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
...which means that the amount 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...
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...
Haggen - residential area, St. Gallen
analysis The neighboring development of the area has a strong differentiation and ranges from small single-family homes to large blocks of flats. Due to the sloping terrain of the property towards the north, a topographical height development results which generates...
City of Wood, Bad Aibling
...green surroundings. The top floor offers a higher residential value due to its expansive sun terrace. The floor plans are optimised for function and cost. The exterior wall system is modular and consists of three levels; a statically relevant support...
High-rise residential building in timber - Grieser Auen, Bozen
...on an extensive green zone, which provides space for the playground of the nearby kindergarten and a football pitch. Shady plant islands are laid out on the invitingly designed forecourt, to which the two-storey arcades orient themselves, which enclose the...
Zerlauth, Frastanz
...on the urban periphery, densely surrounded by other structures. The view to the west extends to the Swiss Alps. Access to the house is from the east side, which is the highest point on the site and where one enters...
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...
BSBZ - Landwirtschaftsschulen Vorarlberg, Hohenems
...room, which is open to all students, is also located along this access door, in the centre of the school. These common areas are preceded by terraces and balconies, which also serve as constructive sun and weather protection to the...
Wilbinger, Bezau
...of the two apartments are right next to each other. If, at a later date, it is decided to combine both apartments to a large housing unit, the partition can be relatively easily removed. The stairs lead up directly into...
Beck/Faigle, Hard
...so that it forms a courtyard together with the existing building. The house opens to the garden and to an old apple tree, which is included in the green living environment. The house highlights the courtyard formation by bringing the...
Kaufmann, Reuthe
...shutter system, with which the house can be completely closed. These are made of horizontal wooden slats, which mean the house is always very well exposed even when the shutters are closed. It was the objective to design a particularly...
Heldenstraße, Feldkirch-Altenstadt
...and short construction phases. The pilot planning of the project offers 17 apartments between 50 and 90 square meters, which were put together in a compact unit at the foot of the Ardetzenberg. The structure is set to the northern...
Hotel Hubertus, Balderschwang
Simplification and modernisation of a hotel complex Balderschwang, Germany’s highest located, independent municipality is home to Hotel Hubertus, which sits in a landscape of forests and meadows. The Hubertus is a basic structure of connected individual houses which has undergone...
Interpark Focus - Impulszentrum, Röthis
...realised in three-formed, pre-cast, reinforced concrete segments, which support the reinforced concrete ceilings with a few steel supports, and which guarantee a free disposition of the floor plan and a high flexibility in its utilisation. Due to the fact that...
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...
House of Sustainability, Ruggel
...directly into a large foyer which accommodates the exhibition. Immediately at the entrance are also the shared toilet facilities and the changing rooms. It is also possible to separate the foyer from the porch via a mobile glass partition. Separate...
Agricultural school, Salzkammergut
...demolition of the east wing, from 1954, necessary. After examination we have concluded that due to the structure and the altitude to the main building, and the low basement height, integration can be realised with conversion and restoration measures, which...
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...
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...
Sohm Timber Construction, Alberschwende
Innovative approaches to traditional solid timber construction creates a whole new perspective. The innovative timber company Sohm, in Alberschwende in Bregenzerwald had the opportunity to expand onto newly purchased land. The steep, sloping land allowed for the integration of storage...
Hotel Bellevue, Les Houches
...to create a fully functioning modern hotel, but nothing could change with regards to its size or appearance. The shell limited the scope, so it was important to bring as rational, and as economical, a solution to life inside the...
Herbert von Pichler Straße phase 2, Jenbach
A multi-storey timber residential complex of 67 apartments, which meets Passive House standards. Multi-storey residential timber construction is increasingly being seen in rental housing as an alternative to conventional methods. It is hoped that in addition to the verifiable reduction...
Glas Marte – Cutting Factory Hall, Bregenz
...sophisticated system. Due to the prefabricated facade system used, the back of the hall was dismantled and extended, which increased the hall to approximately three times the area in 1995, which includes the loading hall, additional storage and production areas....
Foot and Cycle Bridge, Zwischenwasser
...found in the old bridge, which represented a pragmatic and unspectacular solution, were taken up for the new plans and developed further as the essential guidelines. The river bed is bridged by a construction which seems to emerge from the...
Conservation Centre, Fußach
...research, administrative and public outreach work. Due to the flood levels in the area, the house stands on stilts, which has already proven very successful this summer. On these short stilts a timber construction is set, which consists mainly of...
Recycling Centre Hofsteig, Lauterach
...plant and an organic waste centre. This integration was accomplished by the continuation of the existing timber facade of the power plant, which further enhances the overall impression. The entire area is accessible to customers via a driveway, which then...
