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...
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...
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...
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...
"Haus Mitanand", Bezau is nominated for a Constructive Alps 2020 award
The international prize for sustainable renovation and building in the Alps “Constructive Alps” spans international borders. The awards are part of the larger Alpine Convention and aims to offer ‘food for thought’ about alpine life and living. Switzerland and Liechtenstein...
Timber Construction Day 2019: Lecture in Oslo
This year’s Timber Construction Day will be held on September 4 at DOGA in Oslo. It is an arena which brings together the latest from the world of timber architecture including technical innovative solutions, modern use of timber and award-winning...
Opening of a new exhibition: Architecture in the Allgäu 2006-2015
...public spaces, and facilities for tourism and leisure, which were selected by a panel of experts. New buildings as well as conversions projects, which originated from civic initiatives, show interesting examples of the current building culture in the region. The...
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....
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...
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)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...the belief in a better future“ – Francis Kérè Hermann Kaufmann is known for his significant contributions to the development and promotion of timber architecture. He and his team have been working closely together for several months to make real...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
The Timber Construction Atlas adds Berlin-Brandenburg to its map
...aim of the Berlin Senate is to become resource-saving and climate-neutral by 2050. Urban timber construction can make an important contribution to reducing the high environmental pollution caused by the construction industry and have a positive effect on the urban...
Ground-breaking ceremony for the residential complex in Schnifis
Opposite the cable car station in Schnifis, 15 residential units will be built, grouped together in two three-storey buildings. The two buildings contain 15 residential units, which are designed as 2-, 3- and 4-room apartments with between 48 and 92...
8th International Forum on Timber Construction in Dijon France
...13 timber high-rise projects to be presented at the launch event in Dijon. Dijon is considered a pioneer of the new urban energy concepts under the collective term Smart City, which, in combination with urban timber construction, represents a sustainable...
Lectures in Ulm on contemporary timber architecture
...building system, called the LCT (LifeCycle Tower). The second is on the design of the Högl winery. This is an unmistakable, unpretentious and quietly confident project that is proudly settled into the Wachau landscape. The architects Ludescher & Lutz have...
The environmental education centre, Britzer Garten, is complete
...works with an air heat pump and the extensive green roofs help to improve the overall sustainability of the building. The environmental education centre was finished very quickly due to the prefabrication of the main elements. The office for landscape...
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...
Schmuttertal Secondary School wins German Wood Construction Award 2017
...jury evaluated more than 200 works, ranging from ambitious new buildings, to innovative renovations, to pioneering developments in product development. Owners, architects, structural engineers, and wood construction companies were honoured for their excellent contributions to timber construction. This year, four...
German Architecture Award 2017 for Schmuttertal Secondary School
...second year, to outstanding architectural achievements. The jury had to select the winner from 160 superb submissions. The Schmuttertal Secondary School Diedorf, which was built by order of the Augsburg district, is constructed as a resource-conserving, plus-energy house, in a...
Housing complex Unterstein receives Energy Globe Vorarlberg Award 2017
...optimised energy efficiency, and high-quality ecological construction can be implemented at affordable, local rates. A building that generates more clean energy than it needs to operate is an important step in the right direction, according to this year’s award’s jury....
Unterstein Langenegg receives the Klima:aktiv award
...implementation. In addition to the categories ‘planning and completion’ and ‘klima-aktiv building and renovation’ there is the new klima-aktiv category called ‘building utilisation’, which is designed to promotes a realistic energy demand calculation and the optimisation during operation. In this...
Hermann Kaufmann Wins the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007
...committee of the Global Award. It was designed to gather together, and connect, public and private stakeholders who believe that sustainable housing offers immediate opportunities to contribute to the common good and to stimulate the international debate around sustainable architecture....
The Community Centre in Ludesch Receives the Balthasar Neumann Prize
The Balthasar-Neumann-Prize is dedicated to celebrating exemplary cooperation between architects and engineers. The prize, which has been awarded jointly by db (deutsche bauzeitung) and the Federation of German Architects and Engineers (BDB) since 1994, is for 10,000 euros. A total...
