Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...of about 70 cm by the beginning of the Landesgartenschau. Therefore, the garden show would mark the starting point of the growth process. The support structure would still be visible. The plants are already spreading in the lower areas of...
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...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...thermal energy optimisation, the project in Ludesch aims at reducing the primary energy consumption of the construction process (“invested energy”) by 50% compared to “standard” Passive Houses. The project wants to halve the ecological footprint of the building compared to...
Messehallen 9-12, Dornbirn
...from the hall facades, creating an outdoor area. This guarantees, even in the case of the implementation of a “gallery” along the hall exterior walls, good exposure. In order to bring daylight all the way back into the room, the...
Haggen - residential area, St. Gallen
...an additional buffer to the “Schlössli” and the street, and allows pedestrians and cyclists to linger. In the area dedicated to the residential area to the north, there are two structures that stagger the height of the natural terrain, and...
Dorfhus, Düns
...of the two parts of the building are the same. The language of the facade is also uniform. Nevertheless, the building is divided by the intersection, as well as the dissolved facade in the entrance area of the store. ~...
BSBZ - Landwirtschaftsschulen Vorarlberg, Hohenems
...subsequently lead to two courtyards. The entrance yard of the school, with adjoining multi-purpose hall, marks the actual centre of the complex. If one tries to attribute the existing building, together with the surrounding open spaces for agriculture and sport,...
Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...warm colours of the carpets compliment the white gloss surface of the desks. The view of the ocean and the mountains is spectacular. In addition to the transfer of industrial know-how, ambitious sustainability goals are being pursued. The LEED Gold...
House of Sustainability, Ruggel
...of sustainability, the preservation of the necessary distance between the new building and existing stock, the continuation of the existing building structure with a strong connection to the village street, and the increased flexibility of the car parking. The asymmetrical...
IZM – Illwerke Centre Montafon, Vandans
...met for timber construction to expand into new dimensions. The design is focused on the strengths of modularity and the capacity of local craftsmen in the region of Vorarlberg. A special feature of the system is that the wood does...
Agricultural school, Salzkammergut
The aim of the new concept is the retention of the existing typology of the farm, and the extensive clearance of the eastern meadow area of development, so that the meadow connects undisturbed to the building. This concept makes the...
Hotel Engel, Mellau
...in the structure of the facade expresses the craftsmanship that forms part of the identity of the region. Apart from these changes, the motto of the project was to use as much of the existing material, and assets of the...
Schmuttertal Secondary School, Diedorf
...large blocks with slightly sloping roofs is reminiscent of the agricultural buildings in the region – the three-storey buildings preserve the proportions of the barns to which they refer, even if they are much larger. The entire school plot uses...
Caritas Head Office, Salzburg-Herrnau
...The buildings, which are kept minimalist in their outward appearance, subtly blend into the surrounding urban context. Moving away from the church, they give them enough room to do justice to their distinctive architecture. The straightforward office building allows for...
Jagdbergstraße, Schnifis
Location and situation The plot is located on the outskirts of Schnifis, in the immediate vicinity of the village centre. The ski lift to the east of the site, and the adjoining forest mark a legible transition from the compact...
Waste material collection centre Vorderland, Sulz
...centre are apparent in the floor plan of the hall. In the eastern part of the hall, the administration overlooks the entire area. The waste collection containers located in the middle of the hall are optimally illuminated by the striking...
Mühlweg, Wien
...from the 1960s to the west, with the adjacent green space to the east. The proximity to the plot boundaries, together with the arrangement of the buildings create an inner courtyard area which, despite its clear structure, is open to...
Wilbinger, Bezau
...out onto the terrace and into the garden. If the sliding doors on the left and on the right side of the stairs are closed, they become part of the living space, while the vestibule and the study are then...
Isar-Würm-Lech GmbH, Landsberg am Lech
Creating distinction and differentiation with the extraordinary power of designing with timber. The carpentry workshop, the administrative depart, and a new power supply has been rebuilt to the west of the existing structures. Between the new building and the existing...
SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...services. In order to ensure a high degree of flexibility in the production processes, the number of supports in the hall is reduced to a minimum. The supporting structure consists of eight parallel, lengthways, 82 m long and 3.8 m...
Biomass heating plant expansion, Lech
...the limited space of the building plot. Wedged between the Lechtalstraße and the Zürsbach, the footprint of the existing building follows the curvature of the road. For the existing building, the height is also dependent on the slope of the...
Pflegeheim, Mauren
...room of silence, hairdresser and administration offices. The open-air areas on the property are located along the Jugendweg to the east and to the west with the protected Dementia Garden. At the lower component, a roof garden with covered seating...
Haus mitanand - Ellenbogen, Bezau
...challenge of the design is to preserve the traditional subdivisions of the building. The front and rear buildings must remain distinguishable; the contrasting facades of the main body of the building with the vertical volume address this in the design....
TUM Center of Excellence, Garching
The interplay of people’s movements on campus, with the vibration of the facade allows for colourful experiences in the ‘Age of Signs’. (Erich Wiesner) The TUM Exzellenzzentrum stands on the forecourt of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, south of the...
Olpererhütte, Zillertaler Alpen
...upper floor are different in size, but by harnessing the space above the central aisle, they become approximately the same. An emergency escape from the upper floor directly into the outside meets the conditions of fire protection. Contrary to the...
Wildpark, Pforzheim
...in solid construction. The roof body is constructed in the area of the inner courtyard of juxtaposed, filigree timber trusses. In the area of the overhangs, the framework is dissolved into individual beams. The heated buildings are covered with extensive...
Assisted living, Mittelberg
...to achieve the best possible accessible solutions, the main development level has been adapted to the level of the south easterly boundary. The main entrance, the garage entrance and the visitor parking are therefore also on this sub level. The...
House R, Rankweil
...the new garage forms a protective barrier for the garden, shielding it from the noise of the road and offering the space a sense of intimacy. From the garage there is now access to the house, via swing doors and...
Wagner GmbH, Nüziders
...~ The two building materials work together optimally: wooden beams are loaded on the underside of the ceiling with tension, while the concrete on the upper side absorbs the pressure. Thanks to the addition of 1% polypropylene in the concrete...
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...
Hotel Hubertus, Balderschwang
...rooms round off the construction project. With the exception of the stables, the components were built in solid construction, insulated according to the latest ENEV requirements and finished with a natural timber facade. Due to the geographical situation of the...
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...
Owens "House Drexel", Warth
...constructed the wider region has dramatically changed due to tourism however, Warth has manged to keep hold of a lot of its original charm. In order not to affect the atmospheric heritage of Warth, the “Haus Drexel” must be kept...
IZM Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, Vandans
...the current usage profile. Sociocultural quality Already in the master plan, the foundation of a high socio-cultural quality was decided upon with the merger of several locations on the site of the IZM. The design competition initiated by the client...
Sutterlüty, Hohenems
...its personality while the longer side receives the visitor with a sweeping, generous gesture that culminates in the entrance way. The building consciously rejects the language of the simple “box”, instead offering a vivid interpretation, inspired by the town itself....
Nebelhorn Cable Car - Summit Restaurant, Oberstdorf
...the far side of the dining room, they are located one step higher to allow the view over the neighbouring diner’s heads. | The focus was on the sparing use of materials, the use of existing structures and the appropriateness...
Ingeborg-Ortner-Children´s Home, Garching
...spaces apart at 250 mm intervals. They form the support for the roof structure, contribute significantly to the architectural design and create exceptional acoustics. The ceilings of the spacious entrance foyer, the corridors and the functional areas are built, like...
