Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...that care costs and growth behaviour are predictable. The ground-based facade greening is rooted in a generously sized bed. In order to keep its surface minimal, it is designed in accordance with guideline FLL as a two-part tree bed with...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...that the town needed, bringing with it newly defined public spaces including a courtyard, with a beautiful glass canopy, that opens up onto the main road. The project offers the town a multipurpose zone, integrating a café, a bank, the...
Pflegeheim, Mauren
...and disposal rooms and the dementia group with 12 rooms, and also the residence and activation zones with covered terraces. On the first floor there are two living areas with 16 residents each. ~ The inner living areas are differentiated...
Messehallen 9-12, Dornbirn
...disturbing support structure. On top of that is the black glazed roof structure. If required, the halls can be illuminated evenly and naturally by means of “daylight lamps” – without disturbing shadows, and without the disadvantage of individual stands. The...
Rathaus, Markdorf
...emergency staircase, with elevator will be rearranged. A generous access road on the first floor connects the meeting area in the Schlossscheuer directly with the administration offices. Employees get from the underground car park directly to this level. All distributed...
Dorfhus, Düns
...fit in perfectly in the village centre. With this diffusion-open design, with high insulation and heat storage capacity, it must be checked in the project development whether controlled ventilation for the apartments can or cannot be dispensed with. With the...
Schmuttertal Secondary School, Diedorf
...In doing so, they gain methods of acquiring knowledge and actively participating in class. Engagement with the students and teachers began with the planning and they have helped to model the shape of their school today and for its future....
Agricultural school, Salzkammergut
...to be fitted with composite constructions with reinforced concrete. These composite ceilings can bridge larger spans at lower height. The requirements in terms of acoustics, sound insulation and fire resistance can be easily met. Over a regular column grid within...
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,...
Haggen - residential area, St. Gallen
...insulated. On the outside, the residential buildings are to be clad with horizontal and vertical wooden formwork to naturally fit into the context dominated by the brook shrubs. The construction typology of the commercial building is coordinated with the grid...
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
...technologies that we have today, while retaining the essence of the region in which the building resides.« Contemporary Vernacular Design The house was built with a timber frame construction with prefabricated elements, and enveloped with timber – inside with knot-less...
Hotel Hubertus, Balderschwang
...connecting passage with lounge area. The modification of the routes, combined with the separation of private and public paths, provide the guest with intimate walkways they can explore, with directed views of the mountain region. | ~ For the client,...
Herbert von Pichler Straße phase 1, Jenbach
...and large community space. There are also all larger apartments arranged here, as family-friendly living is the main objective. The second construction phase, with 25 units, is arranged on the sites boundary line, offering good south orientation. Underground garages with...
Herbert von Pichler Straße phase 2, Jenbach
...the sites boundary line, offering a good south orientation. Underground garages with a capacity of 107 parking spaces services the majority of the residents parking needs; the visitor parking is located along the Herbert von Pichler road. All apartments are...
Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...biaxially stretched, thus enabling a ceiling completely without joists. In addition to a quick installation, this has the advantage that the technical building equipment can be easily installed. The shear bond between the individual CLT plates is produced with a...
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...
Wildpark, Pforzheim
New main entrance The Wildpark Pforzheim integrates scenically with the natural traffic of visitors, scattered enclosures and utility buildings in the surrounding natural space. However, the structural situation of the main entrance, hidden inside the scattered forest development and...
Isar-Würm-Lech, Landsberg am Lech
...administration building will be equipped with a ventilation system with heat recovering in the canteen and in the seminar rooms. By using a geothermal heat exchanger, the supply air is additionally preconditioned, so that in conjunction with the atrium as...
SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...made. In addition, the high density of the material favours joints with pin-shaped fasteners, screws in particular. When using BauBuche you can achieve full load-bearing capacity even with short screw-in lengths. Through precise and courageous planning in conjunction with an...
Olpererhütte, Zillertaler Alpen
...a clever communications could make advertising both for the house and for the teaching professions. Such apprentice construction sites have already been organised by various guilds with great success. Also, we would be willing to organise the planning with students....
