Hermann Kaufmann Wins the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007
...and craftsmen. He was declared a creative personality, a person who is tirelessly committed to sustainability, taking into account the social, ethical, economic and political development. With the “Global Award for Sustainable Architecture”, each winner is given the chance to...
Insight into the exciting YKK project in Japan - exclusive interview with the project team
...our own position. As the planning architects for YKK, what is your role in the project? HK: As the planning architects we are responsible for the design, construction, and materialisation. The plans are drawn in Japan based on our designs....
IZM - Illwerke Zentrum Montafon nominated for State Prize for Architecture and Sustainability 2014
“The interplay between innovative and energy-efficient solutions with the highest architectural quality makes this an important contribution to a liveable Austria. All the award winners demonstrated that sophisticated architecture, resource-saving construction, energy efficiency and a style of architecture that is...
Awarded 1st place for the new Zรผnd Systemtechnik project in Altstรคtten
...new assembly and logistics hall (building 6) became inevitable. The company Zünd Immobilien AG (ZIM) held a competition for six architectural teams to the design the new building. The aim of the competition was not to just create a competition...
Mรผhlweg Vienna Receives Best Architect Award
...construction material are simply not known. A political decision by the City of Vienna to reorganise timber construction by creating an amendment to the Vienna Building Act 2001, to classify wood according to the state of the art has been...
Ground breaking ceremony for ASZ Vorderland
...Zwischenwasser) will work together to build an ASZ is a first in Vorarlberg. Through the planned cooperation with the recycling and waste management centre in Feldkirch, existing experiences and synergies will be utilised. »The construction of the ASZ Vorderland has...
"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...
Building work begins at SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
...through to delivery. Especially designed for the visitors, the production is located over a bridge to the reception centre. The exhibition building will also be built in timber and timber hybrid construction and will be expanded in the future to...
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...
The Timber Construction Atlas adds Berlin-Brandenburg to its map
...climate. Brandenburg is gaining a new relevance as a resourceful area for regional and circular planning and building. The Timber Construction Atlas Berlin-Brandenburg offers a platform for the current and important topic of sustainable building. The project is based on...
We received the Austrian Green Planet Buildingยฎ 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!...
School nominated for prestigious sustainable building award in Germany
...Bavaria. The winner will be announced at the award ceremony on November 25, 2016 in Düsseldorf. The Schmuttertal Secondary School in Diedorf is nominated for multiple reasons this year. Due to precision planning of the timber construction, the manufacturing was...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower is Awarded a Nomination of the State Prize
...for the State Prize is another confirmation for us that we have achieved our goal, and have been able to develop a future-oriented system for timber construction in urban areas.” Worldwide market is the objective Today, Austria is a...
Hermann Kaufmann receives the Toni Russ Prize
Hermann Kaufmann, for who wood has been a passion since his childhood, has won the 34th Dr Toni Russ Award. Vorarlberg’s architectural scene is a worldwide sensation. It is “The ramifications and impact of this scene are vast and cannot...
Gold for Klimaaktiv flagship development Unterstein in Langenegg
Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism Elisabeth Köstinger honours 94 sustainable building projects from Tyrol and Vorarlberg. On Wednesday, April 3, Federal Minister Elisabeth Köstinger awarded sustainable construction projects and companies in Innsbruck. A total of 87 buildings from Tyrol...
Hermann Kaufmann receives Bavarian Architecture Award and State Prize for Architecture
...State Prize for Architecture” were awarded for the seventh time this year. Since 2007, the Bavarian Architecture Award has honoured personalities and works that have rendered outstanding services to architecture and building culture in Bavaria. A work awarded the Bavarian...
German Timber Construction Award 2021: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
...a prize this year. The award is given equally to builders, architects, structural engineers and timber construction companies as the authors of the winning entries. In her welcoming address at the award ceremony, State Secretary Bohle emphasised the potential of...
Baden-Wรผrttemberg Timber Construction Prize 2022 for SWG screw factory Gaisbach GmbH, Waldenburg
...development of the building sector. [Baden-Württemberg, 2022] A total of 111 works were submitted, 4 awards and 3 prizes were awarded. Praise from the jury The new construction of the production hall for an industrial company in Waldenburg...