Sohm Holzbau Receives Price the State Prize for Architecture Industry and Trade
...and is intended as a positive incentive for other companies, according to Mitterlehner. Due to the rapid growth of industrial and commercial areas, their sustainable architectural design is more important than ever before. Jury’s statement for the category ‘Small and...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower Receives the KYOCERA Environmental Prize 2014
...Commerce Austria (WKO) was awarded on January 30th to a collection of prestigious winners. The KYOCERA environmental prize is a total of EUR 100,000. More than 90 companies, organisations and authorities applied, submitting their sustainable, and innovation technological projects, in...
Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis 2015: Three prizes and three awards
...submitted, from which the jury selected 18 awards in addition to the 13 recognised prize winners, in a total of eleven categories. Architekten Herman Kaufmann is very proud to announce that we received 6 awards. Krumbach Dorf – Multiple occupancy...
Nürnbergkareal Bauabschnitt 1, Absam receives klimaaktiv GOLD award
At the klimaaktiv award ceremony, Federal Minister Andrä Rupprechter celebrated 41 Tirolean buildings, which not only showed energy efficiency, but also the highest quality in terms of planning and construction, building materials, comfort and indoor air quality. 18 of them...
Ground-breaking ceremony for residential complex in Feldkirch, Heldenstraße
...to build three-storey houses that can be built in modular construction, which ensures reduced planning costs, easier structures and faster implementation. Certain compromises in quality – like accessibility only on the ground floor and the abstinence of basement, underground parking...
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...
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...
We received the Austrian Green Planet Building® Award for the Brock Commons Tallwood House in Canada!
...in a high-rise building and the resource-efficient construction thanks to prefabricated parts. [AGPB, November 2022] We are delighted to receive this award and would like to thank Acton Ostry Architects for the great cooperation. Congratulations to the entire project team!...
New Caritas headquarters build begins in Salzburg
...subsidised apartments will be built. In addition to administration departments, the new Caritas headquarters will also include social counselling and a new Carla second-hand shop. The construction is scheduled to be completed in March 2019. In the new Caritas headquarters,...
The Swimming Pool in Mittelberg is Awards 1st Prize
...facing towards Liegewiese, so the terraces have a very direct and uninterrupted connection to the sunbathing areas. From the car park it is also possible to reach the entrance area via an open ramp system. The project is one of...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower is Awarded a Nomination of the State Prize
...which also has a positive effect on the energy balance due to a lower traffic volume. “The LifeCycle Tower is pioneering work in sustainability for all partners involved in the project,” says Michael Zangerl, Project Manager LifeCycle Tower. “The nomination...
Hermann Kaufmann erhält den Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010
...and a delicate understanding for the material as well as its concrete, tangible appearance, which can only arise in a seamless collaboration between the architect and the construction worker. Thanks to his pronounced social conscience and his ambitious work, he...
International Architecture Project BUS: STOP KRUMBACH launches.
...attracts over 30,000 tourists every year. New architecture in Vorarlberg continues to celebrate and utilise the craftsmanship that has shaped this region for centuries. International expertise will meet regional competence with the project BUS: STOP Krumbach, which has launched in...
Fernpassstraße receives recognition from the Prize for Quality in Housing 2015
...in Apartment Construction’. With over 30 high-quality projects entering the awards, we wanted to celebrate the diversity of the projects”, said Andreas Eisele, President of BFW Bayern. “Now in their second year, we have started to build a strong future...
Special award for our project B&O wooden multi storey car park, Bad Aibling
...of design in timber construction. [Holzbaupreis Bayern, April 2023] We are very pleased to receive the special award and would like to thank everyone involved for their great collaboration. Other parties involved: Structural engineering merz kley partner ZT GmbH, Donbirn...
Insight into the exciting YKK project in Japan - exclusive interview with the project team
...is part of a “Passive Town” – a lighthouse project with “Power to Gas” system. We are trying to translate our experience and know-how from timber construction to the project in Japan, which is compatible with the local conditions (earthquake,...
Ceremonial Opening of the "Kindertagesstätte Auenland" Daycare Center in Reichelsheim
...which are specifically tailored to the needs of the youngest members of our society. The “Auenland” nursery will make a valuable contribution to early childhood education and care in the Reichelsheim region and offers children a safe place to play...