IZM – Illwerke Centre Montafon, Vandans
...building redefines its location with its powerful physical presence. The IZM explores the boundaries between nature and artificiality. The new site is characterised by the vertical walls of an alpine valley that is peppered with man-made features, including an artificial...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Spa, Hirschegg
...The choice of high-quality materials continues inside. The walls were covered with light-coloured boards or plastered with clay, while the floors in the lounge area are covered with robust industrial parquet and in the wet rooms with natural stone slabs....
Sportplatzweg, Schwarzach
A 58-meter-long timber “living cube” floats above an architectural office space. This ‘living cube’ protrudes north and south, with a sheltered, covered entrance and access on the north side, with a shaded facade on the south. The cube is clad...
IZM Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, Vandans
...is optimised for sustainability, and the CO2balance is more than 90% cheaper than with conventional construction methods. The expansion and the buildings technology follow, as well as the shell, results in a low-emission and sustainable concept. In addition, the building...
Sutterlüty, Weiler
...brace the building. The lengthwise side walls consist of timber-frame constructions that are sheathed with oriented strand boards (colour coordinated with the red floor) and with an outer layer of vapor-permeable composite timber boards. The exterior wall cladding of the...
Indoor swimming pool, Bregenz
Bathed in light with lake views. An extensive leisure facility with direct access to Lake Constance extends along the promenade of the city of Bregenz, and the existing indoor pool is to be replaced by a modern new building. A...
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...
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...
Haus mitanand - Ellenbogen, Bezau
...floor is the care units and a lounge with gardens with covered areas. The historical elements of the collection are to be preserved or restored and integrated into the new building concept. The energy efficiency is improved with the renovation...
Fernpassstraße, Munich
...cladding of the facades was done with vertical, spruce boards. This type of exterior cladding has a long shelf life with low maintenance costs. The brightly coloured balconies and pergola parapets, with smooth metal surfaces, stand out in contrast to...
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...
BSBZ Agriculture School Vorarlberg - New Building Tract E, Hohenems
A flexible learning landscape with freedom. In the 1970s the technical agricultural and forestry school, near Hohnems, with its attached boarding facilities became the central training facility for Vorarlberg. In order to take into account the dynamic development of this...
Olpererhütte, Ginzling
...cheaper. Modern means of transportation, such as helicopters, have changed things. Prefabricated construction materials, together with the new possibilities provided by glue-laminated timber, allow for easy transport and furthermore they can be quickly assembled, which is an important aspect in...
TUM Center of Excellence, Garching
...TUM Exzellenzzentrum is based on the standard of energy-optimised office buildings. The clarity of the architectural structure, with its precise facade elements, made it possible to strengthen the design with colour. The interaction of the individual colour patches creates different...
City of Wood, Bad Aibling
...the City of Wood presents themselves as a forward-looking solutions that comply, not only with the classic requirements such as statics, sound insulation and fire protection, but they also combine an intelligent building shell with the use of ecological building...
Jagdbergstraße, Schnifis
...seen from here. The facility has a continuous basement with parking spaces, storage rooms and a family-friendly garden apartment. There are two or three further floors with a total of 14 mostly accessible units. These are largely oriented towards the...
Legero, Graz
The shoe factory Legero, which was founded in 1872, is planning a new headquarters with an outlet shop with administration and sales area, in the area next to Graz airport. The urban arrangement of the design creates a division characterised...
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...
Simma Electronic, Egg
...headquarters of the Simma Electronic is embedded in the soft, hilly landscape of the Hinterwald. The concrete foundation storey, with underground parking spaces and technical rooms, weaves itself naturally into the rising terrain with slight terracing. The two storeys above...
Civic centre with a new Pallaufhof, Münsing
The town of Münsing wants to create a new civic centre with the new “Pallaufhof”. The ensemble south of the church will be formed of three buildings. A new oblong town hall, parallel, a new community centre with a distinctive...
Hotel Schwanen, Bizau
...its tradition. A renovation had become necessary, one that would rejuvenate functionality, energy efficiently and reincorporate the hotel back into its location. The building was newly insulated and clad with natural spruce timber. A continuous layer of balconies with closed...