Education Centre St. Arbogast, Götzis
...example” of contemporary architecture emerges, following ecological principles without force or artificial high-tech. The church was demolished, its old farm building have been replaced with this considerable new building, which towers high above the sloping side of the valley. A...
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...
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...
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...
Messehallen 9-12, Dornbirn
The halls are designed as dark spaces to best meet today’s requirements for exhibition and event operation. The interior should take a backseat to the individually designed and illuminated stands. The annular outer wall is completely smooth and without a...
Catholic Centre of Excellence, Salzburg-Herrnau
...car park. The two buildings form a concisely articulated gate to the monastery wall in order to illustrate their function as social contact points and to show the character of the parish garden as a generally accessible green space. The...
Zünd assembly and logistics hall, Altstätten
...structure emerged, which can be extended towards Industriestraße at a later date if required. Three central courtyards, which are located directly on the west side in the first phase of construction, are intended as open galleries that guide daylight into...
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,...
High-rise timber house - Queckareal, Tübingen
The tall wood house Gartenstrasse leads from the medieval core of the southern German university town of Tübingen along the Neckar to the east to the mouth of the Ammer. There, on the site of the former Queck cement factory,...
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...
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....
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Spa, Hirschegg
...complex. With the construction of the reception pavilion, the building was functionally and spatially linked to the main building. The existing building is now being extended and integrated into the high-quality design concept of the entire ensemble through a thermal...
Naturhotel Chesa Valisa - Lounge/Reception, Hirschegg
...light-flooded lobby to the reception desk. This lounge area can be divided into different zones by folding elements and is connected to the sun terrace and the gardens by floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors. A wide ribbon of windows in the...
Biomass heating plant expansion, Lech
...of local spruce. Due to the very short construction time of 6 months, the construction had to have a high degree of prefabrication. This was achieved with the help of prefabricated wall elements which had to be arranged on site....
Gymnastics and Celebration Hall, Muntlix
The old schoolhouse in Muntlix was originally built in the 1960’s. The town took the opportunity to give the village, scattered over large area, an attractive centre suitable for varied purposes and celebrations. From the front, the hall is in...
Bridge, Wetzlar
...2012, which is important for the region, the bridge system connects the event locations and has to offer an accessible route. Accessibility had to be central to the design of the bridges, with clear passage widths from 2.50 m to...
Sportplatzweg, Schwarzach
...with 45 cm thermal insulation. This creates a bright, open, transparent office space on the ground floor and generous apartment with a wide terrace on the upper floor, which is accessed by a timber, external staircase, which is protected by...
Transfer Living Vorarlberg Hartmanngasse, Rankweil
...located conveniently at the confluence of a narrow access lane and the feeder route to the centre. Two restrained constructions follow the grain of the environment and create a total of eleven residential units. The volumes are perpendicular to each...
Nürnbergkareal phase 1, Absam
...accessible to offer the possibly of assisted living. To the south of the building, a striking unit connects to the parking level, which contains 18 condominiums over four floors. In front of it are eight precisely executed terraced houses with...
A Senior Oasis, Weißenhorn
...and comprise of a total of four individually designed apartments with spacious private outdoor areas, which are designed either as terraces or covered loggias. Floor-deep glass surfaces open the living spaces to the garden and create a natural permeability between...
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...
Steurer Installationen, Andelsbuch
...The materialisation with untreated timber refers to the building tradition of the Bregenzerwald. The awning-less building is designed to weather evenly. The necessary openings are minimised and combined in larger elements to highlight the industrial character of the building. Two...
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...
Wildpark, Pforzheim
...contrary to the need for a ‘welcome point’, did not meet requirements. The result was the decision to situate the new building out of the forest as a powerful gesture, directly on the road. Based on a slightly adapted gastronomic...
Indoor swimming pool, Bregenz
...from the newly designed pool landscape over the natural garden to the lake on the horizon. Through the changing areas they reach the highest level of the swimming pool, which cascades down to the children’s zone. Wide steps along the...
New thermal baths, Obersdorf
...The urban planning concept of the project allows one to look beyond the boundaries of the site, to create a meaningful relationship to the high-quality open spaces of the existing situation. This defines a generous contiguous green space that can...
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...
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,...
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...
Jagdbergstraße, Schnifis
...village centre to the outskirts of the village. The differentiated composition of the two structures reacts to this specific situation. The eastern building is placed directly on the Jagdbergstraße. As the street grows denser in its approaches to the village...
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...
