanue: Graf Zeppelin Haus, Friedrichshafen Lecture: Christoph Dünser, HK Architects Day 2 at 11:30 | Topic: Structural building with hardwood Tickets and further information at: proHolzBW...
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...
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]...
Role Model Recycling Centre in Langerringen - Germany
...This center will allow for barrier-free and covered disposal of recyclable materials on every business day. The planned center will also house the Augsburg waste management office and provide a learning space for school classes. Architect Frank Lattke, who is...