“What Makes a City? Or Honolulu Is in Bregenz” – TV premiere on ORF 2

On 19 July at 6.25 pm, ORF 2 will broadcast the documentary “What Makes a City? Or Honolulu Is in Bregenz”
The segment on Austria features contributions from former campaigners of the “See-und-Stadt-und-Bregenz-Initiative” (to prevent the construction of a large shopping centre) as well as Andreas Cukrowicz.

Bregenz in Vorarlberg is the provincial capital, a cultural centre and a port city, home to around 30,000 people and a popular holiday destination. It lies at the heart of Europe, nestled in a captivatingly beautiful setting between Lake Constance and the mountains. But what happens in between? Where does real city life take place – the interaction and encounters between its residents? Until recently, for example, in the outdoor dining area of the Honolulu Hotel, a place where everyday life and leisure meet, and which gave rise to a concrete vision of urbanity beneath a colourful string of lights. Building on this temporary use project, the ORF Vorarlberg documentary aims to explore different visions for urban space design and to find out what a city – one facing crucial questions about its future development, where entire neighbourhoods lie derelict, are owned by investors or are divided by vast car parks – is planning.

We’re looking forward to an interesting evening of television with the Austrian national team’s match and the World Cup final.

20260703 Manfred Alois Mayer

Manfred’s work has been a part of our community for many years. Among other things, Manfred designed the ornamental pattern for the facade of the Vorarlberg Museum. His work explores spaces, colors, and materials, analyzing them—as he himself puts it—from formal, geographical, sociological, and cultural-historical perspectives. He has already designed numerous artistic interventions on public and private buildings. We thank Manfred for this insight into his work and look forward to many more joint projects!

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Hittisau Fire Station and Cultural Centre, 2000

Reflect Architecture Award 2026 

The fire station and cultural centre, which houses the Women’s Museum in Hittisau, has been awarded the inaugural REAR AWARD 2026.

The REAR Award seeks out buildings that have been exposed to the elements and in use for a generation, bearing the marks of ageing, transformation and patina – buildings that are marked by time, use and climate, yet retain their quality, presence and cultural significance. The award shines a spotlight on buildings that have been part of our everyday lives for more than 25 years. By bringing these structures back into current discourse, it opens up a perspective on what endures and what may yet come to be.

The building was designed by Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten and completed in 2000. The client was the municipality of Hittisau; the building is used by the volunteer fire brigade, the town band and the Hittisau Women’s Museum.

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In 2026, too, ‘Climate Culture Competence’ remained an integral part of the assessment at the ‘Architektouren 2026’ event organised by the Bavarian Chamber of Architects. The focus was on five sustainability criteria: energy efficiency, climate adaptation, land-use efficiency, accessibility and sustainable construction. The award went to our project Institute of Physics on the Garching Campus of the Technical University of Munich.

Hohenems Town Hall Quarter, 2025

The Central Association of Architects of Austria is once again seeking exemplary building projects in Austria for the 2026 Client Award.
The prize has been awarded since 1967 and honours individuals or groups who, as clients, commissioners or mentors, have made a special contribution to building culture in Austria. We are looking for outstanding buildings, open-space designs and urban planning solutions that have been realised in the past three years. The focus is on architectural design and innovative character. The buildings should make a positive contribution to improving the living environment. The award recognises projects in which the clients, in close collaboration with the architects, have enabled and created exceptional solutions.

Client: City of Hohenems, Villa Rosenthal GmbH, I3S Immobilien Investment GmbH
Architecture: Bernardo Bader Architects; Berktold Weber Architects; Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architects; HKArchitekten, Hermann Kaufmann + Partner; Nägele Waibel Architects

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Architektouren 2026 – TU Munich Physics Institute Building, Garching

Architektouren is an annual showcase of architecture in Bavaria, held on the last weekend of June, where visitors can view high-quality designs and their realised outcomes in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and urban planning. The architects and their clients provide information about the buildings and answer questions from architecture enthusiasts on site.

Anton Nachbaur-Sturm will lead a tour of our project, the TU Munich Physics Institute Building in Garching.

