Šentilj is a small town in the northeast of Slovenia, on the border to Austria, with 8,452 inhabitants. The town has grown strongly in the last two decades, and this created the need to build the new sports and leisure centre. It is the biggest investment in the history of the community. The new building complex has […]
Can wood as a building material fulfil one of the technical requirements for the main components of the walls, ceiling and roof of your building project? Wood can, and where it offers advantages over other building materials and a long service life is planned, the use of this valuable raw material is justified, especially in
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The Ströck bakery with 80 branches in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland has expanded one of its two production sites in Vienna/Donaustadt to include a new production hall with a spacious roof garden. With a remarkably diverse utilisation concept from Architects Collective ZT GmbH, the Ströck-Brot hall, which was completed last year, has become a
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In Nauen, in the state of Brandenburg, EDEKA has built a supermarket of the future that shows the way for CO2 -saving construction and operation of this essential local supply infrastructure. Ulf-U. Plath, managing director of EDEKA Minden-Hannover, emphasizes the company’s commitment to lived sustainability. The building designed by ZRS Architekten Ingenieure is an impressive
The SPAR store in Heimschuh, Austria, will soon be opening another supermarket with a visually and functionally impressive KIELSTEG timber roof construction. The KIELSTEG elements, which are up to 25 meters long, create an inviting and open sales area – spanning over 18.5 meters without supports – and the roof elements, which project over six
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Copyright: © Styrian scouts Group 10 Graz The scouts of Group 10 in Graz proved their staying power with their plan for a new clubhouse: almost 10 years passed from the idea to the grand opening in September 2024! The new clubhouse is now available to 80 children and their carers. The building with 250 m²
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The new and now second edition of the KIELSTEG reference book once again presents some of the most interesting buildings that are exemplary for the range of applications of KIELSTEG timber construction elements on over 120 pages: The spectrum ranges from schools, kindergartens and sports halls to production halls and supermarkets. The new reference book
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The carpentry Dandl KG is one of the largest manufacturers of windows and doors in the Rupertiwinkel region of Upper Bavaria. Dandl combines proven traditional craftsmanship with state-of-the-art production technology. With the construction of a new administration and exhibition building, the production area has now also been expanded and a fully automated coating system with
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The carpentry Dandl KG is one of the largest manufacturers of windows and doors in the Rupertiwinkel region of Upper Bavaria. Dandl combines proven traditional craftsmanship with state-of-the-art production technology. With the construction of a new administration and exhibition building, the production area has now also been expanded and a fully automated coating system with
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Medical devices are among the fastest-growing industries in Germany. This is good business for iTD, a company from Lower Bavaria that makes mobile carts and articulated arms for carrying medical devices. And so the company has invested in a brand-new headquarters and factory. Bringing together many different functions in one contiguous block, the building uses
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Medical devices are among the fastest-growing industries in Germany. This is good business for iTD, a company from Lower Bavaria that makes mobile carts and articulated arms for carrying medical devices. And so the company has invested in a brand-new headquarters and factory. Bringing together many different functions in one contiguous block, the building uses
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The Simose Art Museum in Otake Hiroshima is home to around 500 works of art in the personal collection of Yumiko Shimose, president of Marui Sangyo Corporation. The museum’s motto is “admire art, inside art”. Its buildings – exhibition spaces, the gardens, garden villas and a restaurant – and their composition in a garden landscape
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Intersport Siebzehnrübl, one of the largest sports retailers in south-east Bavaria, is expanding its flagship store in Altötting. The new extension, which will increase the existing sales area to approx. 1,700 square meters, will also be the architectural flagship of the branch network, which comprises seven stores between Munich and Passau. Approx. 19 meter long
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In the EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) issued and recalculated on 28.03.2024, we now also make visible the improved energy supply for the production of KIELSTEG timber construction elements through a PV system since 2022. The EPD is certified in accordance with the European regulations ISO 14025 and EN 15805+A2 and is also used by our
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Rosenberger also relied on KIELSTEG timber construction elements for the new construction of assembly hall 29. The system has been proving its worth there for years as part of the ongoing expansion of the Fridolfing site. Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik is one of the world’s leading providers of connection solutions in high-frequency, fiber optic and high-voltage technology.
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The Schweizerhof in Flims is a 4-star hotel opened in 1903, now run by the 4th generation of the Schmidt family. In this project, it has expanded its spa facilities in a harmonious fusion of new and old. A new spa house has been erected over the existing natural stone pool filled with Grander water.
