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...
Triple win at the 2017 Vorarlberg timber construction awards
...over 140 submissions from projects across various categories. Three of our projects were honoured on the night; Schmuttertal Gymnasium: recognition, category Outside the Country Propstei St. Gerold: recognition, category Renovation Passive House Plus Housing Area Unterstein: recognition, category Multi-occupancy dwelling...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower Receives a Commendation Award at Constructive Alps 2013
...one to the the LCT ONE – LifeCycle Tower. The Alpine Museum in Berne will show the nominated projects in the ‘Constructive Alps Exhibition’ on 29 September 2013. The architectural magazine Hochparterre also documents these projects in a themed booklet....
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...
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...
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....
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”....
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...
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....
1st prize for a proposed development of the former Spicher school
...approximately 7,500 square meter area is located between Metzstraße to the north, Koboldstraße to the west of the Stadtberger Straße and the Spicherer Straße to the east. A total of 70 timber-framed apartments are planned, including fully accessible living and...
Provost Residence St Gerold nominated for the Constructive Alps 2017 Award
...of a building on the region and the quality of life for the residents. High, measurable energy efficiency is just one criteria of sustainability. The jury also asks about the life cycles of the materials used. The winners of “Constructive...
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...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower Receives the KYOCERA Environmental Prize 2014
...Commerce Austria (WKO) was awarded on January 30th to a collection of prestigious winners. The KYOCERA environmental prize is a total of EUR 100,000. More than 90 companies, organisations and authorities applied, submitting their sustainable, and innovation technological projects, in...
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...
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....
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower is Awarded a Nomination of the State Prize
...realization of the LifeCycle Tower as a global lighthouse project has a positive impact: “The system construction means it has global use, one utilises regional resources possible. This will also benefit small and medium-sized enterprises.” The recognition helps to publicise...
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...
Timber Construction Day 2019: Lecture in Oslo
This year’s Timber Construction Day will be held on September 4 at DOGA in Oslo. It is an arena which brings together the latest from the world of timber architecture including technical innovative solutions, modern use of timber and award-winning...
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. ...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...since 2017. The master builder from Burkina Faso in West Africa is considered one of the most important representatives of contemporary socially engaged architecture. He regards Germany as his intellectual home and has repeatedly testified to his deep attachment to...
On the way to the future - Possibilities and perspectives of wood as a modern building material
On September 26, 2018, 7 pm, Hermann Kaufmann will talk about “ The possibilities and perspectives of wood as a modern building material” in his latest work report. The lecture takes place within the framework of the theme series “On...
Hermann Kaufmann receives the Toni Russ Prize
...to draw in around 5000 visitors to Vorarlberg a year. Flourishing The prestigious speaker Achleitner, author of the only standard work on architecture in Austria, recalled the “roots of the revolution” of the internationally established Vorarlberg architects. In order to...
Experts discuss the very best Timber has to offer
...who wants to move towards more timber construction and is looking for initial contacts. Participation is free of charge. Since the number of participants is limited to 150, it is important to register here quickly, but no later than March...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins Contract for Illwerke Centre Montafon
...decision was made to formulate a strong and powerful structure, one that would redefine the area. This stance is not unusual in architecture in the Alpine regions and is in the tradition of structural engineering of power plant construction in...
klima: aktiv Gold for Multi-Apartment Construction in Sulzberg
...running costs and the highest level of construction, the total annual costs are not higher than in buildings of standard quality. On November 16, 2012 the presentation of the plaque klima: aktiv Gold to Günter Morscher in the presence of...
German Council of Shopping Centres: LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower receives the Innovation Prize 2013
The German Council of Shopping Centres has awarded Hermann Kaufmann ZT GmbH the Innovation Prize 2013 in the “city centre” category....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
Housing complex Unterstein receives Energy Globe Vorarlberg Award 2017
...optimised energy efficiency, and high-quality ecological construction can be implemented at affordable, local rates. A building that generates more clean energy than it needs to operate is an important step in the right direction, according to this year’s award’s jury....