Special award for our project B&O wooden multi storey car park, Bad Aibling
...convincing reference for the use of wood as a building material for technical infrastructure. The Bavarian Timber Construction Award “Holzbaupreis Bayern” is a joint project of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry and proHolz Bayern, which is...
Recognition for โHaus der Kinderโ at the Holzbaupreis Tirol 2015
...and construction. Architectural quality, in addition to the craftsmanship and material construction, formed the basis for selection for an award and for the formal recognitions. The kindergarten in Rum received recognition in the category mixed construction / hybrid construction. The...
Ground-breaking ceremony for the Hofsteig Recycling Centre
...extensive opening hours to offer their advice to the local community. With regard to the environment and resource management, the municipalities are setting new standards for the benefit of the future. The ASZ will start its trial operation this autumn....
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:...
Fernpassstraรe receives recognition from the Prize for Quality in Housing 2015
...for these biennial awards. We are proud to award the awards in partnership with the BFW Bayern, and we look forward to the next awards in 2017,” announced Christian Böhm, Chairman of the German Werkbund Bayern. The awards and recognitions...
Ground-breaking ceremony for residential complex in Feldkirch, Heldenstraรe
...well as a parking place. The residence is located in the immediate surroundings of the recreational area “Ardetzenberg”, and is well connected by public transport. This special program is a model for the future of housing funding. The aim is...
Lecture Detail Congress 2019
...has a future. Space, functioning infrastructure and employment make rural and suburban living attractive. In order to further strengthen the positive trends in these areas, different players and tools are needed. This is reflected in the form of new housing...
The SWG Schraubenwerk project receives an award for good building culture
...in the region, together with Hermann Kaufmann + Partner, show what is possible with hardwood. The supporting structure made of regional beech is pioneering in its dimensions and static properties and explores the use of materials to the maximum. Together...
Wood Design Special Jury Award for Brock Commons Tallwood House
Wood Design Special Jury Award for Brock Commons Tallwood House. The Brock Commons Tallwood House has been awarded the Wood Design Special Jury Award for Technical Innovation by the Canadian Wood Council. The Wood Design Award’s program is an opportunity...
Schmuttertal Gymnasium Diedorf wins the DGNB award Building Sustainable 2016
...education is carried out. The four buildings that form the school perfectly integrate into the landscape at the edge of the Augsburg Nature Park. The project shows how modular building and pre-manufacturing can be a cost-effective, sustainable, functional and beautiful....
Hermann Kaufmann Wins Contract for Illwerke Centre Montafon
...decision was made to formulate a strong and powerful structure, one that would redefine the area. This stance is not unusual in architecture in the Alpine regions and is in the tradition of structural engineering of power plant construction in...
Architekten Hermamm Kaufmann wins the tender to design for the Wildlife Park Pforzheim
...past 50 years. A competition was organised to design a new entrance area and the jury awarded the project to Architekten Hermann Kaufmann. The newly designed entrance area is now one-storey with a basement, “The selected building material is wood...
8th International Forum on Timber Construction in Dijon France
France’s construction sector is picking up again, with almost half a million homes approved in 2017 and around 420,000 building permits granted. The demand is enormous, and the trend towards timber construction goes from strength to strength. Timber construction in...
Awarded 1st place in the bid for Russareal Lochau
...are closer together. This combination is considered possible due to their design, and above all because of the materialisation in timber. The authors of the project propose a central development axis in a north-south direction, which subtly alternates because of...
Provost Residence St Gerold nominated for the Constructive Alps 2017 Award
The deanery of St Gerold, in Austria, has been nominated for year’s ‘Constructive Alps Awards’. When assessing the awards, the international jury conducts a comprehensive review of all the sustainable renovation, and new build, projects submitted. It evaluates the aesthetic...
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...
Virtual tour of the energie.campus Montafon
...to get an impression of โโthe new building during a virtual tour of the planned building. Numerous apprentices also took the opportunity to look into the future via tablets and smartphones and they are already looking forward to their new...
Blattur Gรถtzis receives the Werkbund label 2018
...for critical thinking, for innovation, for public action, social responsibility and creative quality. Founded in 1907, today it is an important driving force for positivity when it comes to future issues in architecture, urban planning, design, ecology, education and education....
Our new book is at the printers.
