Hermann Kaufmann receives Bavarian Architecture Award and State Prize for Architecture
Architect Prof. Hermann Kaufmann, architect Prof. Christiane Thalgott and the Olympic Park Munich were awarded the “Bavarian Architecture Prize 2021” – Prof. Hermann Kaufmann also received the “Bavarian State Prize for Architecture 2021”. The “Bavarian Architecture Prize” and the “Bavarian...
German Timber Construction Award 2021: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH
The German Timber Construction Award is considered the most important award for buildings made of timber in the Federal Republic. Four buildings – one new building, two buildings in the category of existing buildings and one concept – were awarded...
We congratulate Altelier Andrea Gassner on the award - book among the 15 most beautiful books in Austria 2021
BDA regional award: TUM research station Friedrich N. Schwarz makes the shortlist.
55 projects have made it into the next round of the BDA Regional Prize Über Oberbayern 2021, creating this year’s exciting shortlist! A total of 104 valid projects were submitted to participate in the first-ever BDA Regional Prize Über Oberbayern...
New building in Neubaugasse
...buildings with 2-, 3- and 4-room flats + common room Number of storeys: E+3 (house A, B), E+2 (house C) 38 flats, 38 underground parking spaces Special features: Exterior walls + facade in wood Heating system: groundwater heat pump with...
Univ.-Prof. DI Hermann Kaufmann emeritus
...the department’s team. So far, 14 projects with a focus in Africa have already been implemented. In April 2021, the ‘Design and Timber Construction’ department will be superseded by the ‘Architecture and Timber Construction’ department, headed by Prof. Stephan Birk....
Virtual tour of the energie.campus Montafon
...Germann, board member, illwerke vkw From autumn 2021, more than 50 apprentices will be trained in metal technology, electrical engineering, mechatronics, cable car technology, IT and commercial professions in the new modern premises. High quality apprenticeship training Governor Markus Wallner...
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)....
Groundbreaking ceremony, Munich - Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase TUM, cooperation with Francis Kéré
...Hermann Kaufmann was at the Technical University of Munich from 2002 to 2021 and headed the Chair of Design and Timber Construction. Since then, he has been increasingly active in the architectural office “HK Architekten”. He has always had a...
Smart Bauen is now published
Architectural and technical strategies for energy-optimised buildings, neighbourhoods and cities. The book Smart Bauen was published on 27 July after four years of research and focused work. The wide range of topics in the field of sustainable building has now...
The Federal HolzbauPlus 2020: Recognition for SWG Schraubenwerk
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) announced the winners in the federal HolzbauPlus 2020 competition. Ten competitors were honoured in four categories. Through the “HolzbauPlus” competition, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has been promoting building with timber...
Now available - book "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, renewable building material. The result...
Our new book is at the printers.
We are eagerly awaiting the delivery from the printer. Our latest book “SCHRAUBENWERK MIT HOLZ – Plumbing the Limits of Hardwood”, author Marko Sauer, will be published soon and can now be pre ordered. You can secure their copy here...