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...
DETAIL Editorial May: The roof of the Nebelhornbahn cable car station is being anaylized
...the extension to Sanaa’s Sydney Modern art museum overlooking Jørn Utzon’s opera house. Both simple yet distinctive flat roofs are easy to find on Google Earth. But they reveal their real quality inside: Light, freshness and generosity. [From the Editorial...
The environmental education centre, Britzer Garten, is complete
...Garten into the building. Renewable raw materials were used for the construction of the new building. The carbon footprint and the primary energy consumption of the building are lower than comparable buildings that use more standard construction methods. The heating...
Insight into the exciting YKK project in Japan - exclusive interview with the project team
...board to deliver their latest development project. The HK team working on the project will pay their first to Japan this month. To introduce the project and to start telling the project’s story we have interviewed one of the projects...
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.
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...
Hermann Kaufmann Awarded Bezau Assisted Living Development
...concept. The renovation of the front of the house is design to be energy efficient, using specialist insulation. By selecting an insulation thickness adapted to the ratio of the wall, energy savings can be achieved without changing the shape of...
Mühlweg Vienna Receives Best Architect Award
...construction material are simply not known. A political decision by the City of Vienna to reorganise timber construction by creating an amendment to the Vienna Building Act 2001, to classify wood according to the state of the art has been...
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...
Our new book is at the printers.
...pleasant atmosphere and sustainable construction in line with the corporate identity. This screw factory shows the future potential for the use of timber in industrial construction. The project is comprehensively documented in this book, from different perspectives as well as...
Awarded 1st place for the new Zünd Systemtechnik project in Altstätten
...new assembly and logistics hall (building 6) became inevitable. The company Zünd Immobilien AG (ZIM) held a competition for six architectural teams to the design the new building. The aim of the competition was not to just create a competition...
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
...to builders and architects every three years. A total of 67 works from all over Bavarian Swabia were submitted to this year’s awards. In the first online round, the three international jury members Bernardo Bader (Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria) Armand Ruinelli...
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...
Breaking Ground at Illwerke Center Montafon
...with a generous roof and a compact delivery and parking zone, which is protected by the existing buildings. The decision to extend into the lake was a practical one. Firstly, because the length of the building structure was not possible...
German Timber Construction Award 2021: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
...time a notable group of submissions demonstrated the establishment of multi-storey timber house construction. After a two-day session, the jury awarded the German Timber Construction Prize to four projects and gave recognition to eight other buildings. Among them is the...
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...
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...
Sohm Holzbau Receives Price the State Prize for Architecture Industry and Trade
...processing and profound knowledge. The expansion of the company was a way to carry the image of the company outwards. The large barn structure does not exist solely as single sculptural gesture, but as a composition of all the components....
New building in Neubaugasse
...three buildings, on a plot of about 4,300 m2. The former Mayor Elmar Kolb was also present at the ground-breaking ceremony as a representative of the parish of Lauterach. “We are very pleased to be able to do our part...
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...
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....
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
...of schedule. The structure was completed in less than 70 days after the prefabricated components were delivered. The project is now focused on interior design; completion is expected in early May 2017 – faster than a project of this type....
New book release: Atlas of multi-storey timber construction
In June, a completely new reference work on multi-storey timber constructions for architects, planners, wood specialists and building owners, was published as part of the Atlas series by the DETAIL publishing house. The publication was largely supported by proHolz Austria...
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...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann + Partners are celebrated on international television.
...of the TV program „Metropolis“ the ARTE crewed filmed at multiple buildings realised by our team throughout the region including (IZM – Illwerke Zentrum Montafon in Vandans, LCT ONE in Dornbirn, Pfarrhaus Krumbach (in Kooperation mit Bernardo Bader), Zimmerei Kaufmann...
Hermann Kaufmann receives three Vorarlberg Timber Construction Awards
This year’s Vorarlberger Timber Construction Awards, in the category of ‘Mixed Timber Construction’, went to the LCT ONE – LifeCycle Tower. The jury said: “This project was a mastery of the meaningfulness of the hybrid construction. Every element of the...