Tour
Paula-Hahn-Weinheimerstraße 1, 85748 Garching
Sat, 27 June 2026, 10:00–11:00
Meeting point: Foyer

Hittisau Fire Station and Cultural Centre, 2000

Reflect Architecture Award 2026 
“The REAR Award seeks out architecture that has been exposed to the elements and in use for a generation, bearing the marks of ageing, transformation and patina – buildings that are marked by time, use and climate, yet retain their quality, presence and cultural significance. By bringing these structures back into current discourse, a view opens up of what remains and what may become.”

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The basic idea and concept are based on the principle of building on existing structures and follow the site’s architectural history through successive extensions. To the west of the castle complex, a trapezoidal, five-storey volume is being developed which adopts the geometry and fan-shaped layout of the existing buildings, continues the ensemble’s gentle variations in height, relates respectfully to the main building, and completes the complex towards the west.

The positioning, extent and number of storeys of the new building result from a balance between maximum compactness, the smallest possible footprint and appropriate height development, and from the quest for optimisation in terms of climate, fire safety and operation. All climate-sensitive functions are concentrated in the new building, whilst the public areas are located within the existing castle complex.

Not a representative building. An archive building. Functional, hermetic and reduced to the essentials. The sloping exterior surfaces integrate naturally into the existing roofscape – unobtrusive yet distinctive. A new feature in the landscape and yet a familiar form. Depending on the angle and distance, the volume evokes different images: of a large tent, a shelter, a roof or agricultural architecture.

The building focuses on itself and thereby gains strength. Archaic in appearance, sculptural in approach – an element that fosters a sense of identity with high recognition value, a tranquil place of remembrance, a quiet repository that permanently preserves the cultural memory of the region.

Competition: 2026, 3rd prize

20260327 Clarissa Rhomberg

»ZirkuLIE« is a knowledge and networking platform for circular construction in Liechtenstein that also operates a building materials exchange. The association advises planners, contractors, and building owners on finding suitable building components and materials for their projects. The Center for Circular Construction in Triesen has set itself the goal of advancing the circular economy — project by project. Thank you, Clarissa, for the inspiration and your commitment to circular construction!

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On Friday, 24 April 2026, from 1 p.m., there will be an open day at the new Haselstauden village centre.

Public tours will be offered and the afternoon will be rounded off with various activities organised by schools, the nursery and several clubs.

The composition theme of the existing structures gives rise to a four-storey connecting piece that takes up the offset movement of the existing school complex and divides the large volume into two structures. Concise and self-assured, strong and independent, restrained and natural. Its precise positioning seeks balance in the tension between the structures, while its sensitive composition allows it to enter into dialogue with the large-volume educational and hospital buildings in its immediate surroundings and with the grain of the small-scale historical building structure. The offset of the building creates independence and generates good permeability in the outdoor area. The deliberate positioning also develops well-proportioned and differentiated open spaces that are appropriate to the location and in keeping with the scale. The offset also creates an address and, with its inviting entrance, forms a generous forecourt, arrival and waiting area. The volume pushed into the slope allows for terrain connections with entrances and exits on two levels: on the upper level in the east is the entrance to the retirement and nursing home with a lounge and entrance area in front, while on the lower level in the west, on the same level and directly connected to the school building, is the entrance for all school uses. The sensitive and sensual design of the outdoor spaces complements and completes the construction project, creating a harmonious whole and a coherent concept developed exclusively for this location.

Competition 2026 2nd prize

Evening prayer and guided tour of the construction site at the parish church in Altenstadt

Thursday, 29 January 2026
7 p.m.

Participation is entirely at your own risk. Safety instructions must be observed.
Cordoned-off areas must not be entered. Parents are responsible for their children.

FRONTIERS OF ARCHITECTURE
The things behind things
Andreas Cukrowicz

26 February 2026 – 7 p.m. . Architektur Haus Kärnten . St. Veiter Ring 10 . 9020 Klagenfurt

12 December 2025, 4 p.m.
Hochschulstraße 1, Dornbirn

The campus of the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences near the city centre consists of three historically grown locations, which have been consolidated as part of an overall concept and linked together by high-quality outdoor spaces. The ‘Alte Textilschule’ (old textile school), built in 1956 along the Dornbirner Ache river, was renovated by Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architects on behalf of the state of Vorarlberg for the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences and extended with a seven-storey, tower-like structure that forms the end of the quarter. An open space concept with a barrier-free staircase and ramp system, garden and courtyard complements the structural measures. Participation is free of charge.

