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INTERSPORT Siebzehnrübl: Efficient use of space with KIELSTEG

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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Updated EPD for KIELSTEG

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 Assembly Hall

Rosenberger Assembly hall High frequency technology

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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MPREIS Supermarket

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 KIELSTEG roof helps to keep the rooftop extension within its weight target

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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Sport hall Slovenia

Sports hall Šentilj

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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Student Canteen bilding at the University of Applied Sciences in Landshut Bavaria

Student Canteen

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

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BILLA Supermarket

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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Bakery Rauchensteiner

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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Kielsteg presentation at the Mass Timber Conference in Portland Oregon USA

Presentation at the Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon / USA

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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Rendering EDEKA Future Market in Nauen Germany, built as Wood construction

KIELSTEG roof on EDEKA store of the future in Nauen

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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New Middle School

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

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Forest and Garden Weninger

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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Skywood

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

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HOFER Supermarket

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

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Eurospar Supermarket with kielsteg light weight roof

EUROSPAR Supermarket

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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Spar Supermarket Snarøya Norway Kielsteg Roof Structure long Span

SPAR Supermarket

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

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The Austrian Green Planet Building© Technology Award!

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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Austria Green Planet Building Technology Award 2022

KIELSTEG construction elements honoured with the Austrian Green Planet Building© Technology Award 2022.

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

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MPREIS: Distinctive store design with KIELSTEG

The new MPREIS Filiale in Klagenfurt/Kärnten is another example of a supermarket pioneering a new approach to architecture and sustainability. Architects i-unit from Tyrol designed a highly functional building with a radical-looking appearance, using a wooden structure. The building has a rectilinear glass-fronted core wrapped in a sloping skin of wooden lamellae, with semicircular openings,

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Reference Book BUILDINGS 2022

This book of BUILDINGS presents a broad selection of KIELSTEG projects in Europe that have been implemented in recent years. Each of these projects is exemplary for the solution of its high requirements in terms of architecture, flexibility of use and ecology. With their decision in favor of KIELSTEG, the building owners, architects and planners

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Restaurant Mia Mensa

B-Mine in Beringen is a successful urban regeneration project on the site of a former coalmine. The architectural collective UAU Jaspers Eyers created a focus for the life of the quarter in the form of the restaurant Mia. The form of the building is minimalist and clear. On an exposed concrete base, slim steel columns

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Public Works HQ

The town of Ried im Innkreis needed a new base for its street cleaning, maintenance and waste operations and and chose a high-quality approach to its concept and achitecture. The building combines the work of these municipal services in 2,270 m2 of usable space. The setting and buildings were used to create an effective shield

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Preciplast Factory

The Preciplast factory for medical plastic components has an exceptional architectural quality compared to most industrial buildings. Flexibility of use – especially for the production area – was a decisive factor in the company’s investment decision. A layout that could be adapted in response to future market demands was essential. The roof of the factory

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Boehringer BI-Cube Thinktank

The leading pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has built the BI-Cube think tank as an incubator for innovative, agile work processes. Both the approach to the didactics of work practices and the architecture represent new departures at the company’s Ingelheim site. The building is a wood-framed structure covered with a KIELSTEG roof. The roof construction creates

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KIWI Supermarket Lerberg

The KIWI in Lerberg is currently Norway’s greenest supermarket. The shop is a flagship for KIWI, built completely in wood and sets a benchmark for ecological sensitivity. The green roof helps the building blend in to its natural surroundings. The roof vegetation helps to compensate for the sealing of the ground and creates a habitat

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