...pleasant atmosphere and sustainable construction in line with the corporate identity. This screw factory shows the future potential for the use of timber in industrial construction. The project is comprehensively documented in this book, from different perspectives as well as...
The Federal HolzbauPlus 2020: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk
...material. In addition, timber naturally has very good insulation values โโand therefore is highly energy efficiency. Federal Forest Minister Julia Klöckner has now honoured the winners of the competition for 2020 and emphasized: “The use of wood is active climate...
The environmental education centre, Britzer Garten, is complete
...building and the neighbouring grove. The covered exhibition area will be equipped with mobile exhibition walls and will have dual purposes, it will showcase topics on urban nature, and the area can also be used as a covered-outdoor learning zone....
Hermann Kaufmann nominated as the Austrian of the Year 2013
...if you support me. It is very simple and does not take much time. Just click on the “VOICES” link. Why I was selected you can read there. It would be nice, if you could tell your friends too! Many...
Ground-breaking ceremony for the residential complex in Schnifis
...square meters of floor space. 80 percent of the apartments are also accessible. In the outdoor area, both a playground and visitor parking are to be created. The construction period for the major project is set as 18 months. Depending...
thomaswechspreis 2018: Recognition for Schmuttertal Gymnasium
The thomaswechspreis is the regional architecture prize from the BDA Bayern, for the region of Swabia, South West Germany. In their 9th year, the awards focus was again on the work, the client and the architect. The thomaswechprise is awarded...
Ground breaking ceremony for Schmuttertal Gymnasium
...quality of energy efficiency. To achieve this ambitious goal, the project will embody the integrated approach to planning, developed from a didactic and mythological approached used by the education system. The aim is to create architectural and constructional quality by...
New building in Neubaugasse
...three buildings, on a plot of about 4,300 m2. The former Mayor Elmar Kolb was also present at the ground-breaking ceremony as a representative of the parish of Lauterach. “We are very pleased to be able to do our part...
Schmuttertal Secondary School wins German Wood Construction Award 2017
Schmuttertal Secondary School wins in the category ‘new building’, at this year’s German Wood Construction awards. Awarded on 23 May 2017 in Hanover, the Deutscher Holzbau Preis 2017 is considered the most prestigious German award for timber construction. An expert...
Hannoverhaus is the Latest Competition Win.
...The original construction required vast renovation and after weighing up a wide range of reconstruction options, a replacement construction was considered as the most sensible and economical solution. The challenge of this competition was the implementation of the special planning...
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...
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...
wienwood 15 - Holzbaupreis honours Mรผhlweg
...planners, builders and property developers, as well as timber construction companies, were entitled to submit entries. The wienwood 15 – Holzbaupreis was awarded by proHolz Austria in cooperation with the City of Vienna and the Architekturzentrum Wien. wienwood 15- Holzbaupreis...
European Architecture Award 2015: IZM โ Illwerke Zentrum Montafon receives an accolade
The European Architecture Award for Energy & Architecture took place for the 4th time this year, and the “Illwerke Zentrum Montafon” received an accolade. The new construction of the “Illwerke”, is one of the largest wooden office buildings in Central...
Hirschau-Unterdorf in Schnepfau receives the klimaaktiv Gold building standard. An award for quality and sustainability.
Multi-family house. Completed in 2020 klimaaktiv declaration: 2022 Declared according to: klimaaktiv criteria catalog 2017 – new construction klimaaktiv points: 970 out of 1000 [klimaaktiv, January 2023] klimaaktiv Building and Renovation stands for energy efficiency, ecological quality, comfort, and execution...
Bretter Renna 2023 - we celebrate the 5th place of our team
Bretter Renna 2023: Successful participation for our team On February 17th, the annual Bretter Renna took place in the beautiful ski resort Golm-Vandans. We successfully competed against numerous competitors as the fifth best team and proudly accepted the award. Not...
Iconic Award 2018: Innovative Architecture goes to Schmuttertal High School Diedorf
Visionary architecture. Innovative products. Sustainable communication. The ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Architecture honours the best of the best. The awards are the international architecture and design competition that, for the first time, focuses on the cooperation and interaction of all disciplines...