Sohm Timber Construction, Alberschwende
...are not bonded, but connected with diagonally drilled beech dowel pins. The office building is completely constructed with such elements which form the overall impression of the interior rooms. The natural finished timber without bonding guarantees a healthy working environment....
Center for Children - Steinbockallee, Rum
...natural light. The two-storey concrete-timber hybrid construction, with prefabricated timber walls is covered with white melamine resin panels. The recessed, generously glazed surfaces to terraces and balconies are finished with larch. A staircase runs inconspicuously, but spatially, in an interesting...
Sutterlüty City-Park, Dornbirn
An extension that opens up a city’s centre with a light-filled atrium and 21 new residential units. Artriumhaus The Atriumhaus Mozartstrasse is a 2-storey extension of the original building from 1983 called “City-Park” in the centre of Dornbirn, Austria....
Hotel Bellevue, Les Houches
...glazing. At the heart of this is a ventilation system that supplies the building with the necessary fresh air and returns the energy from the waste air, which is normally lost, to the building via heat exchangers. Together with a...
Moosbrugger, Bizau
A multi generational house in Bizau. The 1950’s refurbishments made to an 18th century farm house required extensive attention. As a solution the house, including the barn, is removed and replaced by a new building with the same silhouette. The...
Kaufmann Holz AG – Factory Hall Au, Reuthe
...divided into two sections with different widths. The pylons consist of 2 HEA profiles each, with diagonals connected to a grid support. All other supports are made of timber, with Parallam, glued laminated timber or a cross-section composed of these...
Lexengasse, Liefering
...buildings, each holding 13 to 15 units, as well as a generously designed nursing home, with diverse accommodation and services for people with varying access needs and usage requirements. As a harmonious counterpart to the gabled detached houses on Lexengasse,...
A Senior Oasis, Weißenhorn
A serene view to the garden. Being together with friends in retirement, creating a home, a place for individual needs but also a place with a good sense of community – that was the request of the owner. The space...
Caritas Head Office, Salzburg-Herrnau
...individually via curtains. With appropriate interfaces, the spatial separation possibilities are massive. Building loads are removed via the core or the outer walls, which means that rooms can be flexibly designed for later uses. The OG4, with its elevated position,...
Bahnhofstraße, Wolfurt
...neighbouring residential buildings. The existing visual axis is maintained, with the smaller buildings standing in the gaps between the buildings. The complex remains pedestrianised; a new route connects the Bahnhofstrasse with the district streets to the east. The centrally located...
Floras Garten, Lochau
Growing together. Flora’s Garden unfolds in a lively quarter in the centre of the town of Lochau. The former factory site of the Russ company was redesigned into an attractive living space, in which eight structures with uniquely dimensioned residential...
High-rise residential building in timber - Grieser Auen, Bozen
...to the stairwell with lift, which provides access to the nine floors, each with four different flat types. Each flat has a generously proportioned corner loggia with flower troughs already embedded in the parapet. The lushly planted roof garden is...
Residential building Hälin, Langen bei Bregenz
...design of the parts of the building in contact with the ground are chosen with a view to minimising the measures required for slope stabilisation and excavation. The structure built above is made of flat solid timber elements in DiagonalDübelholz®...
Kaufmann, Reuthe
...with the sauna, can be shared. This bathroom features a mural by Paul Renner. The house is very well thermally insulated and is heated with a conventional oil heater. | The architectural expression of the building is at first glance...
Wagner GmbH, Nüziders
...with the freedom of design.« DI Christoph Dünser The annex in Nüziders combines spacious rooms with an efficient construction and individual extension by using the LCT modular system. The novel combination of prefabricated timber girders and concrete slabs solves the...
Elma Alp, Mellau
...vertically arranged timber studs, so as to avoid interference with the backfilling, which could damage the sliding windows. The upper floor, where the bedrooms are located, is made of horizontal beams, with modern edge joints, finished with CNC milled blind...
Dorf, Krumbach
...adjacent old farmhouse and form, with the farmhouse, an ensemble within the centre. Both houses have pitched roofs and a consistent natural timber finish. While the street-side building is social housing with rental apartments, the back house is a private...