Hotel Schmiedberger, St. Johann
...floor, accessible to hotel guests and the public, integrated in the southern part of the building. The entire complex has 102 beds. The upper floors 1-4 in the northern and the upper floors 2-3 in the southern wing of the...
Bus Stop, Krumbach
...wall panels is 20 cm, and the roof panel is 35 cm. The materialisation of the bus stop follows the simple and reduced formal language of the structure. Despite the dimension of the building, it looks like a piece of...
Sutterlüty City-Park, Dornbirn
...of the timber and the exterior walls facing the atrium determine the friendly atmosphere of this space in front of the apartments, which receives a lot of light via an inverted glass roof. Structurally, the extension was carried out largely...
Hittisauer Straße, Krumbach
...out to the vibrant town life. Although the dimension of the buildings are at their limit, they integrate themselves into the village thanks to the uniform timber cladding, their design is factual – “their charm is their modesty,” as Arnold...
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...
Cloister Mehrerau School Bregenz
...would detract from the calm lines of the facade. The regular rhythm of the new window axes follows the historical division of the building and corresponds to the width of the interior vaulting. | This helps maintain the proportions of...
Olpererhütte, Ginzling
...on the cantilever, hinge jointed to the base. Mounted to these cantilevers is the large-format picture-window on the gable wall. Suspended from this is the floor plate of the restaurant. The bracing is provided by the floor plate and by...
Fernpassstraße, Munich
...of Munich. Students worked on a draft of the modernisation and extension of the neighbourhood, and then these ideas become the basis for processing and structural implementation by the office Hermann Kaufmann and Lichtblau Architekten. The original development between Fernpaßstraße...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Riding Hall, St. Gerold
...space. The large mono-pitched roof extends over the entire new building and gracefully follows the incline of the sloping hill. The interior of the hall is characterised by the sense of protected openness that is created by the commanding effect...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Hostel, St. Gerold
...wing had to be renewed. This required numerous modifications and alterations to the historical fabric of the Priory. But what does the architecture that meets the needs of today while respecting the history of the Priory look like? The Benedictine...
Sutterlüty, Weiler
...sides; the lower slab constitutes the finished ceiling. To continue the atmosphere of the bright spruce ceiling, the main girders, which have a width of up to 72 cm, have also been integrated into the ceiling. For installation purposes, a...
Educational campus at Sallerner Berg, Regensburg
...flows smoothly into the expansive Aberdeen Park, the architectural interfaces are accentuated by the positioning of the individual buildings. The Jakob Muth School stands as the urban cusp of the adjacent settlement structure on Harzstrasse. The elongated volume, divided by...
Kaufmann, Reuthe
...the entrance area and a small office. The timber cube contains all living spaces. The base is largely solid cement, while the cube is executed in pure timber. It was the task of the client to build the cube from...
Ölzbündt, Dornbirn
The long structure lies on a narrow plot of land on the north-eastern outskirts of Dornbirn, in Austria. The square, elongated, three-story building is clad with larch which emphasises the structure’s volume. The balconies on the western side, along the...
3-fach Sporthalle, Kempten
...of the Hildegardis grammar school in the residential area to the west of the historic centre. Due to its use by the school as well as the municipal clubs, it acquires the significance of a public place that signifies the...
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...
Gymnastics and Celebration Hall, Muntlix
...incredibly well, and has to as it houses the changing uses of the schools and clubs, the management of the hall as a venue and the storage of the gymnastic equipment. In terms of design, the hall body remains untouched,...
Dorf, Warth
...are usually too big to be functional or attractive. The house in Warth is an opportunity to tackle these challenges and to add a new type of building to the community, a contemporary multi-family dwelling with appeal. The basic structure...
Isar-Würm-Lech, Landsberg am Lech
...stages. The expansion in the first stage of construction houses the operational management. In the second stage of construction, this could be relocated to the main administrative building and the premises are used as workshops. A connection to the new...