FOKUS.GESUND BAUEN goes to the Schmuttertal Secondary School
...bio-construction criteria perfectly and represents an outstanding contribution to the “healthy living”. Hermann Kaufmann ZT GmbH, Florian Nagler Architekten GmbH, ARGE “Diedorf”, Kaufmann Bausysteme GmbH, MERK Wood GmbH, Züblin Wood received the prize together as an example of outstanding team-work....
International Architecture Project BUS: STOP KRUMBACH launches.
...Commerce Vorarlberg. The invited architectural firms are: Ensamble Studio Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, Spain; Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Belgium; Rintala Eggertsson Architects, Finland / Norway; Alexander Brodsky, Russia; Wang Shu, China; Sou Fujimoto, Japan and Smiljan Radic, Chile....
German Architecture Award 2017 for Schmuttertal Secondary School
...of the Augsburg district, is constructed as a resource-conserving, plus-energy house, in a wooden skeleton construction, and has a future-oriented architectural design. The German Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt – DBU) funded the innovative school project with 1.1 million euros....
Orange Farm Kindergarten South Africa
...together” in South Africa. In the summer, 29 architecture students from the Technical University of Munich built a nursery school in Johannesburg in a township (Orange Farm), from design to execution planning to on-site, construction management and fund raising. The...
Hermann Kaufmann erhรคlt 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...
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...
Illwerke Center Montafon is the klimaaktiv "Property of the Monthโ
...value for people – in this case for the employees. The klimaaktiv building standard is a guide to guarantee energy-efficient, ecological and comfortable living and working, be it a new building or a high-quality renovation. The klimaaktiv building standard is...
Pflegeheim Jesuheim, Lochau: The "Provisorium" will move - a major challenge for everyone. More information in our Blog
Interview with Hermann Kaufmann โ about the 40th anniversary and his plan for the future.
Timber Construction Day 2019: Lecture in Oslo
...the world’s best new building”. Totan Kuzembaev is Russia’s foremost timber architect and will present projects with collaborators in the engineering firm Idea Statika. Switzerland’s LOCALARCHITECTURE recently won “The 2019 International award for wood architecture” and will, together with the...
Opening of a new exhibition: Architecture in the Allgรคu 2006-2015
The exhibition accompanies a guide of the same name, published by the Architekturforum Allgäu as the second volume on Neuer Bauen in the region by art publisher Josef Fink. Again, there are residential and commercial buildings, schools, industrial buildings, infrastructure,...
Energy-Efficient Construction: Practice Well Advanced Compared to Regulations - Appeal by Hermann Kaufmann
...heard and to drive this transition in heating practices. This would give them something tangible to hold onto, a sign that progress is indeed happening in this realm. That’s my request.” Hermann Kaufmann In an interview with varmeco Managing Director...
Univ.-Prof. DI Hermann Kaufmann emeritus
...and shaped the department for over 20 years. In addition to teaching and the TUM.wood association founded in 2013, he and his team were also responsible for relevant research projects and publications. The central topic of his work has always...
Illwerke Zentrum Montafon receives first prize at the 2015 materialPREIS
Outstanding material competence and high-quality implementation. This year the materialPREIS was awarded to architects, interior designers, planners and designers who use qualitative, innovative or visionary material in their projects. More than 200 entries competed for the first award in the...
Cluster Innovative - SWG site inspection of the production hall
Invitation to visit the new wooden production hall for free. On 24 October 2019, proHolzBW has organised a site inspection of the production hall as part of “Cluster Innovative”. If you are interested and for further information click here....
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...
Sutterlรผty Rohrbach-Dornbirn receives the Golden Mercury 2007 Prize
...zero energy concept. The jury praised above all the high regional distribution of agricultural products in the total turnover (approx. 30%), the affinity to regional structures of the farming tradition, as well as the extensive and fresh assortment of produce....
The Architekturtage Experience in 2008
...architecture. We invite you to open buildings and architecture workshops, guided tours, walks and bus tours, exhibitions, lectures, discussions, festivals, art events, a diverse program for people young and old – making architecture a memorable and fascinating experience for all!...
Housing and Care Home Development in Liefering Awarded to Hermann Kaufmann
...of attention, in order to avoid unnecessary wall formations. The required compactness was taken into account, allowing 13 or 15 residential units to be combined into one building. This meant the required apartments could be accommodated in only 5 buildings...
