Awarded 1st place for the new Zünd Systemtechnik project in Altstätten
...bringing good additional daylight into the depth of the room. Together with a “slice” running along the three story height warehouse, the rear part of the work hall also receives a little natural light. Despite these measures, additional artificial lighting...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...individual buildings, both the semi-detached houses to the east, and the longitudinally oriented multi-storey buildings to the west, are incorporated into the structural system. The height of the individual residential buildings is three to four storeys, the commercial building on...
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...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann Awarded Bezau Assisted Living Development
...and the new modern finish are prominent in the design. The exterior design of the building responds respectfully to the shape quality of the original building and integrates into the overall appearance. The large-format sliding elements are functional offering protection...
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...
The Timber Construction Atlas adds Berlin-Brandenburg to its map
The Natural Building Lab of the Institute for Architecture at the TU Berlin, together with the Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, launched the Timber Construction Atlas Berlin-Brandenburg. The atlas is the first digital platform in the greater...
Architekten Hermamm Kaufmann wins the tender to design for the Wildlife Park Pforzheim
In the past year, the wildlife park was visited by more than 500,000 people, making it a visitor magnet in the city of Pforzheim. The entrance area dates back to the founding period and, in its present state, does not...
The environmental education centre, Britzer Garten, is complete
...works with an air heat pump and the extensive green roofs help to improve the overall sustainability of the building. The environmental education centre was finished very quickly due to the prefabrication of the main elements. The office for landscape...
Ground breaking ceremony for ASZ Vorderland
...of sustainability”. With the ASZ, an important regional infrastructure is jointly created by the surrounding municipalities, improving the quality of the location and the quality of life for around 30,000 citizens. Starting in the first quarter of 2020, they will...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower is Awarded a Nomination of the State Prize
...the spotlight of the construction industry again. The aim of the project is the development of a wooden modular system for multi-storey wooden buildings up to 20 floors. The previous record was only a building with nine storeys in London...
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...
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...
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...
European Architecture Award 2015: IZM – Illwerke Zentrum Montafon receives an accolade
...the air cooling demands are met too. Furthermore, all luminaries are equipped with LED lamps and daylight control. The jury praises the consistent implementation of the sustainable construction and the successful integration of the technical equipment into the whole structure....
Winner of the Schmiedberger Boutique Hotel
...and seminar rooms. The necessary feeling of intimacy, required in these particular areas because of their function, has been delivered in the formulaic design of the space. Direct daylight also adds the visual screen affect. The residential complex in the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Schmuttertal Gymnasium Diedorf wins the DGNB award Building Sustainable 2016
...German plus energy standard, it is also modular, allowing for agility in the ever changing ways in which modern education is carried out. The four buildings that form the school perfectly integrate into the landscape at the edge of the...
The Swimming Pool in Mittelberg is Awards 1st Prize
...to accommodate the structure. It was prudent to therefore place the new building in the same location. Thus, the old main entrance situation was preserved directly off the village road, but the visitor are welcomed in a quite differently by...
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...
The most beautiful books in Austria 2008: Hermann Kaufmann Woodworks
The most beautiful books in Austria 2008 have been announced. In the awards 56th year, a total of 15 books were selected, including Hermann Kaufmann’s ‘Woodworks’. The award is given to those publications whose design, concept and manufacturing quality is...
IZM - Illwerke Zentrum Montafon nominated for State Prize for Architecture and Sustainability 2014
...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, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the initiative “proHolz”....
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...
School nominated for prestigious sustainable building award in Germany
...the ever changing ways in which modern 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...
Provost Residence St Gerold nominated for the Constructive Alps 2017 Award
...aspects, as well as the four elements of sustainability: ecology, economy, cultural enhancement, and social impact. The awards celebrate the connection of the buildings to the public transport network, the choice of ecological building materials or construction method, the impact...
Illwerke Center Montafon is the klimaaktiv "Property of the Month”
...protection and energy saving. Klimaaktiv buildings are also planned and built in such a way that they remain largely independent of energy price developments. Buildings according to the klimaaktiv building standard already fulfil the requirements of the Directive 2010/31 /...