Isar-Würm-Lech GmbH, Landsberg am Lech
...overall development. »During the planning and implementation process, special attention was paid to resource-saving. All innovative components, building materials, construction methods and technical building equipment had to meet the criteria of sustainability and resource conservation. To achieve this goal an...
Elma Alp, Mellau
...dovetails. The dovetail joints allow for the beams to interlock without gaps. Consequently, the end grain is not exposed to weathering. Spotless surfaces were not a priority; therefore no varnish, coating or tiling is used. From the ridge-beam to the...
Allmeinteilweg - BA 5, Ludesch
...mounted on the facade of the south wing. The challenging shape of the plot is optimally used to maximise green spaces. The staircase units come with structural shafts which can later be used to install elevators when additional funding becomes...
Unterfeldstraße, Ludesch
...it is possible to expand the facility by two more buildings to the north. The meticulous material and design choices enable a high quality of detail, giving the building an elegant appearance, which the client hopes will empower the tenants....
Sutterlüty City-Park, Dornbirn
...possible due to the static planning carried out at the time of construction, allowing for the new 21 residential and 2 office units to be built in this prime location. In order to create well-lit and high-quality living space the...
Changing Room - Pavilion, Lahti
...designed one timber building for the park. »Winner of the Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010.« Wood in Culture Association Screws were used to put together the walls of the changing room from pillars bundled together in the shape...
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...
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...
Primary School, Schnepfau
Building, upgrading, elaborating on the region’s modern architecture of the 1960s. Together with the church and the municipal office, this building, from 1968 forms a trio which defines the centre of this town in Bregenzerwald. Designed by Jakob Albrecht, the...
Herbert von Pichler Straße phase 1, Jenbach
Multi-storey residential complex with 67 apartments in timber construction and Passive House standard. In the first phase 42 units will be built forming a courtyard, from which all apartments are developed and which is designed to be children’s play area...
Primary & Elementary School, Schwarzach
A vibrant, efficient and sympathetic expansion of a popular community school. The existing primary and elementary school, which are located behind the church, can be reached via paths on both sides of the church. By raising the entrance area,...
Scout Centre, Wolfurt
...toilet facilities and two group rooms. On the ground floor are also two group rooms, storage rooms, toilet facilities (accessible from outside for scout camp), and a small covered outdoor space. The demands on the planning were that the design...
Burger, Wolfurt
...building system that consists of a catalogue of details and configurations, with which houses can be designed individually. The design process is still necessary, since there are no model houses, but each building is developed according to the requirements of...
Local History Museum, Alberschwende
...details of the new intervention and rough surfaces of the existing structure which bear testimony to the craft tradition and harsh living conditions of the past. Two large skylights and a wide footbridge highlight the new use that the building....
Kaufmann Holz AG – Beam Assembly Hall, Reuthe
...are emphasised with vertical timber shuttering that sits between horizontal form-work of the walls. Thanks to the Parallam truss technology, massive BSH binders (which reach more than 2.5 meters in height and obstructed the flow of light) could be avoided....
Kopf, Au
...houses, and is an advocate of glue-less solid timber construction. His family home, which is integrated into a hillside and houses an office in the basement, is a prototype of the then newly developed solid timber construction method with diagonally...
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...
IZM Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, Vandans
...present draft is the use of timber in the structure. This requires compensatory measures to meet the fire protection requirements, which, according to the current state of standardisation, lead to a higher level of fire protection than conventional buildings. The...
Outer Lakeside City, Bregenz
...is reduced in order to make the building’s tower appear leaner, and to emphasise the height. The main development is accessible via the station square, while the first floor is also connected to the new ramp. Beneath the new ram...
Stubenbach, Lech
...district Stubenbach 18 housing units, with two to four rooms are built. In order to record the grain of the surrounding area, and to ensure optimal lighting, the volume was divided into three parallel, analogue-sized building structures. These are connected...
Münchner Str. Hausner Grenzweg, Munich
Living at the edge of the big city. The town of Kirchheim is conveniently located close to Munich. Over the past decades, a small-scale development of single-family and terraced houses has grown around the town centre. On its north western...
Reifen Forster, Lauterach
...to which the very narrow sub-beams, which are only 6 cm wide, are attached. These secondary beams lie directly on supports in the side facade area. The windbreak of this wall is accomplished with acrylic glass plates clamped in the...
Interpark Focus - Jura, Röthis
...the new building is formally divided into three-storeys with connecting glass corridors, and a six-storey tower on the ground floor of which there is a restaurant. The three-layer reinforced concrete prefabricated elements, that characteristically appear on the facades, together with...