TV report on the presentation of the Innerrhoden Appenzell retirement home.

Here is the link to the report.

Hubert Feldkircher möbel.handwerk in Dornbirn receives the VN Climate Protection Award 2025 in the INNOVATIVE COMPANIES category for its new carpentry workshop building.
Our warmest congratulations!

A new urban development is being built between the railway station and the city centre, continuing the existing perimeter block development and culminating in a striking eight-storey high-rise. The concept includes a square-like area with restaurants and a two-storey gateway to the adjacent neighbourhood. The 128-room hotel extends over eight floors. The extra-high ground floor houses a lobby and conference rooms, while the sixth floor features a sky bar with a terrace offering views of Lake Constance, the Pfänder mountain and the Alps. The expressive façade design, consisting of textured precast concrete elements and floor-to-ceiling glazing, creates an inviting and identity-forming presence.

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On November 7, 2025, the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences in Dornbirn was officially opened. The new tower-like extension with lecture halls, laboratories, and office space, as well as the comprehensive renovation of the listed ensemble along the Dornbirner Ache river—the architectural gem of the former »textile school« from the 1950s by Ramersdorfer/Meusburger—have been completed after a longer planning and construction phase. The open and flexible rooms, the new centrally located cafeteria, and the newly designed open spaces and courtyards create a forward-looking campus area, offering students plenty of space to relax, work, and develop. We would like to thank everyone involved for their excellent cooperation and wish users and visitors alike much enjoyment in their new learning environment.

A passion for geometry

A wonderfully exciting book about the work of geometry and mathematics genius Urs B. Roth, featuring our projects Vorarlberg Museum in Bregenz, nursing home in Widnau, and the concert hall in Munich, as well as the article ‘Coincidence or not’ by Andreas Cukrowicz.

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Opening of the exhibition »Beyond Decoration« followed by a panel discussion on »Art in Public Spaces and Art in Architecture«

Thursday, November 20, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Magazin 4 Bregenz
Keynote: Mag a Cornelia Offergeld
Discussion with Andreas Cukrowicz, Michael Kasper, Barbara Keiler, Cornelia Offergeld.

Yesterday, the German Design Council held the ICONIC AWARDS 2025 ceremony at BMW Welt in Munich. We were honored to receive the BEST OF BEST award in the Architecture category for our Hagenhaus project in Nendeln, Liechtenstein. We are delighted!

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Photo: German Design Council / Photos Lukas Schramm

20250926 Georg Bechter

Georg Bechter is an architect and designer from Hittisau who has made a name for himself primarily through ecologically oriented construction and innovative lighting design. Georg uses natural, regional, and recyclable materials such as wood, straw, clay, and sheep’s wool. One interesting project is his »Denkwerkstätte« in Hittisau: an old stable was converted into a work and production building, using straw bales for insulation, clay from his own excavation pit, and an ice storage system for heating and cooling. We were given the opportunity to visit his office.

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Andreas Cukrowicz on »Boundaries of Architecture. The Things Behind Things« as part of the BE Academy
October 10, 2025, Lustenau, Millennium Park
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by Urs B. Roth and Andreas Cukrowicz
Mesnerstüble, Liebfrauenberg 10, Rankweil
September 25, 2025 – 4:30 p.m.

Beneath the main nave of the basilica is the State Memorial Chapel, which was redesigned in 2011. It is a place of remembrance for all victims of violence. A place that confronts suffering and speechlessness. In March and September, rays of sunlight shine directly onto the shrine with the memorabilia through a tube. Together with geometric engineer Urs B. Roth, architect Andreas Cukrowicz guides visitors through the special memorial chapel.

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>Best of Best< award in the Innovative Architecture category.