Exhibition Berlin Bauen mit Holz – Wege in die Zukunft (building with wood – ways into the future)
...a long time, steel, glass, brick and concrete were the epitome of modern architecture. But now timber has returned to be the construction material that enriches today’s architecture. The renaissance of modern timber construction began at the beginning of the...
Sohm Holzbau Receives Price the State Prize for Architecture Industry and Trade
...medium-sized enterprises’: It was the addition of the ethos of the client Sohm that convinced the jury. Like the structure they have a strong presence, they are ecological thought-out, and they respect their environment. Sohm Holzbautechnik produces a high-tech product:...
New building in Neubaugasse
...be taken entirely to the company’s own resource centre in Dornbirn, where the material can be further processed, upgraded and reused. Also, in the buildings themselves, the reinforced concrete skeleton construction is supplemented with timber exterior walls and a façade...
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...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...with the ground-breaking ceremony for the ‘Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase an der TUM’. Together they will create a visually outstanding and truly original childcare project in the center of Munich for the Technical University of Munich. The kindergarten, which is in...
Lectures in Ulm on contemporary timber architecture
...building system, called the LCT (LifeCycle Tower). The second is on the design of the Högl winery. This is an unmistakable, unpretentious and quietly confident project that is proudly settled into the Wachau landscape. The architects Ludescher & Lutz have...
Our new book is at the printers.
...structures give the factory building a filigree appearance, while the mighty supports divert enormous forces. There are innovative engineering and technological advances in every detail. The interplay of these factors resulted in a building that combines efficient floor plans, a...
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...
New Caritas headquarters build begins in Salzburg
...of space and the immense construction costs in the old town area within which it is located. A benefit of the new building is that the existing kindergarten from the Heilbrunnerstraße can be renewed and integrated directly next to the...
Breaking Ground at Illwerke Center Montafon
...without doing so, 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...
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...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann erhält den Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010
...beauty and functionality. The award ceremony took place on September 10th at the Sibelius Hall in Lahti. The head of the jury, Professor Matti Rauttiola, wrote of the award winner; “Kaufmann’s work is part of the generations’ old tradition. He...
Fernpassstraße Munich Receives Recognition at the German Building Award 2013.
...bearable costs in building, but also to the long-term viability of their investments. This requires quality awareness in the layout, choice of materials and the overall appearance. The ability to manage the multiple changes during a development process a vital,...
Lecture Detail Congress 2019
...has a future. Space, functioning infrastructure and employment make rural and suburban living attractive. In order to further strengthen the positive trends in these areas, different players and tools are needed. This is reflected in the form of new housing...
Ground-breaking ceremony for residential complex in Feldkirch, Heldenstraße
...special program took place in Feldkirch. Affordable housing for everyone remains the primary objective of the provincial housing subsidies. The residential complex on Feldkirch’s Heldenstraße includes 17 apartments with a floor space of almost 1,200 square meters. The adjoining building...
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,...
Prize Awarded to the Recently Built Administrative Buildings of Erne Fittings
...evolving surroundings. This is why the drafts propose to place the main working areas in a detached building structure, consisting of individual building elements. These are then connected linearly via an internal walk way. This creates a building structure that...
"Haus Mitanand", Bezau is nominated for a Constructive Alps 2020 award
...in the Alps. The jury will decide which projects will be awarded prizes in the architecture competition by autumn. And the public can also evaluate the projects. For the first time there is an award for the public favourite. Here...
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...
Recognition for ‘Haus der Kinder’ at the Holzbaupreis Tirol 2015
...and construction. Architectural quality, in addition to the craftsmanship and material construction, formed the basis for selection for an award and for the formal recognitions. The kindergarten in Rum received recognition in the category mixed construction / hybrid construction. The...
The Federal HolzbauPlus 2020: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) announced the winners in the federal HolzbauPlus 2020 competition. Ten competitors were honoured in four categories. Through the “HolzbauPlus” competition, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has been promoting building with timber...
Blattur Götzis receives the Werkbund label 2018
...several of the award criteria. The project Blattur in Götzis is among the ten winners to receive the Werkbund Label 2018. The German Werkbund stands for critical thinking, for innovation, for public action, social responsibility and creative quality. Founded in...
