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...
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...
Fernpassstraße receives recognition from the Prize for Quality in Housing 2015
...the research project ‘TES-Energy-Facade’ from the Technical University of Munich. This resulted in exceptionally good energy efficiency and an overall ecological concept. In addition, the project is a positive example of ’embodied energy’ utilisation. From a sociological point of view,...
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...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
We are honoured to announce our architects firm, Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH, has been selected as the winner, from the ten tender entries, of the Russareal Loachau competition. Extract from the jury report With a total of...
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...
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...
wienwood 15 - Holzbaupreis honours Mühlweg
...Vienna. The experience gained from this project paved the way for subsequent wooden buildings. As an internationally respected milestone, this catalyst project joins other hybrid wooden constructions from Dietrich | Untertrifaller and Hubert Rieß to be honoured with an award....
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...
DAM Exhibition - Nice out here, from 27th March - 27th November 2022 in Neu-Anspach
Detail: The world's largest roof structure made from Baubuche laminate
Hermann Kaufmann erhält den Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010
...Kuma from Japan, Richard Leplastrier from Australia, and Switzerlands Peter Zumthor. Two years ago the award went to the Chilean architect José Cruz Ovalle. In addition to his work as an architect, Hermann Kaufmann has been a professor at the...
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.
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...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...Francis Kéré’s wealth of ideas and unconventional approach. With our sound knowledge of construction and timber construction, we will make these ideas a reality and make an unusual project available to the public.” – Hermann Kaufmann From the end of...
klima: aktiv Gold for Multi-Apartment Construction in Sulzberg
The multi-apartment building in Sulzberg, from Morscher Bau- & Projektmanagement GmbH, was awarded the “klima: aktiv Gold” in November 2012 by the Austrian Government. With one of the best evaluations for a multi-family residences in all of Austria, the “klima:...
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...
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...
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...
thomaswechspreis 2018: Recognition for Schmuttertal Gymnasium
The thomaswechspreis is the regional architecture prize from the BDA Bayern, for the region of Swabia, South West Germany. In their 9th year, the awards focus was again on the work, the client and the architect. The thomaswechprise is awarded...
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...
New Caritas headquarters build begins in Salzburg
...around 90 employees from the central and service areas of Caritas will work in an area of 2,200 m², spread over four floors. The parish building will be 1,050 m². The kindergarten, with an integrated toddler group, will provide child...
The environmental education centre, Britzer Garten, is complete
...contemporary architecture, made from largely renewable raw materials. The new construction appears to be a floating pavilion, nestled between the old trees surrounding it. The interplay between façade, environment, exterior and interior encourages curiosity and lures visitors of the Britzer...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007
...Wang Shu (China) and Stefan Behnisch (Germany). When choosing to honour Hermann Kaufmann with the first “Global Award for Sustainable Architecture”, the jury emphasised the coherence of the work of the Austrian architect, who came from a family of carpenters...
IZM - Illwerke Zentrum Montafon nominated for State Prize for Architecture and Sustainability 2014
...in harmony with the local environment and nature is possible.” said Federal Minister Andrä Rupprechter at the award ceremony held this week. From 74 to the top 5 winners In the categories of “new construction” and “renovation” there were a...
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...
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,...
Insight into the exciting YKK project in Japan - exclusive interview with the project team
...architects Verena Rauh (VR) and Hermann Kaufmann (HK). What part of this project fascinates you the most? VR : What is most interesting about the project, apart from the sustainable theme, construction methods, etc., is the intercultural exchange. We are...
Hermann Kaufmann receives the Toni Russ Prize
...in front of an audience of over 400 guests at the Bregenzer Festspielhaus, with the 34th Dr. Toni Russ Award. “What is extraordinary is the great number of excellent architects and the depth the reputation has penetrated into the region....
Orange Farm Kindergarten South Africa
...together” in South Africa. In the summer, 29 architecture students from the Technical University of Munich built a nursery school in Johannesburg in a township (Orange Farm), from design to execution planning to on-site, construction management and fund raising. The...