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The MPREIS supermarket chain from Tyrol has been opening numbers of new stores across Austria in recent years. The company is known for sustainability and for the strikingly individual architecture of their stores. The store in Klagenfurt is situated in a highly visible position with excellent accessibility along a main road. It combines shopping with
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The headquarters of the pump manufacturer Hidrostal AG in Neunkirch is home to the company’s research and development centre, the sales department and a factory, including the in-house foundry for pump castings. Hidrostal’s growth in recent years led to a need for more space for offices and R&D. Considering where to create the extra capacity,
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Šentilj is a small town in the northeast of Slovenia, on the border to Austria, with 8,452 inhabitants. The town has grown strongly in the last two decades, and this created the need to build the new sports and leisure centre. It is the biggest investment in the history of the community. The new building
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The new ‘Mensa’ student canteen building at the University of Applied Sciences in Landshut, Bavaria, forms part of the entrance ensemble to the campus. It complements the main administration building, which has a strong street-facing aspect, by having a transparent facade opening onto a plaza and pond between the two – leading from the street
BILLA has had a branch in Telfs since 1990, and the shop was showing its age. The company chose to replace it with a completely new building. Impressively, the whole project was completed in 80 days from demolition to reopening. The new supermarket employs 19 people, has a sales floor of 600 m2 and serves
The new location of the Rauchensteiner bakery in Geisenhausen near Landshut is a showpiece both from an architectural and ecological point of view. The striking building complex includes a production hall for baked goods and confectionery products and an inviting café with offices above, which are connected to social rooms and a kitchen by a
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BILLA has had a branch in Telfs since 1990, and the shop was showing its age. The company chose to replace it with a completely new building. Impressively, the whole project was completed in 80 days from demolition to reopening. The new supermarket employs 19 people, has a sales floor of 600 m2 and serves
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We are pleased that MINDA Industrieanlagen gave us the opportunity to show the entire technology of the KIELSTEG components and their manufacturing technology to a wide specialist audience at this year’s MTC in Portland. Since the KIELSTEG production plant developed by Minda Industrieanlagen and put into operation in Austria in 2011, there has been a
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The food retailer EDEKA Minden-Hannover commissioned ZRS Architekten Ingenieure with the planning of an innovative and ecologically sustainable local supply center in timber construction – the „EDEKA future market“ – in the Brandenburg town of Nauen. The building, which is being developed and implemented as a prototype, represents the company’s sustainability concept for climate-friendly management
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An existing school building had to be adapted to catch up with changes in how the school is run. The extension, built almost completely in wood, adds 1,500 m2 of new floor space. The goals: more space, more light, more quality. Besides offices, the new extension incorporates the foyer, which is also used flexibly for
The cubic block of the new Landring hardware and garden store in Pirching by Gleisdorf, Styria, covers 3,530 m². Architect Martin Gußmagg from Pischelsdorf focused on making the building as adaptable as possible for future uses. The flat KIELSTEG roof is an important part of the solution. It combines one row of KIELSTEG elements in
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Forest and Garden Weniger supplies amateur and professional gardeners, farmers and forestry professionals with a wide range of tools and machines. The new shop in Mistelbach, Lower Austria presents itself as a strict rectangular block with a design that speaks of quality and professionalism. The new hardware store was designed by Viereck Architects from Graz
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Near Vienna’s Westbahnhof, a two-storey rooftop extension was added to a house from the late nineteenth century. In a fully built-up area with high demand for housing, the architects Regina M. Lettner and Günter Lagler of skywood by baukult found a way to create new space. The building is positive example of urban densification in
In the new town development Seestadt Aspern, a temporary supermarket building was set up to serve the first residents until the planned local shops are built. The shop is intended to be in use for three years at most. But when this phase is over, it is not the end for the building. Everything except
Spar is building a new branch in the Styrian town of Hartberg, with a 1,656 m² sales floor, and chose KIELSTEG for the roof. The element span the building width in two rows, each 15.4 m wide. The supporting beam at the midline rests on just two pillars, so that the layout of the interior
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This supermarket by Meinich and Søndergaard Rickfelt Architects gives a clear answer to the question of what contemporary building can look like. The materials used to build it are low-CO2. The foundation is made of low-carbon concrete, reinforced with recycled steel. The side walls are CLT and the single-span roof is made of KIELSTEG elements
The Austrian Green Planet Building© Technology Award! The Austrian Green Planet Building Technology Award honours international projects with Austrian participation in the field of climate-friendly building. In view of the challenges we face with the global climate, the initiative of Advantage Austria and the Federal Ministry for Climate Action in highlighting such projects has to
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ITD GmbH is a medium-sized company that is a world-leading manufacturer of carts and support arms for medical equipment and instruments. At the site in Pfarrkirchen, Bavaria, a new factory is currently under construction. The new building includes 1,800 m2 of KIELSTEG roof. The elements are able to span wide areas without supports. At the
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Austria has a worldwide reputation for sustainable architecture, engineering and construction technologies. Now, in a time dominated by the struggle for solutions to the climate crisis, from UN conferences down to the smallest local decisions, examples that show the way are urgently needed. With the Austrian Green Planet Building Award®, the Federal Ministry for Climate
In a fully built-up area where it it is hard to find any additional residential volume, the architects Regina M. Lettner and Günter Lagler of skywood by baukult set a new two-storey space on top of the existing building. The rooftop extension, called ‘Bird of Paradise’, is an example of excellence in urban densification, in terms
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