Unterholzer/Pichler, Bregenz
...Carefully designed floor plans allow you to separate the house into distinct levels. On the ground floor, the living rooms and the master bedroom open up to the sunny pool, a bright access room leads to the upper floor, which...
Inatura Museum, Dornbirn
...to bring the visitor back to the basement of the turnery. The connection to emergency exit stairs is accomplished via bridges. In front of the turning shop is the central wood-chip plant, which also supplies heating to surrounding urban buildings....
Waste material collection centre Vorderland, Sulz
...The green section is executed in a concrete rib construction closed to the highway. ~ Traffic The entire development of the area is via the entrance to the southwest. From here, the customer can either approach the green area or...
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...
Olpererhütte, Zillertaler Alpen
...basement is avoided due to the circumstances. The storage rooms are developed on the north side, where there is also space for helicopter delivery and possibly a cable pulley station for materials, which is directly connected to the kitchen. This...
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, 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...
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...
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 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
...highly thermally insulated outer shell. The element construction method makes it possible to ideally use a large number of Egger products. In addition, the interior offers different applications for the products from Egger. The outward appearance of the hotel is...
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...
Student Housing, Rosenheim
...needs to be promoted and therefore they are grouped together in clusters, whose common areas open up to the inner green zone and are accessed by arcades. In order to ensure high quality standards for the student rooms, they are...
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
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,...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...styles and also differentiated designs, while maintaining its materiality. Very sensitively and skilfully, every building responds in each case to its environment and its peculiarities. Due to the relatively high number of building structures (compared to the project), they inevitably...
Awarded 1st place for the new Zünd Systemtechnik project in Altstätten
...a change is made from a timber-concrete composite to a multilayer laminate timber panel, which must also be formed into a pane. The structure itself does not alter due to the impact reduction. The horizontal impacts are directed over the...
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...
Breaking Ground at Illwerke Center Montafon
...with a generous roof and a compact delivery and parking zone, which is protected by the existing buildings. The decision to extend into the lake was a practical one. Firstly, because the length of the building structure was not possible...
Herman Kaufmann Awarded the IWL Landsberg Project.
...IWL will signify resource-saving and the power of extraordinary designs in timber. It highlights the effect on quality of room design and atmosphere this material has. A largely natural wood application is proposed, which also takes into account the weathering...
Schmuttertal Gymnasium Diedorf wins the DGNB award Building Sustainable 2016
...reasons. Due to precision planning of the timber construction, the manufacturing was more efficient, resulting in a very short construction time. The wood construction uses renewable building materials, which requires just a little “grey energy” and enables a higher CO2...
School nominated for prestigious sustainable building award in Germany
...more efficient, resulting in a very short construction time. The wood construction uses renewable building materials, which requires just a little “grey energy” and enables a higher CO2 balance, and the wood-concrete ceilings reduce fluctuations in temperature. The use of...
Exhibition Berlin Bauen mit Holz – Wege in die Zukunft (building with wood – ways into the future)
...modern manufacturing methods, open up timber construction to completely new forms of design. The exhibition shows sensational wooden architecture from all over the world, which until recently would have been inconceivable. It gives clear answers to urgent questions surrounding climate...
Illwerke Center Montafon is the klimaaktiv "Property of the Month”
...to the klimaaktiv building standard already fulfil the requirements of the Directive 2010/31 / EU of the European Union, which will apply from 2021, according to which residential and non-residential buildings must be implemented as Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)....
Hermann Kaufmann Wins Contract for Illwerke Centre Montafon
...an undisturbed “presence”, with a generous roof and a compact delivery and parking zone, which is protected by the existing buildings. The decision to extend into the lake was a practical one. Firstly, because the length of the building structure...
The Gipfelrestaurant Nebelhorn wins a prestigious Baupreis Allgäu 2018
...which were completed between 2013 and 2017, applied for the construction prize. The seven-member jury selected five awards, five recognition prizes and 27 buildings they deemed worthy of showcasing, which are now being presented to the public in an exhibition....
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
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
...some 40 to 50 architects who all pull together for the region, says Hermann Kaufmann. Their common language is simple and clear. Beauty of Wood When Achleitner closed his presentation of the award, he pointed out to the gathered crowd...
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
...close attention to resource efficiency when calculating the project, just as, Wohnbauselbsthilfe and Hermann Kaufmann + Partners paid attention to sustainability at all levels during the development.” Examples of this are the subsoil, which is particularly rich in gravel, will...
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 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...
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....
Office Profile
...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...
40th Anniversary
...very beginning of my studies. Then I met my mentor Professor Ernst Hiesmayr at the university in Vienna. He wasn’t a wood specialist, but he was very interested in this subject. He took me into his office, which meant that...
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