Ingeborg-Ortner-Children´s Home, Garching
...hot summer months. The cantilevered canopies provide, in addition to the constructive wood protection, heat protection in the summer together with the vertical awnings. Great importance has been given to the use of materials with low primary energy requirements and...
Hotel Engel, Mellau
...expectations had sadly faded. The family business still excelled with regards to hospitality and commitment, but the three-star guest house was reminiscent of a bygone age of tourism, and it was not suited to the contemporary image that the Bregenzerwald...
Neudorfstraße, Wolfurt
...balconies and the beams made of plain-sawn wood, the walk ways, and facade with a timber frame. The design is particularly economic, using ceilings made of glue laminated timber with supporting transverse walls, and facades built with a post and...
Bus Stop, Krumbach
...»The people of Krumbach are proud of this special installation, which enhances the newly designed Krumbach town centre working in harmony with the other buildings and facilities.« Arnold Hirschbühl, Mayor of Krumbach The bus stop follows a ‘terminal concept’. Under...
Dorf, Warth
...spatial extension of the rooms behind. Their parapets make it possible to install floor-to-ceiling windows, a design element that is more in keeping with the city. Here they are clad with a vertical wooden slat facade creating uninterrupted large scale...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Lounge/Reception, Hirschegg
...spring is directed as a cascading water feature, as well as transparent dome elements supply this area of the with volume daylight. | While the components in contact with the ground are made of reinforced concrete, the structure, which is...
Hittisauer Straße, Krumbach
...common basement with an underground car park. One long building is in a conventional east-west orientation, coming right to the side of the street that forms the town centre. The second building, with a more cubic footprint has a gentler...
Untere Aue, Lustenau
Vogewosi facility in Lustenau, an ecological and accessible residential building. This project is three residential buildings located in the residential area Hasenfeld am Grindelkanal, in Lustenau. The three-storey buildings, each with 16 disabled-friendly apartments, are constructed of solid ceilings and...
Fuchs, Langen
...language of this property. »I do not use chemical wood protection. The roof overhang provides sufficient constructive protection.« Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI Hermann Kaufmann With exception to the mountain-side basement rooms, everything is designed in timber with all visible timber in...
Kammern, Egg
...studio and as an apartment. Now the structure has been changed, the brick and concrete garage has been replaced with a modern timber building. As a contrast to the shingled front building, the rear building is vertically clad with timber....
Beck/Faigle, Hard
...have the heat radiation properties of “stone walling”. | The insulation of the house is chosen so that heating, provided with a wood-pellet stove in the living area, can be combined with controlled ventilation. Overall, the heating requirements are well...
Foot and Cycle Bridge, Zwischenwasser
...bushes, a simplistic gesture with reduced materialisation. A timber boardwalk, whose timber girder merges smoothly with the base plate, connects the bridge’s abutments of exposed concrete. Due to the given topography, which allowed a bigger construction height in the south,...
Sutterlüty O, Egg
The building is situated above the village of Egg, a historic hamlet in Bregenzerwald. Egg is characterised by its detached old Bregenzerwald farmhouses with their weathered exterior timber cladding. It was obvious to find a modern solution that worked with...
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...
Heldenstraße, Feldkirch-Altenstadt
...has one to three bedrooms and a generously designed, open living-dining-kitchen area with a direct connection to a private outdoor space. A basement, underground car park and lift have been dispensed with for cost reasons, since the quality of the...
Education Centre St. Arbogast, Götzis
In a magical landscape this “text book example” of contemporary architecture emerges, following ecological principles without force. A youth and education centre is extended with seminar rooms and function rooms, workshops and offices. In a magical landscape this “text book...
Rectory, Krumbach
...active land policy. The community stopped urban sprawl and focused on the centre. With financial support from the state of Vorarlberg, we organised projects, brought in private parties to the table, and engaged with the community. The “Dorfhus” started in...
House of Sustainability, Ruggel
...separated acoustically simply by means of parapet glazing. Acoustics Open office concepts need quality room acoustics to be accepted by the employees. Due to the 50% coverage of the ceiling with sound-absorbing felt, in combination with the rough-sawn timber surface...
