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...
Ground breaking ceremony for ASZ Vorderland
...Zwischenwasser) will work together to build an ASZ is a first in Vorarlberg. Through the planned cooperation with the recycling and waste management centre in Feldkirch, existing experiences and synergies will be utilised. »The construction of the ASZ Vorderland has...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007
...committee of the Global Award. It was designed to gather together, and connect, public and private stakeholders who believe that sustainable housing offers immediate opportunities to contribute to the common good and to stimulate the international debate around sustainable architecture....
"Haus Mitanand", Bezau is nominated for a Constructive Alps 2020 award
...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 you will find the 28 projects nominated for “Constructive Alps” 2020. Vote today! ...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann Awarded Bezau Assisted Living Development
...the development will be extended to the west. One of the particular challenges of the design is to preserve the traditional characteristics of the building. The front and rear sides of the houses must remain distinguishable, the contrast between shingle...
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...
IZM - Illwerke Zentrum Montafon nominated for State Prize for Architecture and Sustainability 2014
...total of 74 submissions. Twelve projects were then nominated for the National Prize, and then five finalists were awarded the prize. A top-class, international jury, chaired by Univ.-Prof. Roland Gnaiger from the University of Art, Linz, evaluated both the architectural...
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...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...I’m delighted to be able to realise this project here on the main campus in Munich. This building will be a house for children, but it is also a gift to the entire urban society, a signal for sustainability and...
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...
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 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....
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...
Awarded 1st place for the new Zünd Systemtechnik project in Altstätten
...however, there are conceptual questions as to how far this open ventilation zone cannot lead to uncontrollable turbulence on the three floors. The facade proposal is interesting, with two window strips per floor. While the lower window is at the...
Gold for Klimaaktiv flagship development Unterstein in Langenegg
...sector for climate protection. The excellent Klimaaktiv projects impressively showcase how these possibilities can be used to make a lasting contribution to our future. They are therefore an important driving force in achieving our climate goals #mission2030” Bundesministerin Elisabeth Köstinger...
Architekten Hermann Kaufmann presents their latest book
...book “Hermann Kaufmann IZM – Illwerke Zentrum Montafon” was presented at the IZM. At the event the architecture journalist and editor Marko Sauer spoke about the special features of the building and described how this development found its creative realisation....
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...
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...
Schmuttertal Gymnasium Diedorf wins the DGNB award Building Sustainable 2016
...education is carried out. The four buildings that form the school perfectly integrate into the landscape at the edge of the Augsburg Nature Park. The project shows how modular building and pre-manufacturing can be a cost-effective, sustainable, functional and beautiful....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
wienwood 15 - Holzbaupreis honours Mühlweg
From the outstanding 76 entries, 5 awards and 6 award winners were selected at this year’s wienwood 15 – Holzbaupreis. The awards want to celebrate superb examples of housing, public buildings, commercial and interior design, and exterior design. Architects and...
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...
Ground-breaking ceremony for residential complex in Feldkirch, Heldenstraße
...ensures reduced planning costs, easier structures and faster implementation. Certain compromises in quality – like accessibility only on the ground floor and the abstinence of basement, underground parking and elevator – are knowingly accepted in order to offer cheaper housing....
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...
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...
klima: aktiv Gold for Multi-Apartment Construction in Sulzberg
...energy quality, the ecological quality has also been optimised and has received extremely positive evaluations. In addition to the atmosphere and cosy ambience, the economic efficiency of the chosen energy concept is particularly important for the residence. Thanks to low...
Energy and Climate Protection: Particularly climate-friendly constructions honored – such as the project Unterstein, Langenegg
..., and we congratulate all involved: “Alpenländische” and “Morscher Bau” with “Wohnbauselbsthilfe” projects stand out. Affordable rents are particularly important for non-profit housing developers, and low energy costs naturally contribute to this. Therefore, “Alpenländische Heimstätte” with 31 buildings and “Morscher...
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!
...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!...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins Contract for Illwerke Centre Montafon
...an undisturbed “presence”, 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...
Special award for our project B&O wooden multi storey car park, Bad Aibling
...of design in timber construction. [Holzbaupreis Bayern, April 2023] We are very pleased to receive the special award and would like to thank everyone involved for their great collaboration. Other parties involved: Structural engineering merz kley partner ZT GmbH, Donbirn...