The German Design Council has named the Hagenhaus project in Nendeln, Liechtenstein, as the >Best of Best< winner.

The ICONIC AWARD takes an interdisciplinary approach and is considered one of the most prestigious awards in Germany. The jury particularly highlighted the “wonderful reinterpretation” of the former barn with its adjustable wooden slats and homogeneous façade design.

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We are delighted to have been named WINNER in the “best architects 26” competition for the Hagenhaus in Nendeln, Liechtenstein.
The “best architects award” is one of the most prestigious architecture awards and is a benchmark for architectural development in the top segment.

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Konrad Merz is a civil and industrial engineer specialising in timber construction. After working internationally, he founded the firm merz kley partner in 1994. With offices in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the firm supports architects at an early stage in successful construction projects. In his presentation, Konrad emphasised, among other things, the importance of early collaboration with architects – ideally already during the competition phase – as the basis for successful designs.

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The new children’s house replaces the existing building as a solitary structure in almost the same position and with almost the same cubic volume, responding to the rising topography with a split-level system. An open stairwell provides beautiful views, and by connecting all levels, it becomes a communication space. The design eliminates the separation into individual floors and thus into individual functions, creating a building that is perceived as a continuous space, a building in which the children grow up and mature from bottom to top. A real children’s house. The design follows the principle of ‘simply continuing to build’, with the existing gymnasium being retained.
Competition 2025 1st prize

Link to the projekt Children’s House Sibratsgfäll

Atelier Andrea Gassner designed the innovative wayfinding system for the retirement and care centre in Widnau, CH, designed by Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten. The tactile orientation system was honoured with the international Joseph Binder Gold Award and was exclusively awarded the renowned Henry Steiner Prize.
Quote from the jury statement: ‘The Henry Steiner Award-winning project is recognised for its exceptional design, which focuses on human relationships and emotional engagement.’

Link to the project: Nursing Home
Link to: Atelier Andrea Gassner

We are delighted that the project planning credit for the construction of a new double multi-purpose hall was approved by a very clear majority at the citizens’ meeting.
The start of planning for a modern, multifunctional hall for sport, culture and community as a central element in the public life of the region with a wide range of possible uses, an improved infrastructure for local sports clubs and space for cultural events, a long-term investment in the quality of life and the future of the municipality.

Link to the project: Double multi-purpose hall Türggenau Salez

The December 2024 issue of HOCHPARTERRE, a publishing house for architecture, planning and design in Zurich, published a report on the Hagen-Haus in Nendeln.

The interview with Roderick Hönig, Anton Nachbaur-Sturm, Patrik Birrer (art historian) and Marcus Büchel (President of the Hagen-Haus Foundation) can be read here.
The issue as EPaper.

Chapel of Remembrance
Equinox 20.03.2025

The new multi-purpose hall complements the settlement with a clearly defined solitary structure at an appropriate distance from the school complex and with maximum preservation of the open cultural and landscape space. The precise positioning seeks a balance between a solitary effect and a sense of belonging to the residential area and school complex, creating an address on Rheinhofstrasse. Moving away from the existing buildings creates independence and generates good permeability of the open spaces. The stacked volume with its asymmetrical flat pitched gable roof evokes distant memories of large-volume agricultural typologies.
Competition 2024 1st Prize

The official opening will take place on November 8, 2024, and the open house will be on November 10, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

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Our project “From Cemetery to Paradise Garden” acknowledges the changes of time on Liebfrauenberg in Rankweil and invites visitors to experience a little bit of “Heaven on Earth” – a place where they can actively engage with and experience the present, the past, and the future. The new design aims to transform the cemeteries into spaces that can also be discovered as places of blooming life.

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Exemplary Construction in the Lake Constance District. Award for Meckenbeuren Sports Hall

In the decision-making process, the jury considered various criteria, including the exterior design, dimensions and proportions of the building structure, the formation of interior spaces, the arrangement of rooms and their functionality, the appropriateness of the materials and means used, constructive honesty, sustainability, and the integration into the urban context and environment. This award is the result of the committed collaboration between clients and architects. The award ceremony and the opening of the traveling exhibition will take place on February 3, 2025.