TUM Friedrich N. Schwarz Research Station, Berchtesgaden
...access with a stair lift leads to the ground floor above, which offers full accessibility. The dividable guest and seminar room with access to the covered terrace can be catered for by a well-equipped gastro kitchen. The adjoining office room...
Landratsamt, Miesbach
...west for a courtyard, which illuminates the upper floors. The outer walls are designed as timber elements with a painted timber façade and inside they are clad with timber panelling. The ceilings are designed as a hybrid construction of timber...
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...and built on the basis of ecological guidelines. Only the foundations are solid, the wall and ceiling elements made of cross-laminated timber are insulated with mineral wool and clad on their outside with fine vertical formwork made of silver fir....
Sutterlüty, Landammanngasse - Rankweil
...interior is lined with wall elements made of coarse chipboard and this creates the feeling of a closed wooden body in conjunction with the visible roof structure. This gives the large hall a warm and cosy atmosphere with pleasant acoustics....
Transfer Wohnraum Vorarlberg Froschweg, Dornbirn
...wing on Froschweg has three floors. The building with 21 residential units has a large area of glazing that faces north, housing the entrance area. From here the bicycle store and additional storage areas are accessible. The staircase with lift...
Provost Residence St. Gerold, riding hall - renovation project, St. Gerold
...connects the Walgau with the Bregenzerwald. During the following periods, buildings in the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Classicist architectural styles supplemented the Romanesque core to form a monastery complex with an attached farm. In 1958, the historical walls were rededicated...
Gantner/Bundschuh, Sulzberg
...division of the building volume into fully accessible residential units with a utility wing, there is a clear access zone with spacious timber staircases and an elevator between the two parts of the building. By expanding the threshing floor additional...
Hirschau-Unterdorf, Schnepfau
...timber construction, the highly insulated timber elements of the outer shell were clad with shingle. This passive house is characterised by its high energy efficiency and is equipped with thermal collectors and photovoltaic modules integrated flush into the roof cladding....
High-rise timber house - Queckareal, Tübingen
...alignment and proportions of the quarter. The structure, as well as the facades of the eight-story high-rise, is designed to meet the basic requirement of enabling flexible use as a residential and commercial building. The basement with a generously dimensioned...
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...
Propstei St. Gerold - main building renovation, St. Gerold
...state-of-the-art laser technology. The Capitulum, decorated with frescoes by Ferdinand Gehr, as a representative meeting place of the monastery, was developed into a seminar room with the best technical equipment. Its historic beams were uncovered and extensively renovated, even though...
Residenticial and Commercial Building, Natter, Bezau
...permeability in the area and with the neighbours. The volumes are set and aligned in such a way that minimises being overlooked while guaranteeing maximum exposure. The buildings have moved to the sites boundaries in order to clearly define the...
Heimat Österreich, Salzburg-Liefering
...view of the Anger, and dividing the outdoor area of the property into an introverted eastern and extroverted western parts of the garden. Access is from the northwest, on which are the sites for the kindergarten and additional houses. The...
3-fach Sporthalle, Kempten
A pillar construction as a place maker. The town of Kempten is considered the educational and administrative centre of the surrounding Allgäu region. A new triple sports hall, for up to 800 spectators, is to be built on the site...
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...
Hauser, Hohentannen
Abundant space in a simple shell. A house for a movement therapist and a music teacher should be designed according to the individual needs of its residents. But in the newly developed area, a large number of planning parameters had...
Unterstein, Langenegg
...The developer Morscher Bau- & Projektmanagement GmbH from Mellau built a number of units that use the constructive language for which Vorarlberg is known. Most of the facades are made of wood – as are these two buildings. Morscher calls...
Hotel Schmiedberger, St. Johann
...finished “Zimmerboxen”. The walls and ceilings of the boxes are made of insulated timber frame with OSB panels on both sides. Staircase and lift cores are solid while the rest of the construction is executed in timber framing, with a...
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
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...
Raiffeisenbank, Egg
...functional building with a strong connection to the Bregenzerwald region. »When people speak of the Bregezerwald, they often use the words ‘plain’ or ‘simple’. That is increasing wrong. To describe the Bregenzerwald, at least in terms of architecture, people should...
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...
