Children’s care centre, Kennelbach
...which places the kindergarten and the child care under one roof. The site is located directly at the transition from the flat valley to the first slopes of the nearby hills. This attractive location means the care centre has wonderful...
Unterstein, Langenegg
...long and narrow. The house is almost up to the 2nd floor in the ground due to the steepness of the plot. The pedestal foundations house the basements and garages for the vehicles. To get light in the back, the...
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...two topographic elements. To the north by the steeply rising Molasse rock, and to the south by open views over Lake Constance. The pavilion integrates itself into this situation in a scenic way and includes references to both surrounding directions....
SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...of timber required can be reduced to a minimum, saving resources. The world’s largest roof structure made of BauBuche demonstrates the scale which contemporary timber engineering can now go to. It was never possible to build to these dimensions before....
Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...authorities increased the maximum number of storeys from four to six in order to increase the height of wooden buildings. For the 53 m high dorm this change was not enough. However, the campus has its own building regulations and...
Children’s care centre, Zwischenwasser
The basement and the surrounding free-standing columns are made of in-situ concrete, the rest of the construction is provided in timber. To ensure the greatest possible flexibility, the entire building is designed in the proposed grid of 2.60 m as...
Children’s care centre Auwiesen, Wangen
Community Centre, Ludesch
...is integrated into the ventilation unit. All mechanical systems are fitted with meters, to allow computer based monitoring of energy use. Early in the planning, the town council decided to cover the newly created town square to allow for a...
Am Garnmarkt, Götzis
...the Passive House standard. To avoid too many external surfaces, the loggias are arranged one above the other. A big challenge was the variating sizes of the apartments across the different floors. In the ground floor of Am Garnmarkt 8...
Hauser, Hohentannen
...already been determined. One of the challenges of the project was to develop a high degree of autonomy and creativity within the predefined strict framework. »Many build only once in a lifetime. Therefore, it is natural for us to get...
Haus mitanand - Ellenbogen, Bezau
...The exterior design of the annex responds respectfully to the design quality of the previous building and integrates into a whole, while taking into account the agricultural form language in the overall appearance. The large-size sliding elements protect against the...
Gutsbetrieb Rheinhof, Hohenems
...is airy and marked by a large number of unique elements. This is related to the decision to use timber from nearby forests: the length of the wood was limited to that which could be found locally. Gluelam technology was...
Hotel Engel, Mellau
Re-oriented towards a new direction and a new future. A tourist’s expectations are hard to live up to, and fashions and trends in tourism are always changing. At The Hotel Engel, in Mellau, it was obvious their time of meeting...
Schmuttertal Secondary School, Diedorf
...for the fact that the school building contributes to the well-being of its users and thus indirectly to learning success.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann Learning landscapes are the basic framework in which young people learn to study by themselves....
Raiffeisenbank, Egg
...say ‘grand’, ‘incredible’ and ‘ingenious’. This definitely applies to the bank in Egg.« Best of Austria 2010/2011 The plan is to build a 4-storey, fully timber-framed bank with a total floor space of more than 1,400 m². The individual storeys...
Im Haag, Lauterach
High-quality and unobservable retreat areas increase living quality. A large building plot was reconfigured, due to the demolition of a centrally placed house, allowing two duplex units to be built. The elongated main structure, with its exact southern orientation...
Cable Car Station, Nebelhornbahn, Oberstdorf - Kleinwalsertal
Filigree gateway to the mountains Nestled in the Allgäu Alps, the market town of Oberstdorf has grown into a renowned summer and winter sports destination. The existing valley floor Cable Car station to the Nebelhorn has now been replaced and...
Nebelhornbahn Talstation - cable car station, Oberstdorf
A sophisticated and delicate gateway to the mountains. Nestled in the Allgäu Alps, the market town of Oberstdorf has evolved into a renowned summer and winter sports destination. The existing valley floor cable car to the Nebelhorn is to be...
3-fach Sporthalle, Kempten
...placed in relation to the existing buildings in order to create a sequence of three topographically staggered courtyard spaces that lead into the park, which is to be opened to the general public. Together with the school building and the...
Sutterlüty, Lochau
From the old we make the new. Originally built in the 1990’s, Sutterlüty in Lochau had to be rebuilt due to structural defects which had caused damage to the roof. The existing foundations had to be considered with regards to...
Oxa Store, Bildstein
A wonderful new design of a community lynch-pin. The former kiosk of Bildstein, which was affiliated to the restaurant “Ox”, is the only shop in the village. If it did not exist, the residents would have to get into...
Foot and Cycle Bridge, Zwischenwasser
...was prefabricated and mounted on site with a crane truck, in order to get the old bridge replaced as soon as possible. With a light and transparent construction, the new boardwalk over the river Frutz gives the leading role to...