Project: Meckenbeuren Sports Hall

The ED-Awards are annual awards for outstanding European design. The Atelier Andrea Gassner, Feldkirch, with the support of innovative clients Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architects, Bregenz, and former mayor Christa Köppel, Widnau, has developed a completely new wayfinding system with differently structured handrail profiles for the construction of the nursing home in Widnau. The design’s “attention to detail” was awarded the European Design Award 2024 in Gold in the category “Signage & Wayfinding” on Saturday, July 1, 2024, in Naples.

In institutions such as hospitals and care facilities, people with limited cognitive abilities often move around, for various reasons. As cognitive functions decline, the emotional level becomes increasingly important. In addition to the traditional orientation system, the design concept by Atelier Andrea Gassner (Christopher Walser, Andrea Gassner) includes a tactile orientation. Long-tested and also manufactured in Vorarlberg, turned wooden handrail profiles with different textures are assigned to each floor and residential area. They look good, are visually and, above all, haptically distinguishable by their use. In the entrance area, there is an overview of the different handrail textures with the following accompanying text: “At my age, seeing and walking are not the same as they used to be. That’s why I also rely on my hands to support and find my way. The different textures of the handrails in this building are a great help to me. I can feel with my hands where I am and thus understand the way.”

Almost simultaneously, this design work received international recognition through the ADC Award 2024 – Silver in the category Design for Good/Product Design, which was awarded to Atelier Andrea Gassner on May 14th in New York.

Neuer vai-Vorstand gewählt
Bei der 25. Vollversammlung vergangenen Mittwoch, den 22. Juni 2022 wurde eine neuer Vorstand gewählt.
Obmann Stefan Marte und Stellvertreter Ulf Hiessberger wurden in ihrer Funktion bestätigt.
Neu begrüßt wurden Nora Heinzle (Kassier-Stv.), Martin Assmann,
Andreas Cukrowicz, Anna Hilti und Andreas Postner.

Der Innsbrucker Gestaltungsbeirat sellt sich vor
Eine Veranstaltung mit Wolfgang Andexlinger und den neuen Mitgliedern des IGB

Der Innsbrucker Gestaltungsbeirat, kurz IGB, wurde nach intensiven Diskussionen von der Stadt Innsbruck im Jahr 2013 eingerichtet. Für die Stadt, im Speziellen für die Stadtplanung, ist der Beirat eines der wichtigsten Instrumente, um Baukultur im Stadtgebiet weiter zu fördern. Seither waren die Mitglieder des IGB schon mehrmals im aut und haben über ihre Herangehensweisen gesprochen und sich der Diskussion gestellt.Im Jahr 2021 gab es wieder einen der regelmäßigen Wechsel bei den Mitgliedern des Beirats und so sind nunmehr die Architekt*innen Andreas Cukrowicz (Vorsitz), Kornelia Gysel und Bernd Vlay sowie die Landschaftsarchitektin Marie-Theres Okresek (Stellvertretung) die Hauptmitglieder und damit die agierenden Köpfe des IGB.

In guter Tradition soll der regelmäßige Dialog im aut nun auch mit den Neuen weitergeführt werden. Dabei sollen Meinungen und Haltungen zur Architektur und zum Städtebau sowie formulierte Strategien und Entscheidungen sichtbar gemacht und diskutiert werden, um den gemeinsamen Austausch weiter zu fördern.

Die Veranstaltung wird durch Eingangsstatements von Wolfgang Andexlinger, Stadtplaner von Innsbruck, sowie durch den Vorsitzenden des IGB Andreas Cukrowicz eröffnet.

Diskussion
Dienstag 31. Mai 2022 20:00
aut. architektur und tirol
Lois Welzenbacher Platz 1
6020 Innsbruck, Austria

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With a vocational secondary school, a secondary school, a triple sports hall and a zone for special classrooms and administration, the individual areas of each school and each function are thematically and spatially combined into a separate building in each case. Each building has its own address, its own character and its own identity. Each structure is recognisable and has its own personality. Like four friends, the buildings stand together in a circle, pursuing the idea of a small village. Together they define a centre, a village square, a common focal point represented by the entrance hall and assembly hall.