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...
Exhibition Berlin Bauen mit Holz – Wege in die Zukunft (building with wood – ways into the future)
...modern manufacturing methods, open up timber construction to completely new forms of design. The exhibition shows sensational wooden architecture from all over the world, which until recently would have been inconceivable. It gives clear answers to urgent questions surrounding climate...
DETAIL Editorial May: The roof of the Nebelhornbahn cable car station is being anaylized
Roofs In the days when the urban flaneur still approached buildings from the pedestrian perspective, the facade was considered the identity-creating face of a building. The barely visible roof was secondary; its significance was to be rehabilitated with the designation...
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...
New building in Neubaugasse
...buildings with 2-, 3- and 4-room 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...
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 Awarded Bezau Assisted Living Development
...from the sun; they are also stylistically orientated to the shape and proportion of the existing agricultural nature of the plot. In the interior, however, spaces are created that enable quality, contemporary living and working. The interior space is determined...
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...
The Federal HolzbauPlus 2020: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk
...since 2012. Building with renewable raw materials is an active contribution to climate protection because trees store tons of CO2 and remove greenhouse gases from the air. The CO2 remains stored even after the tree has been processed into building...
BDA regional award: TUM research station Friedrich N. Schwarz makes the shortlist.
...2021. The collection of exciting projects from the five regions of Upper Bavaria (Ingolstadt, Munich, Oberland, State Capital Munich, Southeast Bavaria) presented the members of this year’s jury – consisting of Sven Matt (Innauer Matt, Bezau), Guobin Shen (Atelier Kaiser...
"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...
A new Sutterlüty supermarket opens in Rankweil
...layout. In the 1,300 square meters of retail space there is, among other things, a large fresh food counter with fresh fish and dry-age maturing cabinets, sushi from EatHappy and a new planning concept that moves the restaurant and the...
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...
Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis 2019: 1 prize and 3 recognitions
...following awards: Temporary building woodpasssage – From tree to house – price Out of the country (International) Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver – Recognition Detached house Kaufmann, Lingenau – Recognition Public construction Recycling and waste centre, Hofsteig, Lauterach – Recognition...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
The Priory St Gerold recevies Constructive Alps 2017 recognition prize
...the existing buildings were rebuilt, the structure was upgraded, and the roof was renovated and covered with the same tiles. The interior work was made in ash wood from forest of the monastery, and the sympathetic extensions enlarged the space,...
German Architecture Award 2017 for Schmuttertal Secondary School
...second year, to outstanding architectural achievements. The jury had to select the winner from 160 superb submissions. The Schmuttertal Secondary School Diedorf, which was built by order of the Augsburg district, is constructed as a resource-conserving, plus-energy house, in a...
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...
Unterstein Langenegg receives the Klima:aktiv award
Klima:aktiv is an initiative from the Austrian Ministry of Life, dedicated to active climate protection. The award stands for energy efficiency, ecological quality, quality of building materials, overall comfort, indoor air quality, and planning, as well as the highest quality...
Mühlweg Vienna Receives Best Architect Award
...they are all a positive commitment to a good cause. And if you do not know the flair of modern timber construction, you should look at the results from time to time; you will be surprised at what you see....
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...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower is Awarded a Nomination of the State Prize
...team including Vorarlberg architect Hermann Kaufmann, the international engineering firm Arup from Berlin, the Austrian timber construction company Wiehag and the Technical University of Graz. Lighthouse project for sustainable building Sustainability of resources and climate issues are putting wood in...
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 Receives a Commendation Award at Constructive Alps 2013
At Constructive Alps 2013, winners from Switzerland and Liechtenstein were awarded international architecture prizes for sustainable renovation and building in the Alps. In addition to these awards, the jury also awarded seven Commendations of Excellence, including one to the the...
Environmental Education Centre in Berlin’s Britzer Garden Awarded to Hermann Kaufmann
...building, and if possible a series of building designs that echoed the values of environmental education. The chosen design delivered against these criteria and made the work being carried out inside the building, visible from the outside. ...
The LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower receives the Balthasar Neumann Prize 2014
...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 structural engineers, but also to the cooperation of architects and engineers from various disciplines....
Architekten Hermann Kaufmann presents their latest book
Individuality from a modular system: Illwerke Zentrum Montafon The new office building of the Vorarlberg power plants in Vandans is a hybrid timber construction designed and implemented by Architekten Hermann Kaufmann. On July 10, the book “Hermann Kaufmann IZM –...
Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis 2015: Three prizes and three awards
...submitted, from which the jury selected 18 awards in addition to the 13 recognised prize winners, in a total of eleven categories. Architekten Herman Kaufmann is very proud to announce that we received 6 awards. Krumbach Dorf – Multiple occupancy...
Illwerke Center Montafon is the klimaaktiv "Property of the Month”
...to the klimaaktiv building standard already fulfil the requirements of the Directive 2010/31 / EU of the European Union, which will apply from 2021, according to which residential and non-residential buildings must be implemented as Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)....
Ground-breaking ceremony for residential complex in Feldkirch, Heldenstraße
The Austrian region of Vorarlberg plans create 500 non-profit apartments per year until 2019. This year’s ambitious program will be expanded by an additional 150 apartments. On September 12, 2016 the ground-breaking ceremony for the first residential project from this...
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
...Bau” – partly in collaboration with “Wohnbauselbsthilfe” with 10 projects – are the developers presenting the highest number of certified buildings this year. Among the honored buildings are also the last two winners of the State Prize, the office and...
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....
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...
Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Prize 2022 for SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...development of the building sector. [Baden-Württemberg, 2022] A total of 111 works were submitted, 4 awards and 3 prizes were awarded. Praise from the jury The new construction of the production hall for an industrial company in Waldenburg...
German Timber Construction Award 2021: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
...expert jury headed by Andreas Krawczyk had to evaluate 260 entries for the German Timber Construction Award, ranging from sophisticated new buildings to inventive building renovations and new developments in the product sector. It was striking that for the first...
Smart Bauen is now published
...author presents a variety of future-oriented building concepts – starting from the individual room through to the façade, whole structure and also entire city districts. The strategies and construction principles are each considered under the aspect of an intelligent and...
Now available - book "SCHRAUBENWERK MIT HOLZ – Pushing the Limits of Hardwood"
...is a pioneering building that combines efficient floor plans, a pleasant atmosphere and sustainable construction in line with corporate identity. In this book the project is comprehensively documented from different perspectives, including in-depth technical and professional prospective and insights. Order...
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 speak in Oslo at the Norwegian Conference of Wood Architecture 2017
DI Christoph Dünser, from Architeken Hermann Kaufman. will give a lecture on November 15 at the Norwegian Conference of Wood 2017 entitled “Wood based construction systems in bigger houses”....
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...
Breaking Ground at Illwerke Center Montafon
...the Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, or IZM for short, which offers space for 265 employees from the summer of 2013 onwards, and where some 15,000 visitors are expected annually, is characterized by the interplay interplay between the natural untouched countryside with...
Hermann Kaufmann wins project to create new apartments in Krumbach
...appreciation of the centre of the city centre. Public, semi-public and private external spaces form this important centre hub. The quality of the design of the facades and ground floor zones corresponds to all the necessary requirements. Extract from Juriprotokoll...
Ground breaking ceremony for Schmuttertal Gymnasium
...quality of energy efficiency. To achieve this ambitious goal, the project will embody the integrated approach to planning, developed from a didactic and mythological approached used by the education system. The aim is to create architectural and constructional quality by...
International Architecture Project BUS: STOP KRUMBACH launches.
...the Bregenzerwald. The project is designed to support and encourage dialogue, and to develop the combination of the regional building tradition with future thinking. It will see seven international architectural firms from Spain, Belgium, Norway, Russia, Chile, China, and Japan...