Provost Residence St Gerold - Riding Hall, St. Gerold
...it was decided to expand the complex to include a riding school for people with both developmental and physical disabilities. The new structure that houses the ridging school extends from the southwestern corner of the Priory framing the garden courtyard...
Awarded 1st place for the new Zünd Systemtechnik project in Altstätten
...two ceilings with concrete slabs and the roof with the multi-layer laminate panels, to the four cleverly arranged reinforced concrete stairwells. Overall, the suggestions made impress with their conceptual simplicity and appropriateness. The urban effects of the three-storey new hall...
1st prize for a proposed development of the former Spicher school
...spatial entrance situation, deserve a positive mention. Beyond the domestic community, well-proportioned meeting areas are offered with the neighbourhood squares and the community courtyards. The construction principle, with a series building blocks linked timber construction meets the building standard III,...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...environment in a simple, yet intelligent way. This is where a neighbourhood emerges, which provides a sustainable environment with high acceptance and promotes a natural coexistence in community, on an equal footing with the existing neighbourhood. Chairman A. Cukrowic...
New building in Neubaugasse
...buildings with 2-, 3- and 4-room flats + common room Number of storeys: E+3 (house A, B), E+2 (house C) 38 flats, 38 underground parking spaces Special features: Exterior walls + facade in wood Heating system: groundwater heat pump with...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...TUM. In 2021, he was honoured with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture. In 2022, he became the first architect from an African country to receive the most important award in architecture: the Pritzker Prize, endowed with 100,000 US...
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...
8th International Forum on Timber Construction in Dijon France
...France is a dynamic and growing market, one that contributes to the necessary reduction of CO2 emissions. In 2018, the Macron government launched the third timber industry development plan and commissioned Adivbois with a national tender for urban construction, with...
The Federal HolzbauPlus 2020: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk
...investors and planners around the world are increasingly relying on it – building with wood is becoming more and more attractive and popular. We contribute to progressive materials popularity this with our competition. I warmly congratulate this year’s winners! “...
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 most beautiful books in Austria 2008: Hermann Kaufmann Woodworks
...considered excellent. With 211 submitted publications, from more than 100 publishers and designers, this year saw the largest number of entries. The competition “The most beautiful books in Austria” is annually published by the Federal Ministry of Education, the Arts...
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...
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...
Hermann Kaufmann erhält den Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010
...has created a piece of architecture that integrates into the environment with its modernism.” The prize has been awarded every two years since 2000 and comes with a 40,000 euros award. Also receiving the prize are Italy’s Renzo Piano, Kengo...
Hermann Kaufmann Awarded Bezau Assisted Living Development
...the different levels. The elevator provides accessibility. The opening of the central corridor provides orientation in connection with the structure and, allows for a reduction in the number of access points. Another result of this central corridor is an attractive...
klima: aktiv Gold for Multi-Apartment Construction in Sulzberg
The multi-apartment building in Sulzberg, from Morscher Bau- & Projektmanagement GmbH, was awarded the “klima: aktiv Gold” in November 2012 by the Austrian Government. With one of the best evaluations for a multi-family residences in all of Austria, the “klima:...
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
...collaborating with HK Architekten, presented the project, which will include the tallest wooden building in the district, equipped with a photovoltaic system that generates more electricity than is used. It will be a purely wooden construction, with only the staircases...
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...standards in this. Building physics Timber is an all-rounder, not a specialist material with just one quality. Its compressive strength is good, but not comparable to stone. Its tensile strength is good, but not comparable with steel. In standard projects,...
40th Anniversary
We celebrate four decades. “Hermann Kaufmann” has evolved to become “HK Architekten”. With this evolution we have grown, gained skills and created even more wonderful projects and partnerships. We want to share our gratitude with each of the members in...
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What moves us? We consider the development of sustainable and ecological buildings in connection with innovative timber construction to be our core competence, and this inspires and challenges us again and again. Our architecture is deeply rooted in the cultural...
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...and Tirol 6020 Innsbruck Membership number 23054 District Authority (Bezirkshauptmannschaft) Bregenz Company History: Established in 1983 Registered as GmbH in 2002 2018 Change the Company name to Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH Founder: Univ.-Prof. DI Hermann Kaufmann Executive Board:...