Competition 2021 1st Prize

Wir freuen uns mit dem Projekt Bischofsgrablege in Rottenburg am Neckar Preisträger beim Hugo-Häring Landespreis 2021 für vorbildliche Bauwerke in Baden-Württemberg zu sein.
Der Bund Deutscher Architekten BDA – Landesverband Baden-Württemberg – verleiht seit 1969 im Abstand von drei Jahren den Hugo-Häring Landespreis für vorbildliche Bauwerke in Baden-Württemberg an Bauherren und Architekten für ihr gemeinsames Werk. Mit dem Namen Hugo Häring bekennt sich der BDA zur Tradition des „neuen Bauens“ und der „modernen Architektur“ und ehrt den 1882 in Biberach geborenen Architekten.
Der Hugo-Häring-Landespreis ist ein zweistufiger Preis; das Auswahlverfahren erstreckt sich über zwei Jahre.

1. Stufe: Hugo-Häring Auszeichnung:
Die Hugo-Häring-Auszeichnung wird auf regionaler Ebene in den fünfzehn Kreisgruppen des BDA Baden-Württemberg vergeben.
2. Stufe: Hugo-Häring Landespreis:
Der Hugo-Häring Landespreis wird auf Landesebene verliehen.
Die Preisträger werden aus den in der ersten Stufe ausgezeichneten Bauten ausgewählt. Es können mehrere gleichrangige Arbeiten gewürdigt werden.
Zum Auszeichnungsverfahren 2020/2021 wurden 679 Bauwerke eingereicht, von denen 130 eine Hugo-Häring-Auszeichnung erhielten.
Aus diesen wählte die Jury im September 10 Bauten für den Hugo-Häring Landespreis aus.

The Mainau 2040 Masterplan competition includes a large number of different functions and buildings, all of which contribute to the same strategy: the sustainable further development of Mainau as a cultural treasure. The island is already listed as a monument of special importance. The focus was on the careful use of resources in harmony with nature in the sensitive region of Lake Constance as well as on aesthetic-cultural sustainability. The highlight and landmark is the new Palm Cathedral, which forms the new focal point of the island. The self-contained building, which was developed especially for this location, consists of four barrel-like glass volumes. These contain event and exhibition facilities, a restaurant and a jungle playground. Four differently shaped, elegant structural elements – evocative of floral structures – createimpressive spaces and are the unique selling point of the new building, responsible for its high recognition and identification value.

Competition 2021 1st Prize

The Bishop’s Burial Vault in Rottenburg was honoured with the Hugo-Häring-Auszeichnung 2020 BDA Kreisgruppe Neckar Alb.

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The Sparkasse Bank Headquarters Singen was honoured with a Hugo-Häring-Auszeichnung 2020.

Developed as a subtle addition to the historical ensemble of freestanding buildings, this new office mediates between two linear urban structures by assuming a parallelogram-shaped footprint. At the same time, tracing the street, the addition spatially redefines and sharpens the flow of Marktgasse while increasing the prominence of neighboring existing buildings. Three gable elements of equal size facing south take up the historical rhythm of the characteristic roof ridge landscape. The formation of a single transverse gable towards Landsgemeindeplatz makes the building recognisable and asserts the location of the courtroom as the most important room of the building.

Competition 2020 1st prize

The Bishop’s Burial Vault in Rottenburg was honoured with the 3rd prize at the 2020 GEPLANT+AUSGEFÜHRT award. The competition shows and awards examples of exceptional architecture in combination with exceptional craftsmanship. It is the only architectural competition which does not only honour the architects but also the work of the craftsmen.

The Bishop’s Burial Vault in Rottenburg was awarded with a recognition at the State Award for Building Culture Baden-Württemberg 2020 on 30th March 2020. The prize was offered by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Housing of Baden-Württemberg.

The competition for Munich Concert Hall attracted renowned architects from all over the world. We are delighted to have won the first prize in this challenging field of 206 applicants and 31 submitted projects.  >Further information

Competition 2017 1st Prize