Fernpassstraรe Munich receives the Bavarian Energy Award 2014
...Technology, will be presenting the Bavarian Energy Prize 2014. Every two years, the Bavarian State Government presents outstanding innovations with this award for their responsible approaches to energy efficiency. Fernpassstraße Munich has won the award in the ‘Building Concept’ category....
Schmuttertal Secondary School receives Bayrischer Energiepreis 2016 (Bavarian Energy Award)
...With this award, the ministry honours outstanding innovative achievements for efficient energy production and utilisation. In addition to the main prize, the ministry awards prizes in eight additional subcategories. Award winners in the category of ‘Buildings as Energy Systems/Building Concept’...
The Gipfelrestaurant Nebelhorn wins a prestigious Baupreis Allgรคu 2018
The Gipfelrestaurant on the summit of Nebelhorn and four other outstanding buildings have been awarded the Baupreis Allgäu at a ceremony on 23 February in Kempten held by the Allgäu Architecture Forum. In total 89 architects with Allgäuer projects, which...
New book release: Atlas of multi-storey timber construction
In June, a completely new reference work on multi-storey timber constructions for architects, planners, wood specialists and building owners, was published as part of the Atlas series by the DETAIL publishing house. The publication was largely supported by proHolz Austria...
Architekten Hermann Kaufmann presents their latest book
...book “Hermann Kaufmann IZM – Illwerke Zentrum Montafon” was presented at the IZM. At the event the architecture journalist and editor Marko Sauer spoke about the special features of the building and described how this development found its creative realisation....
Exhibition Berlin Bauen mit Holz โ Wege in die Zukunft (building with wood โ ways into the future)
...timber construction are presented in large format models, plans, and photographs. A building material, which had been almost forgotten since the beginning of modern times, is beginning to re-establish itself in the current construction process and in urban renewal. For...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower Receives a Commendation Award at Constructive Alps 2013
At Constructive Alps 2013, winners from Switzerland and Liechtenstein were awarded international architecture prizes for sustainable renovation and building in the Alps. In addition to these awards, the jury also awarded seven Commendations of Excellence, including one to the the...
Experts discuss the very best Timber has to offer
Holzbau Austria and its partners host an expert debate This year sees the 6th annual “Timber Architecture Technical Discussion“, organised by The Association of Timber Construction Austria, take place on March 12th. The concept: Architects experienced in timber construction report...
Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis 2019: 1 prize and 3 recognitions
Once again the prestigious Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis awards took place, celebrating the special achievements made in timber design and building. For the thirteenth time outstanding timber were awarded across various categories. We are very happy to have received the following awards:...
Triple win at the 2017 Vorarlberg timber construction awards
The 12th Vorarlberg Holzbaupreis was awarded on June 30. This year’s awards focused on “Rethinking with Wood” and received over 140 submissions from projects across various categories. Three of our projects were honoured on the night; Schmuttertal Gymnasium: recognition, category...
IZM receives recognition at Constructive Alps 2015
...and they dared to build it in wood. The construction stands strong on the Speichersee and is an impressive structure that is both elegant and coherent. In additional to the awards the IZM will be presented to the public, together...
A new Sutterlรผty supermarket opens in Rankweil
...deep and normal cooling and air heat pump technology. By embracing new alternatives such as new cooling technology, LED lighting, photovoltaics and much more, the carbon-neutral Sutterlüty Company can again save a considerable amount of CO2 at this new location....
Smart Bauen is now published
...their experiences. Thanks to its interdisciplinary and cross-thematic approach, the book is aimed equally at architects and engineers as well as building owners and anyone interested in architecture and urban planning in the context of the energy transition. Order here...
Now available - book "SCHRAUBENWERK MIT HOLZ โ Pushing the Limits of Hardwood"
...is a pioneering building that combines efficient floor plans, a pleasant atmosphere and sustainable construction in line with corporate identity. In this book the project is comprehensively documented from different perspectives, including in-depth technical and professional prospective and insights. Order...
The Vorland recycling centre is now open
...use. The ASZ Vorderland is open to all residents of the municipalities of Fraxern, Klaus, Koblach, Laterns, Meiningen, Rankweil, Röthis, Sulz, Übersaxen, Viktorsberg, Weiler, Zwischenwasser and the city of Feldkirch. Saturday March 7, 2020 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Industriestrasse...