The new gastronomy centre at Uferpark Überlingen has been awarded to Hermann Kaufmann + Partners
A jury consisting of the top management, representatives of the county council, and members of the management of the Landesgartenschau Überlingen 2020 GmbH have chosen our architectural office Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH to be the winner of a...
Ground-breaking ceremony for the Hofsteig Recycling Centre
...extensive opening hours to offer their advice to the local community. With regard to the environment and resource management, the municipalities are setting new standards for the benefit of the future. The ASZ will start its trial operation this autumn....
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...
Hermann Kaufmann receives Bavarian Architecture Award and State Prize for Architecture
...winners of the “Bavarian Architecture Award 2021” received their awards from Chamber President Prof. Lydia Haack at the award ceremony on 22 November 2021 at 6 p.m. in the House of Architecture of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects in Munich....
Timber Construction Day 2019: Lecture in Oslo
...their works, with focus especially on the 8 story housing building Carbon12 and the growing mass timber market in the US. There will also be insights into new and exciting European wood projects from Format Engineers (UK), Herman Kaufmann (AUS),...
The LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower receives the Balthasar Neumann Prize 2014
The Balthasar Neumann Prize is one of the highest-profile awards for architecture and civil engineering in Germany. The Balthasar Neumann Prize recognises the exemplary, the innovative and the highest standard of technical excellence. In the spirit of Balthasar Neumann, it...
The SWG Schraubenwerk project receives an award for good building culture
...in the region, together with Hermann Kaufmann + Partner, show what is possible with hardwood. The supporting structure made of regional beech is pioneering in its dimensions and static properties and explores the use of materials to the maximum. Together...
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...
Unterstein Langenegg receives the Klima:aktiv award
...optimisation during operation. In this category, the energy quality of the building is evaluated on the basis of its real energy consumption. For the first time, three buildings won in this category, including the project multi-family house Morscher in Langenegg....
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 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...
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...
Bretter Renna 2023 - we celebrate the 5th place of our team
Bretter Renna 2023: Successful participation for our team On February 17th, the annual Bretter Renna took place in the beautiful ski resort Golm-Vandans. We successfully competed against numerous competitors as the fifth best team and proudly accepted the award. Not...
Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen visits Provost Residence St Gerold
...in the community of Sonntag was followed by a lunch with the mayors of the Großer Walsertal in the St. Gerold priory. After the lunch a tour was conducted. »Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen is greatly impressed by the...
Fernpassstrasse in Munich wins the 2014 Bayern Holzbaupreis
...for the energetic modernisation, and the increased simplicity of the apartments, resulted in exemplary architecture. The significant increase in quality for the apartments, and the rise in occupation numbers, represents a successful response to the current issues in growing cities....
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...
wienwood 15 - Holzbaupreis honours Mühlweg
...jury said: The residential building on Mühlweg is a trailblazer for multi-storey timber construction in the city of Vienna. The system was completed in 2006, and has stood the test of time perfectly. It still has a convincing cheerful urban...
German Timber Construction Award 2021: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
...a prize this year. The award is given equally to builders, architects, structural engineers and timber construction companies as the authors of the winning entries. In her welcoming address at the award ceremony, State Secretary Bohle emphasised the potential of...
Iconic Award 2018: Innovative Architecture goes to Schmuttertal High School Diedorf
...and they are awarded to internationally outstanding architectural projects, innovative interiors, product designs and convincing communication concepts. The award ceremony took place on October 8th in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. The project Schmuttertal Gymnasium Diedorf received the award...
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...
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...
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...
Gault&Millau award: The Organic Hotel Schwanen in Bregenzerwald was awarded as "The Hotel Of The Year 2023". Congratulations to the family business!
article only in German available! Das Biohotel Schwanen im Bregenzerwald ist ein Glücksfall von einem Hotel. Es liegt in Bizau, und man erreicht es, wenn man über den Arlberg in den Bregenzerwald fährt, etwa auf halber Strecke zwischen Arlbergpass und...