Indoor swimming pool, Bregenz
...of stairs with an access ramp to the entrance level on the 1st floor, from there is a direct line of sight to the outdoor pool and the beach. The platform offers space for the optimally sun-drenched terrace area of...
Education Centre St. Arbogast, Götzis
...tall arcade on slender steel columns forms the transition into the closed architecture of the main building. Once inside the high-ceilinged building, the guest is greeted with the magical view and the open stairwell and with the cafeteria facing onto...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower, Dornbirn
...the distribution of the enormous forces from the load bearing façade. The cross-grained wood of the double bearings stands directly on the concrete; the connecting arbour is grouted to the pre-fabricated segment on site. This lintel beam facilitates the necessary...
Convenience Store, Bizau
...of the one-storey business facade and the central placement of a partially projecting volume as a residential wing above. An essential aspect of the planning work was the organisation of the various access routes. In the west of the property...
Heimat Österreich, Salzburg-Liefering
...was designed to optimally illuminate the shared lounges to the southwest. The common areas of the residential groups, meeting point and the terraces are oriented towards the sun. The location of the building was centred, giving the terrace an unobstructed...
City of Wood, Bad Aibling
...undulating parkland besides the river. Structure: Completion of the existing building structure – garden city with focal point and atrium housed in the flood plain – boundary lines to the east. Centre: Formation of the central village green, the definition...
Propstei St. Gerold - main building renovation, St. Gerold
...the new roof is now supporting them. The central themes of the complex building project are the extensive dismantling of the interventions, the careful preservation and recycling of materials and the implementation of ecological criteria, in keeping with the spirit...
Security Center, Bezau
...in the centre of the town and to simultaneously support the needs of the local community with additional underground parking facilities in the town centre. »It was not just about meeting the needs of the town residence and the security...
Inatura Museum, Dornbirn
...connects the turnery and the foundry. Over the conserved area of the blast furnaces the museum visitor enters the newly built intermediate level. The tour includes the new buildings and provides an insight into the working of the natural scientists....
Cable Car Station, Nebelhornbahn, Oberstdorf - Kleinwalsertal
...of the pedestrian zone, which enables passers-by to find their way around. The covered cash desk area and the entrances to the shop, the toilet facilities and the ski depot are clearly laid out and compactly located near the Cable...
Nebelhornbahn Talstation - cable car station, Oberstdorf
...the entrance to the shop, the toilet facilities and the ski depot are clearly laid out and compact near the cable car. The administration building is directly connected to the station to ensure smooth operation. The warehouse and offices, with...
Raiffeisenbank, Egg
New headquarters of Raiffeisenbank Mittelbregenzerwald. In the middle of the village of Egg in the Bregenzerwald, Austria the new headquarters of the Raiffeisenbank will be built. One of the goals of the new building is to build a simple, but...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Lounge/Reception, Hirschegg
The beating heart of the whole ensemble. The reception pavilion forms the new centre of the heterogeneous ensemble that has grown over the centuries. The slightly curved volume sits on the gentle slopes and opens to the southeast, towards the...
Extension of the Bundeswehr kindergarten, Ulm
...of the existing building within the orthogonal campus structure and to implement the consistent continuation of the original design idea with minimal intervention. The thoughtful placement of the extension makes it possible to redesign the north-west façade into an appealing...
Moosbrugger, Bizau
...in Seattle or Stockholm.« Wall Street Journal, 2012 The farmhouse was reconfigured and rebuilt to become a multi-family house with three floors for the parents and the two grown children, meeting the needs of the Moosbrugger family. The apartments are...
Hannoverhaus, Mallnitz
The position and the shape of the house are strongly influenced by the specific conditions of the site. The location of the ski slope defines the boundary in the north, the topography leaves little leeway in east-west direction. The aim...
Falkensteiner-Hotel, Latschau
...design are the different qualities of the spatially differentiated building site. While the main area of the site is optimally connected to the surrounding infrastructure, the narrow southern annex has the effect, due to its extraordinary location, to be embedded...