Kaufmann Holz AG – Factory Hall Au, Reuthe
...m³ of dry and processed stock. It was paramount to quickly turn around a new hall and a warehouse for all sorting and drying of timber, for the company to get back to business. For planning and building permits 4...
Recycling Centre Hofsteig, Lauterach
...divides into the different recycling zones. The traffic flow is resolved in such a way that the customer and industrial truck traffic does not cross. Cyclists also get their own unrestricted lane which contributes to the promotion of cycling. In...
Rathaus, Markdorf
...to the old town. All entrances are oriented to the courtyard. The underground car park development will be relocated from the Schlossgarten to the Schlosshof. As a spatial conclusion of a side street to the Marktstraße, the castle’s courtyard should...
Environmental Education Centre Britzer Garten, Berlin
...allude to the rooms of the environmental education centre. This interplay between facade, environment, exterior and interior makes you curious and entices the visitors to the Britzer Garten into the interior. Over a ramp or stairs that takes the visitor...
IZM – Illwerke Centre Montafon, Vandans
...hydropower lake and large pre-existing factories. To define the surroundings, and to bring a sense of dramatic awe to the landscape, it was decided to create a powerful and confident new building to sit proudly on the valley floor. The...
Wagner GmbH, Nüziders
...department needed to expand. A solution has to be found that can offer agility for future company growth, that works around the existing buildings and their ongoing operations efficiently, and that can be precise and fit for purpose. »We wanted...
Ingeborg-Ortner-Children´s Home, Garching
...which also provide sun protection, serve to protect the recessed facade surfaces from the elements. The flat roof is beautifully landscaped. In order to ensure the most flexibility of use, the day care centre was divided into three units. Each...
Hittisauer Straße, Krumbach
...Hirschbühl describes it. To be more precise, however, subtle differentiation in structure, geometry and proportion reveals itself emphasised on the edges, towering rhythmically over the central yard, closed to the north, open to the south, floating to form a square...
Nürnbergkareal phase 1, Absam
...towards the south on the gently sloping slope of the Eichat district. The top volume is partly based on the underground car park for the entire area. The senior care rooms are located on its ground floor and are aligned...
Dorfhus, Düns
...goods, as well as bicycles, can be quickly and easily transported to the basement via the large elevator. To relieve the stairwell during store opening hours, a direct, covered entrance to the store is provided. The design maps almost all...
Caritas Head Office, Salzburg-Herrnau
...a buffer zone to the street. This meeting zone forms the connection for traffic and as an extended access area for administration, CARLA and kindergarten. Central to this square is the expanded access to the footpath and to a patch...
Assisted living, Mittelberg
...addition, we are not convinced that it is right to expand the space around the area of the garage that is to be demolished, because it is too big in relation to the village. A structural consolidation at this point...
Heimat Österreich, Salzburg-Liefering
On the obvious use of the prevailing saddle roof is deliberately omitted to avoid creating poor, unusable above-ground volume. As far as possible (especially in direct connection to Lexengasse – in contrast to the distinctive gabled single-family dwellings), the buildings...
Extension of the Bundeswehr kindergarten, Ulm
An extension that follows the logic of a building. The grounds of the German Armed Forces Hospital are located on the northern outskirts of the university town of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg. The existing day care centre with 50 childcare places...
Sutterlüty, Hohenems
Sustainability is not a ‘buzzword’, it is the driving force behind this project. Constructing big retail centres on the outskirts of towns is often an exercise in ticking boxes, with an aim to create something as cheaply as possible with...
Zerlauth, Frastanz
The antithesis of cubist architecture, open angular rooms under an abstract roof. Frastanz, in Austria, is home to a large number of international businesses. In contrast to the Bregenzerwald region, this area is firmly in the grip of a...
Hotel Schwanen, Bizau
...modernised, changed in their formation and adapted to today’s needs. Although this reduced the number of beds slightly, it has increased the numbers of rooms sold. The design deliberately retreats and is dominated by mute surfaces of timber and plaster....
Hotel Schmiedberger, St. Johann
...characteristic Alpine vistas. The guest reaches the centrally located reception via an attractively designed lobby that is in direct relation to the spacious outdoor terrace over the lounge, as well as to the breakfast room and the spa area. Starting...
Recycling Centre Vorderland, Sulz
...noise and emissions, but opens up via the saw-tooth loading bay to the access road. It was desirable to reduce the number of materials and components used to just a chosen few, the large-scale roof construction transfers its static loads...
Student Housing, Rosenheim
...is designed according to aspects of low basic energy consumption and compliance with the open space requirements. The structure appears compact and closed to the outside, but it forms a formal opening to the southeast to Marienberger Strasse. A sense...
Kessler, Hirschegg
The perfect design solution for modern alpine home. The family home for these hoteliers, positioned right next to their old farm, tries to answer the popular question in alpine tourist regions: how to design a modern building in such...