Univ.-Prof. DI Hermann Kaufmann emeritus
Prof. Hermann Kaufmann began teaching in the 1995/96 winter semester as a lecturer in timber construction at the Liechtenstein Engineering School, the predecessor institution of the University of Liechtenstein. In 1998 and 2000, he held guest professorships at Graz University...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower receives the Schweighofer Innovation Award 2013
...PRIZE has been awarded, every two years, by the Austrian wood industry family Schweighofer since 2003. It awards the best innovative ideas, technologies, products and services with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of the European forestry and timber industry....
Architecture on the spot 128: Wagner GmbH
...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 project phases and answer questions. The participation is free....
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...
Sutterlüty Rohrbach-Dornbirn receives the Golden Mercury 2007 Prize
...zero energy concept. The jury praised above all the high regional distribution of agricultural products in the total turnover (approx. 30%), the affinity to regional structures of the farming tradition, as well as the extensive and fresh assortment of produce....
Hermann Kaufmann receives three Vorarlberg Timber Construction Awards
...building shows the ability to create a smart mixture of the materials. The second award win of the night went to the project ‘house R’ received, in the category ‘single-family house’. The jury said: “It is impressive how the wood...
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...
Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Prize 2022 for SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...illustrates the performance, the aesthetic potential and the innovative strength of modern timber construction. In order to ensure the required flexibility of the production processes, the supports in the 114 x 96.5 m, 12m high hall were reduced to a...
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...
"Building with BauBuche", a lecture at the Innovation Cluster March 6
Meet architects (Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann, DI Christoph Dünser, DI Mathias Schädler), the structural engineer Henning Ernst and the timber building experts SCHLOSSER Holzbau GmbH on the 6th of March in Jagstzell, at the Innovation Cluster. “Building with BauBuche”...
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...
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...
A new Sutterlüty supermarket opens in Rankweil
On Thursday November 21st a new experience in shopping opens on Landammanngasse in Rankweil. Large, open arches greet customers and reflect the market hall character of the fresh produce displays. This new open concept idea flows through the entire shop...
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...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann nominated as the Austrian of the Year 2013
Dear partners, friends, colleagues and employees I was surprisingly nominated by “Die Presse” as one of five candidates for the “Austrian of the Year 2013” in the Creative Industries category. A public vote decides who wins. I would be honoured...
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...
Special award for our project B&O wooden multi storey car park, Bad Aibling
...in structural timber construction, as in Bad Aibling, it represents pioneering work for the building of the future. The light-filled timber structure is protected against rainwater by clever details and is excellently crafted. The construction of the building creates a...
Housing and Care Home Development in Liefering Awarded to Hermann Kaufmann
...area. If possible (especially in the direct connection to the Lexengasse) the buildings elements are divided into regimented floor plans, with a higher degree of attention, in order to avoid unnecessary wall formations. The required compactness was taken into account,...
Ceremonial Opening of the "Kindertagesstätte Auenland" Daycare Center in Reichelsheim
On June 15th, the ceremonial opening of the new “Auenland” nursery took place. The event attracted numerous families and interested individuals, who enjoyed a diverse program and many interactive activities. During the festivities, visitors had the opportunity to tour the...
October 13 sees the start of operations at the Altstoffsammelzentrum in Hofsteig
...single location, during customer-friendly opening times. For the residence of the four areas of Lauterach, Kennelbach, Schwarzach and Wolfurt this brings noticeable benefits, and the centre continues to develop the huge efforts of the region to strive for environmental excellence....
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...
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 –...
Schmuttertal Secondary School receives Bayrischer Energiepreis 2016 (Bavarian Energy Award)
...With this award, the ministry honours outstanding innovative achievements for efficient energy production and utilisation. In addition to the main prize, the ministry awards prizes in eight additional subcategories. Award winners in the category of ‘Buildings as Energy Systems/Building Concept’...
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...
Ceremonial inauguration of the Schmuttertal High School in Diedorf
...aspects in the design. In Diedorf, this was achieved through the use of optimised timber construction solutions and compliance with a defined energy specification. As a result, the plus-energy standard in timber construction, and the development of new solutions for...
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....