Doppelmayr, Wolfurt
...entrance area and forecourt of the building are oriented towards the street and the opposite workshop. As described above, the south facade marks the transition from the nature reservation area to the commercial area. This interface also becomes a meeting...
Outer Lakeside City, Bregenz
Tower The position of the vertical element is designed to have an impact on Bahnhofstrasse. It projects over the ramp, and it is this ramp that lends additional significance to the vertical elongation of the new housing development. The volume...
Hofsteig waste material collection centre, Lauterach
...should be designed to correspond with the local heating plant. The aim is to achieve a creative interpretation of “reassurance”, and the qualities of the existing facade can be transferred to the new project. The strong timber facade is a...
Hotel Bellevue, Les Houches
...wall. This is plastered to correspond to the appearance of the old hotel. | ~ The soft and warm characteristic of the timber offers the guest a naturally pleasant ambience and is protected by the hard and resistant building material...
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...
High-rise residential building in timber - Grieser Auen, Bozen
...The communal exercise room, the reading room with a connection to the lounge area above and the caretaker’s office are publicly accessible to the residents of the entire settlement. In the west a private entrance leads through a small foyer...
Kaufmann Holz AG – Factory Hall Au, Reuthe
...as a support. During the foundation work, the prefabrication of the roof and wall elements in the timber framed hall was carried out in shifts. After erecting the first two main trusses, they immediately went on to lay the roof...
Provost Residence St. Gerold, riding hall - renovation project, St. Gerold
...stables, on the roof of which, in turn, the outdoor area of the guesthouse has been created.| From there, visitors can enjoy expansive views of the UNESCO-designated biosphere park. The interior was lined according to local craftsmanship tradition with high-quality,...
Gantner/Bundschuh, Sulzberg
...window on the top floor gives the impression of that behind the knitted façade, clad with arched shingle; there are significant handcrafted treasures from the classic period to be discovered, and there are. The tiles of the ceramic heating oven...
Oxa Store, Bildstein
...their cars and drive to the neighbouring villages, far below in the valley. The kiosk of the “Ox” had to be extended and renovated to be fit for purpose, to keep up with the demands of the village. The store...
Biomass heating plant, Zürs
...level, and from there they can be channelled directly into the day tanks. The ash disposal takes place at the lowest point directly from the street level. The route of the bio-material can be seen in the architecture: The horizontally...
Residenticial and Commercial Building, Natter, Bezau
...the building. Towards the north, the ramp to the underground car park is laid out, heading toward extensive storage and all the technical rooms. A mix of commercial and residential properties was implemented on the ground floor, while the two...
Sutterlüty, Landammanngasse - Rankweil
...on the main façade was also made of solid concrete and placed in front of the building as a prefabricated construction. This timeless architectural motif divides the space between the circulation areas and the sales and gastronomy zone of the...
Transfer Wohnraum Vorarlberg Froschweg, Dornbirn
...system lies in the intersection of the two structures and opens onto each floor to slim corridors. These lead to the individually designed 2 to 4 room apartments. The family apartments on the ground floor, with cover terraces, are oriented...
Wälderhaus BA 1, Bezau
...to the new timber structure, Wälderhaus. The result of the two industrial complexes is a “timber city”. The aim of the design was to integrate the new volumes into the landscape using balanced forms and natural timber. Similar to the...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa – Extension of the main building, Hirschegg
...The beam position of the roof structure was supplemented, insulated with wood wool and covered with copper sheets. As a reference to the traditional architectural style of the valley, the windows and sliding shutters are made of timber, while the...
Gutsbetrieb Rheinhof, Hohenems
...space, affording a view of the entire stable. In contrast to conventional stables with prefabricated metal doors that often seem stuck onto the building, here the doors have also been made of timber in keeping with the theme of the...