Mathis, Dafins
...a gauge on how to use this highly up-to-date and unerring modern building style, especially in timber regions.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann From the slopes of the scattered hamlet of Dafins, the eyes can wander to the south and...
Conservation Centre, Fußach
...fir timber. The cubic structure is closed on three sides, heavily glazed on the south side and shaded by a horizontal laminate roof. The necessary toilet facilities are attached as an independent unit to the cubic main body and they...
Sportplatzweg, Schwarzach
...with plywood, while the base is covered with painted OSB panels. The basement ceiling is designed as a heavily insulated timber construction. The ground floor ceiling, due to the energy and building climatic considerations, is designed as an in-situ concrete...
Fire department, Schnepfau
...to the north to a steep embankment. The ground floor and the hollow tower are made of solid reinforced concrete; the slightly cantilevered upper floor and the roof construction are in timber. The elemental dialogue between the building and its...
Rectory, Krumbach
...Kaufmann, Bernardo Bader and René Bechter of Bechter Zaffignani conducted a study to strengthen the centre. If you want to achieve something in Vorarlberg, you have to build a house.” | Remarkable architecture: not rash, not cheaply plastered, but committed...
Nebelhorn Cable Car - Summit Restaurant, Oberstdorf
...free the summit, to make it the centre of attention and to bring it to life when looking up at it from below or when you have ascended to the peak by train.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann To highlight the peak,...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Hostel, St. Gerold
...fact that the renovation of the gastronomy fits into the monastery complex so naturally today is the result of careful planning. The intervention in the historic building was complex, because the monastery shop is under ground. In order to bring...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Riding Hall, St. Gerold
Timber and glazing are used to create a sense of protection in an open space. After decades of decay, the St. Gerold’s Priory was carefully restored. Today it is a thriving cultural centre. After the renovation of the existing facilities,...
B&O wooden multi-storey car park, Bad Aibling
Parking in the park An innovative mixed-use district is growing in the north of the Upper Bavarian town of Bad Aibling. It is designed to be emission-free and built entirely from renewable raw materials. This multi-storey car park is made...
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,...
Insight into the exciting YKK project in Japan - exclusive interview with the project team
...is part of a “Passive Town” – a lighthouse project with “Power to Gas” system. We are trying to translate our experience and know-how from timber construction to the project in Japan, which is compatible with the local conditions (earthquake,...
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...
24.-25. April | Mission: Climate-friendly timber construction culture | Lecture Christoph Dünser
...construction offensive and in cooperation with vorarlberger holzbau_kunst, Proholz Bayern and Lignum Holzwirtschaft Schweiz. Vanue: Graf Zeppelin Haus, Friedrichshafen Lecture: Christoph Dünser, HK Architects Day 2 at 11:30 | Topic: Structural building with hardwood Tickets and further information at: proHolzBW...
The 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...
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...
Lecture Detail Congress 2019
Symposium for Architects, Planners and Civil Engineers: DETAIL Congress 2019: “Perspective Land – Forecasts, Planning, Projects” Wednesday, October 16, 2019 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (followed by Get Together until 9:00 pm) Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart Life in the countryside...
The Timber Construction Atlas adds Berlin-Brandenburg to its map
...aim of the Berlin Senate is to become resource-saving and climate-neutral by 2050. Urban timber construction can make an important contribution to reducing the high environmental pollution caused by the construction industry and have a positive effect on the urban...
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...
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...
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...
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 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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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 –...
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...
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...
New Caritas headquarters build begins in Salzburg
...subsidised apartments will be built. In addition to administration departments, the new Caritas headquarters will also include social counselling and a new Carla second-hand shop. The construction is scheduled to be completed in March 2019. In the new Caritas headquarters,...
Ceremonial Opening of the "Kindertagesstätte Auenland" Daycare Center in Reichelsheim
...which are specifically tailored to the needs of the youngest members of our society. The “Auenland” nursery will make a valuable contribution to early childhood education and care in the Reichelsheim region and offers children a safe place to play...
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....
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...
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!...
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...
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...the dry shell, piece by piece. Timber elements that can be added to the construction site have been proven to be very effective in delivering this. Therefore, it is essential to intensify the planning to ease the building processes, compared...
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The international roadshow is en route to European cities. How does timber construction move into the city? How do you convince citizens and politicians of the cities to use more timber in construction? proHolz Austria has, together with Hermann Kaufmann,...
Public buildings: Orientation. Protection. Identity.
From town halls to fire departments to community centres. In their often-overlooked diversity, public buildings shape the quality of a place to live and therefore enjoy great public interest. They organise coexistence in cities and communities, meet the need for...
DETAIL Special - Hermann Kaufmann Architekten
Ecological, durable and climate-friendly: the buildings by Hermann Kaufmann and HK Architekten set standards in a wide variety of aspects. This monograph documents ten future-orientated timber buildings by HK Architekten, which show how softwood and hardwood are used as construction...