SWG production plant: Start of pre-production of the timber structure
SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH is a leading manufacturer of screws for the construction industry based in Waldenburg. The joinery work on the new production facility has begun. The carpentry firm Schlosser is currently running the pre-production of up to 80...
The new gastronomy centre at Uferpark รberlingen has been awarded to Hermann Kaufmann + Partners
...complex and unique gastronomic commission. The commissioning was prepared and carried out by landscape architects and the gastronomy consultant Ingo Wessel (hospitality development) and was commissioned by the city of Überlingen. A total of three firms where asked to submit...
Lecture series "Visions of Sustainable Construction"
The Freiburg Chamber of Architects and the city’s Department of Environmental Protection again present three perspectives that take up these questions and pursue them: The Evolution of Systematic Timber Construction Speaker: Christoph Dünser, Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH, Schwarzach...
Symposium: Circular Economy in Construction
...may be the idea of an infinite circulation of materials. The symposium is a contribution to sustainable construction, and informs about topics such as Aktivhaus and R-Beton. As part of this symposium, DI Christoph Dünser delivers a lecture entitled “Exemplary...
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,...
Austrian brick and roof award 15/16: Wagner GmbH receives a recognition
...of Austrian brick architecture were awarded with the Austrian brick and roof award 15/16. Based on 79 entries, the expert jury chose five winners and awarded four recognition prize. The project extension for the company Wagner received a recognition prize....
October 13 sees the start of operations at the Altstoffsammelzentrum in Hofsteig
On October 13, the new Altstoffsammelzentrum (ASZ) in Hofsteig starts its trial operations, after only seven month of construction. 45 types of waste can be delivered to a single location, during customer-friendly opening times. For the residence of the four...
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....
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...
The Olpererhรผtte Ginzling receives the Best Architects Award 2009
...the award. This year’s jury found it particularly difficult to select the best of the best. A total of 49 projects received formal recognition, seven of them receiving the “best architects 09” award in gold for their exceptional high quality....
The most beautiful books in Austria 2008: Hermann Kaufmann Woodworks
...Schmied, and the President of the Austrian Book Trade Association, Alexander Potyka, will be at the Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna on 4 March 2009. For the first time, the winners of the state award will be announced at this event....
Herman Kaufmann Awarded the IWL Landsberg Project.
...between the flow of goods and the flow of people. The main idea for the final area is the creation of a spacious multi-functional ‘village square’. This area serves as a large meeting and socialising zone, which can accommodate various...
Winner of the Schmiedberger Boutique Hotel
...the location allows. Guests can reach the central reception area via an attractive lobby. There is a direct connection from the reception area to the spacious outdoor terrace over the lounge, as well as to the breakfast room and the...
LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower receives the Schweighofer Innovation Award 2013
The SCHWEIGHOFER PRIZE 2013 was awarded for outstanding performance in the development and implementation of LCT ONE – LifeCycle Tower. The SCHWEIGHOFER PRIZE has been awarded, every two years, by the Austrian wood industry family Schweighofer since 2003. It awards...
Fernpassstraรe Munich Receives Recognition at the German Building Award 2013.
The Deutsche Städtetag DST, the GdW Federal Association of German Housing and Real Estate Companies, and the German Association of Architects BDA have launched the ‘German Bauharrn Award 2013/14’. The awards for modernisation and new construction, have been celebrating exemplary...
The LCT ONE - LifeCycle Tower receives the Balthasar Neumann Prize 2014
...those it identifies as delivering outstanding technical and design qualities due to this cooperation. This cooperation does not only refer to cooperative partnerships between architects and structural engineers, but also to the cooperation of architects and engineers from various disciplines....
The Bezau Security Services Centre is Officially Open
On Sunday, June 22, the new centre for the fire brigade, police, mountain rescue, and water rescue in Bezau was officially opened. ...
Fernpassstrasse in Munich wins the 2014 Bayern Holzbaupreis
...for the energetic modernisation, and the increased simplicity of the apartments, resulted in exemplary architecture. The significant increase in quality for the apartments, and the rise in occupation numbers, represents a successful response to the current issues in growing cities....
Ceremonial inauguration of the Schmuttertal High School in Diedorf
...aspects in the design. In Diedorf, this was achieved through the use of optimised timber construction solutions and compliance with a defined energy specification. As a result, the plus-energy standard in timber construction, and the development of new solutions for...