Steinbockallee, Rum
...their staggered arrangement, at the same time creating partial roofing. The second, four-storey residential building with 24 units is oriented to the south, with continuous balconies. On the top floor, the return of the building results in smaller apartments with...
Zerlauth, Frastanz
...for the bedrooms to be located in the basement, which is lit from the west side. The building seeks to offer a sense of security, while opening up to the garden and the view. The design was further shaped by...
Hauser, Hohentannen
...offer different possibilities of use depending on the season, and are extended in the summer taking the house outside. The two-storey, glass tiled logia transforms into a cool oasis of sleep, the vestibule to the outside staircase serves as an...
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....
Student Housing, Rosenheim
Student life in a green zone. In the northwest of the city of Rosenheim, the CAMPUS RO project is within walking distance of the university grounds. Space for student accommodation and recreation is to be created here. The four-storey building...
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...
Widerin, Wolfurt
...capacity of 3.4 kWh was installed on the roof. The system exceeded the regional requirements by achieving 269 units. For optimal utilisation of the property, the project is conceived as a semi-detached house, allowing the owners the possibility to extend....
illwerke vkw – company filling station, Vandans
De Meyer, Dornbirn
Growing inwards The central residential quarter to the east of Dornbirn’s market square is characterised by a variety of buildings from different eras, reflecting the successive development of this urban zone. To preserve the green character of the neighbourhood this...
Housing Estate Michaelipark, Augsburg
...of the art, prefabricated timber construction. Due to the clear design grid, the spans are limited to a maximum of 4.2m, making a solid timber ceiling made of cross laminated timber possible. Thanks to the systematic building concept and the...
Awarded 1st place for the new Zünd Systemtechnik project in Altstätten
...the concrete foundations with a timber-concrete composite of the ceilings. The use of beech veneer plywood is an expression of the high loads that, together with the proposed sprinkler system, allow for minimal dimensions. In the roof to reduce impact,...
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 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...
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 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
...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...
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...
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),...
24.-25. April | Mission: Climate-friendly timber construction culture | Lecture Christoph Dünser
...take place for the second time in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance as part of the Baden-Württemberg timber construction offensive and in cooperation with vorarlberger holzbau_kunst, Proholz Bayern and Lignum Holzwirtschaft Schweiz. Vanue: Graf Zeppelin Haus, Friedrichshafen Lecture: Christoph Dünser, HK...
Fernpassstraße receives recognition from the Prize for Quality in Housing 2015
...experimental character of the ensemble, the architectural design has by no means suffered. The ecological message of the project is a very important contribution to the building culture, above all due to the low costs and the good architectural design.”...
The most beautiful books in Austria 2008: Hermann Kaufmann Woodworks
...and Culture and the Austrian book trade. The top three most outstanding publications, from the final of the 15 award winners, are awarded by the BMUKK. This year, the Minister of Education, Art and Culture, Claudia Schmied, and the President...
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....
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...
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...
Brock Commons phase 1: structure completed
On September 15, 2016, the completion of the solid wood structure, and facade, was celebrated at the UBC dormitory Brock Commons. The world’s tallest wooden building with, 18 storeys, was completed ahead of schedule. The structure was completed in...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
Smart Bauen is now published
Architectural and technical strategies for energy-optimised buildings, neighbourhoods and cities. The book Smart Bauen was published on 27 July after four years of research and focused work. The wide range of topics in the field of sustainable building has now...
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...
Book - Public buildings: Orientation. Protection. Identity. Insights into the project B&O wooden multi-storey car park, Bad Aibling
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...because of increasing complexity of the requirements. Realising the profit of faster construction is requires intensive planning. The knowledge of the construction site is partly transferred to the planning office. System construction requires practical experience in addition to technical competence....
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...on the state’s funding guidelines. The next step was then to take wood out of two and three storeys into multi-storey buildings, to the edge of the tower block and beyond. Here, too, we first worked on developing a construction...
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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...