Atlas Multi-Storey Timber Construction
Wood is regarded as a visual attractive, tactile material; it is sustainable, renewable and usually readily available. The fact that wood is now almost unrestricted for use in multi-storey buildings is, however, new and requires a more creative approach to...
DBU Building 1: Schmuttertal High School
...plans and photographs. The “Schmuttertal-High School” was awarded the “Sustainable Building” DGNB Prize in 2016, which is awarded by the German Sustainable Building Association (DGNB e.V.) and the German Sustainability Award Foundation (Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis eV). For further information: www.nachhaltigkeitspreis.de ...
Hermann Kaufmann IZM - Illwerke Center Montafon
Creating the largest wooden hybrid building to date. The Austrian state of Vorarlberg is vital to timber construction. An active and innovative scene has emerged around this renewable building material, including craftsman, planners and industrial operators that are expanding their...
Corporate Timber. Schraubenwerk mit Holz
Pushing the Limits of Hardwood The new production hall of the SWG screw factory in Gaisbach is a pioneering building for timber construction. The architecture sets new standards for the use of hardwood and re-explores the limits of the future-oriented,...
Building with Wood - Creating the Future
The ecological significance, the technological potential and the new aesthetics of the familiar building material wood, are the focus of this publication. The first chapter, supported by explanatory graphs, explains the contribution of the materials supplier to active climate protection....
DETAIL Special - Hermann Kaufmann Architekten
Ecological, durable and climate-friendly: the buildings by Hermann Kaufmann and HK Architekten set standards in a wide variety of aspects. This monograph documents ten future-orientated timber buildings by HK Architekten, which show how softwood and hardwood are used as construction...