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...
European Architecture Award 2015: IZM – Illwerke Zentrum Montafon receives an accolade
The European Architecture Award for Energy & Architecture took place for the 4th time this year, and the “Illwerke Zentrum Montafon” received an accolade. The new construction of the “Illwerke”, is one of the largest wooden office buildings in Central...
We received the Austrian Green Planet Building® Award for the Brock Commons Tallwood House in Canada!
...in a high-rise building and the resource-efficient construction thanks to prefabricated parts. [AGPB, November 2022] We are delighted to receive this award and would like to thank Acton Ostry Architects for the great cooperation. Congratulations to the entire project team!...
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...
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.
55 projects have made it into the next round of the BDA Regional Prize Über Oberbayern 2021, creating this year’s exciting shortlist! A total of 104 valid projects were submitted to participate in the first-ever BDA Regional Prize Über Oberbayern...
"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
...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....
Virtual tour of the energie.campus Montafon
...to get an impression of the new building during a virtual tour of the planned building. Numerous apprentices also took the opportunity to look into the future via tablets and smartphones and they are already looking forward to their new...
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
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 –...
Opening of a new exhibition: Architecture in the Allgäu 2006-2015
The exhibition accompanies a guide of the same name, published by the Architekturforum Allgäu as the second volume on Neuer Bauen in the region by art publisher Josef Fink. Again, there are residential and commercial buildings, schools, industrial buildings, infrastructure,...
Building work begins at SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
...through to delivery. Especially designed for the visitors, the production is located over a bridge to the reception centre. The exhibition building will also be built in timber and timber hybrid construction and will be expanded in the future to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”...
Gault&Millau award - Naturhotel Chesa Valisa in Hirschegg was awarded as "The Hotel Discovery Of The Year 2023" Congratulations to the 14th generation!
article only in German available! Die Keimzelle des Chesa Valisa, das Stammhaus, ist ein halbes Jahrtausend alt. Das ist eine ziemliche Ansage, wenn es darum geht, auf Tradition zurückzublicken. Wir waren aber so begeistert vom Chesa Valisa, dass wir den...
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...
Security Centre Bezau showcased at "Participate in Architecture of Necessity 2013” in Sweden
Architekten Hermann Kaufaufmann ZT GmbH added their Bezau Security Centre to a collection of international architectural projects that have formed an exhibition in Sweden. The exhibition is part of a competition called “Participate in Architecture of Necessity 20132, and was...
The Bezau Security Services Centre is Officially Open
On Sunday, June 22, the new centre for the fire brigade, police, mountain rescue, and water rescue in Bezau was officially opened. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Univ.-Prof. DI Hermann Kaufmann emeritus
...Construction” at the “Institute for Building Technology and Design”. His professorship was considered to be one of the first scientific research and training institutions on the subject of timber construction and timber architecture at a university worldwide. Hermann Kaufmann led...
Housing and Care Home Development in Liefering Awarded to Hermann Kaufmann
...of attention, in order to avoid unnecessary wall formations. The required compactness was taken into account, allowing 13 or 15 residential units to be combined into one building. This meant the required apartments could be accommodated in only 5 buildings...
Energy-Efficient Construction: Practice Well Advanced Compared to Regulations - Appeal by Hermann Kaufmann
...a school in Diedorf where we demonstrated this possibility five to seven years ago. My call is directed towards policymakers, emphasizing the urgent need to significantly tighten regulations and requirements. One possible approach is to mandate that new constructions must...
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. ...
Smart Bauen is now published
...been complied into a graphically presented overview, covering a wide variety of subjects. Building smart means developing a holistic concept that aims to optimise energy and material consumption as well as comfort and design for the respective building task. The...
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...
Ground-breaking ceremony for the residential complex in Schnifis
...both a playground and visitor parking are to be created. The construction period for the major project is set as 18 months. Depending on requirements, the apartments are assigned by the council as rental and / or instalment purchase apartments....
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...