Changing Room - Pavilion, Lahti
Beautiful and functional simplicity, realised in timber. The changing rooms at Ankkuri beach are a part of the park of timber architecture created around Sibelius Hall in Lathi, Finland. All winners of the Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award have...
Inatura Museum, Dornbirn
...museum is via the northwest side courtyard via Jahngasse and is centrally located to the turnery. The ground floor has a ticket counter, a temporary exhibition, a cafeteria and a museum shop, all located in the entrance hall. The special...
Dorfhus, Düns
...who have rented the hall for a celebration, for example, can be received at this central point by the staff. As a retreat, the office with a meeting table is available. Cafe and hall are divided into a counter area...
SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...lighter building material means that no complex foundations are required on ground that is only partially stable, which means that the costs for the foundation work remain manageable. However, since coniferous timber is also out of the question due to...
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...
Gastronomy pavilion Uferpark West, Überlingen
...~ Building settlement The pavilion was placed as a two-storey structure with the lowest possible use of land at the northern boundary of the property. This will leave generous open spaces in the south, which can be used as attractive...
Wilbinger, Bezau
...Kaufmann are interested in two main themes: sustainable construction and timber buildings. They call their approach to architecture ‘working in the spirit of the region’, or looking for answers while honouring the past. It is all about the skills and...
Community Centre, Ludesch
...energy efficient building solutions. Their aim, when creating a new community centre, was to create a building that was an ecological prototype, one that was cost effective and that involved the people of the community in the development process. Therefore,...
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...
Student Housing, Rosenheim
...built as prefabricated timber modules in the factory and then assembled on site. This design also makes it possible to minimise the number of working days on site and the associated weather dependency. The existing local system feeds low-temperature floor...
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...
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...
Hauser, Hohentannen
...involved in what the client wants – they curate their wishes for years, we look and filter what can be realised.« Andreas Ströhle MSc The building plot is located on the western edge of a settlement and is bordered by...
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...
Sutterlüty, Hohenems
...summer months. At peak periods for cooling and dehumidification, it is possible to switch the heat pump unit over into a cooling mode, to dehumidify incoming air and keep the building at the desired temperature. The hydraulic system was optimised...
Brock Commons Tallwood House, Vancouver
...in the world when complete, standing at 53 meters high. For the university it is their eighth large scale timber construction, and for the timber industry of the region this type of production brings a boost of new innovation. Architekten...
Haus mitanand - Ellenbogen, Bezau
...continuation of the central corridor typography, which means that the ground floor and first floor of the existing, and new building, are on the same levels. On the second floor, or the attic, there are a few steps between the...
Hotel Schwanen, Bizau
Renovations that increase a hotels appeal and suitability to the surroundings. The Hotel Schwanen was originally a traditional country inn, a lengthways building with integrated agricultural parts. This was completely remodelled in the 60s. What was left of the old...
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...
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...
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...
Kaeser Ladepark, Coburg
The charging park is a counter-design to the insincerity of globalised petrol station concepts in order to meet the need for “fuel” at a local level in a holistic new way. Architecture and open space design go hand in hand...
Sutterlüty, Frastanz
Simple and dense At the border between the commercial areas and residential quarters of the market town of Frastanz, the restrained volume marks the intersection of two heavily frequented main traffic arteries. The customers of the regional local supplier enter...
Propstei St. Gerold - main building renovation, St. Gerold
...following eras with buildings in the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Classicist styles to create a multi-layered complex. In 1958, the monastery was rededicated as a place of encounter and education, which is constantly being further developed through careful renovation and...
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...