Gault&Millau award: The Organic Hotel Schwanen in Bregenzerwald was awarded as "The Hotel Of The Year 2023". Congratulations to the family business!
...Reduktion aufs Wesentliche. Am Herd stand lange Antonia Moosbrugger Seite an Seite mit Franziska Hiller. Gemeinsam praฬgten sie die Kuฬche des Schwanen und den Begriff der „wilden Weiber“ – mit dabei auch die Ideen der Mystikerin Hildegard von Bingen. Antonia...
Gault&Millau award - Naturhotel Chesa Valisa in Hirschegg was awarded as "The Hotel Discovery Of The Year 2023" Congratulations to the 14th generation!
article only in German available! Die Keimzelle des Chesa Valisa, das Stammhaus, ist ein halbes Jahrtausend alt. Das ist eine ziemliche Ansage, wenn es darum geht, auf Tradition zurückzublicken. Wir waren aber so begeistert vom Chesa Valisa, dass wir den...
IZM, Illwerke Zentrum Montafon, receives the Hypo-Bauherrenpreis 2015
...buildings, make important contributions to the building culture of the state. Every five years, the Vorarlberger-Hypo Bauherrenpreis is awarded. The focus is on the combined commitment and expertise of builders and architects, making good, sound construction and great architecture possible....
Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis 2015: Three prizes and three awards
Austria’s oldest timber construction prize, ‘Vorarlberg Holzbaupreis’, took place last night. In its 11th year, the event was held in Poolba, Feldkirch and it saw the greatest architects and builders come together to celebrate excellence. Over 130 objects had been...
We speak in Oslo at the Norwegian Conference of Wood Architecture 2017
DI Christoph Dünser, from Architeken Hermann Kaufman. will give a lecture on November 15 at the Norwegian Conference of Wood 2017 entitled “Wood based construction systems in bigger houses”....
Hermann Kaufmann receives three Vorarlberg Timber Construction Awards
...an extremely high standard.” In the “Public Building” category the project “Bushaltestelle Krumbach” was also a winner. The jury said: “The combination of spruce wood and laminated timber transforms this bus stop into a convincing and beautiful piece of furniture.”...
Hermann Kaufmann takes part in leading TV-documentary from arte. He explains the role in sustainability of wood and timber architecture. Our recommendation "A New World" - now on arte
Watch the documentary: “A New World” – arte Online: 08/11/2022 – 08/07/2023 In 6 languages available...
We congratulate Altelier Andrea Gassner on the award - book among the 15 most beautiful books in Austria 2021
DAM Exhibition - Nice out here, from 27th March - 27th November 2022 in Neu-Anspach
Education Centre St. Arbogast in Gรถtzis receives a pleasant makeover after more than 30 years
Let the construction begin - RathausQuartier, Hohenems
Detail: The world'sย largestย roof structure made from Baubuche laminate
VKW Betriebsstelle, Lindenberg
Mayer, Weiler
Bรคuerliches Schul- und Bildungszentrum, Hohenems
Katholisches Kompetenzzentrum, Salzburg-Herrnau
Sutterlรผty, Landammanngasse โ Rankweil: Erecting the building has begun
Newsblog SWG Schraubenbach Gaisbach GmbH
Feuerwehrhaus, Schnepfau
Altstoffsammelzentrum Hofsteig, Lauterach
Wohn- und Geschรคftshaus Natter, Bezau
Wood Conference exhibition, Denmark
The exhibition is part of the Wood Conference in Aarhus, Denmark, curated by Kristoffer Tejlgaard. The conference is organised by the Municipality of Aarhus, NCC and InnoBYG. The theme of the conference is timber construction. The aim is to discuss...
Hermann Kaufmann + Partners are celebrated on international television.
...offices. ARTE is a unique media channel, part funded by the European Union since 2015. An article on their visit will be published on 04 November in their magazine, and the TV program airs at 16.55 on the same day....
Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen visits Provost Residence St Gerold
...Walsertal in the St. Gerold priory. After the lunch a tour was conducted. »Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen is greatly impressed by the Vorarlberg timber architecture and the combination of old and new buildings in St. Gerold« Father Kolumban...