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Revitalisierung Rimml-Areal

Franz- Mader-Straße 26, 6406 Oberhofen, A
Architecture: U1architektur, Harald Kröpfl (2021-2023) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Oberhofen Open to the public: teilweise Der reaktivierte Kulturstadel wird u. a. vom 2023 gegründeten Verein "Kulturgröstl Oberhofen" bespielt.

Das Rimml-Areal stand jahrzehntelang leer, bis es die Gemeinde erwarb und als neues Gemeindeamt revitalisieren ließ. Bei der Transformation des 400 Jahre alten Ensembles verfolgten die Architekten die Prämisse, die Bedürfnisse von heute mit den Erzählungen des Bestandes zu verbinden. Der mittlerweile denkmalgeschützte Gasthof wurde behutsam restauriert und adaptiert, der Pavillon und die Kegelbahn wurden instand gesetzt und die ehemalige Holztenne als Kulturstadl reaktiviert.

© Nicolas Hafele
02

MPREIS and Living

Schönwerth-Park 2/2a, 6111 Volders, A
Architecture: LAAC (2021-2022) Builder-owner: MPREIS Open to the public: partially

As a contribution to the careful use of soil as a resource, the supermarket chain MPREIS has built a food market in Volders, whose roof serves as a construction site for a high-quality residential building. Both functions are clearly separated from each other and designed differently as a result. The roof area around the residential building was greened and equipped with a community terrace.

© Marc Lins
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Schupfen Gröbenhof (Gröbenhof Shed)

Gröben 1a, 6166 Fulpmes, A
Architecture: Jakob Siessl, Florian Schüller (2020-2021) Builder-owner: Familie Schüller TIP: The neighboring Gasthof Gröbenhof features specialties from the region.

The revitalization of the 300-year-old shed is an example of how old farm buildings can be preserved and transformed for new functions in line with the "Reuse” philosophy. In the spirit of the Tiny House movement, the outbuilding utilized for storage purposes was transformed into a minimalist dwelling. As much of the existing building as possible was preserved and new things were implemented – in a clearly legible manner – using regional materials.

© David Schreyer
04

Office P.

Medrazerstraße 19, 6166 Fulpmes, A
Architecture: Madritsch Pfurtscheller (2015-2020) Builder-owner: Claudia Pfurtscheller Open to the public: No In 2020, the project received an Honorable Mention of the State of Tyrol for New Building.

The little house in Fulpmes is a paramount example of the resource-saving approach to building materials and upcycling. Materials from a nearly 200-year-old, demolished threshing floor were utilized, as well as used windows, doors and glass. Moreover, regional or inexpensive materials were primarily used. A radically stripped-down, open-use space emerged on the ground floor, and a one-room apartment on the upper floor, largely equipped with used items.

© Daniel Pfurtscheller
05

Gutmann Pellet Store

Innsbrucker-Straße 81, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: obermoser + partner architekten, Hanno Schlögl (2019-2020) Builder-owner: Gutmann GmbH Open to the public: no The transformation received an award from the Tyrolean State Prize for New Building 2022.

The former granary in the commercial area of Hall was converted into a transshipment center for wood pellets for an energy company and expanded to include a space for company events. The basic idea of the design was to place a crown on the existing tower and thus transform the anonymous commercial structure into an architecturally striking building. The two-story addition was encased in a filigree precast concrete façade, the grid of which refers to the structures found in the existing building.

© David Schreyer
06

School Campus, Neustift

Stubaitalstraße 8, 6167 Neustift im Stubaital, A
Architecture: fasch&fuchs.architekten (2013-2019) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Neustift, Verein Schülerheim Ski-Mittelschule Neustift Open to the public: Partially Accessibility: In the district of "Kampl,” directly on the main road In 2020, the school campus received a Recognition Award of the State of Tyrol for New Building.

On the Neustift school campus, several schools, previously scattered across various parts of town, were brought together for a total of around 500 pupils. fasch&fuchs.architekten naturally integrate the extensive spatial allocation plan into the landscape. They designed a carpet-like school campus that develops like a cascade between two head buildings and offers a differentiated range of spaces with streets, squares, ramps, courtyards and gardens.

© Hertha Hurnaus
07

Martinsbrücke/Martin’s Bridge

Innweg bei Ehnbachmündung, 6170 Zirl, A
Architecture: Hans Peter Gruber (2015-2019) Builder-owner: Land Tirol, Gemeinden Zirl, Kematen, Unterperfuss Accessibility: On the Inn Cycle Path between Zirl and Unterperfuss. In 2020, the pedestrian and cycle path bridge received a Recognition Award of the State of Tyrol for New Building.

The Martinsbrücke, a pedestrian and cycle path bridge over the Inn River, connects the communities of Zirl and Unterperfuss, and is located on the Inn Cycle Path. In terms of design and technology, it is a prime example of a sophisticated bridge construction. With a total length of around 100 meters, it is the first wood-concrete composite bridge in Europe of this size. Supported on the banks by inclined concrete struts, it spans the river in an elegant arc and naturally blends in with the surroundings.

© David Schreyer
08

Sports and Exercise Center, Rum

Sportplatzweg 1, 6063 Rum, A
Architecture: rt Architekten (2018-2019) Builder-owner: Marktgemeinde Rum Open to the public: Partially (outside stairs, restaurant) Accessibility: From the Rossau Pond over the bridge towards the Olympic Village

Situated on a former agricultural property directly on the Innpromenade, the Rum Sports and Exercise Center includes several sports fields and facilities for the local soccer and weight training clubs. The centerpiece is an elongated bridge structure with a restaurant and grandstands on the upper floor, to which a transverse structure connects in the north, where, among other things, a large competition hall can be found.

© Wolfgang Retter
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ASI Alpine School Innsbruck

Tschurtschentalerhof 1, 6161 Natters, A
Architecture: Snøhetta Studio Innsbruck (2018-2019) Builder-owner: ASI Reisen - Alpinschule Innsbruck GmbH Open to the public: no Accessibility: From Natters in the direction of the inn "Nattererboden" (via the forest). The office building received an award at the Holzbaupreis Tirol 2023.

The company headquarters of the ASI Alpine School Innsbruck, located in the middle of a forest above Natters, was complemented by Snøhetta Studio Innsbruck with a new office building that reflects the company's philosophy and in particular the theme of "symbiosis between nature and man". The exterior appearance is defined by the wooden façade and a green climbing frame; inside, an open officescape was developed together with the employees.

© Christian Flatscher
10

School Center, Hall in Tyrol

Universitätsallee 1, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: fasch&fuchs.architekten (2014-2018) Builder-owner: Stadtgemeinde Hall in Tirol Open to the public: Partially In 2020, the school center received a Recognition Award of the State of Tyrol for New Building.

The School Center in Hall in Tyrol by fasch&fuchs.architekten is part of a large number of schools realized by the architectural office that respond as contemporary statements to new educational concepts. Two secondary schools and the district special needs school were combined at one location in the immediate vicinity of Hall’s town center. Meshing with the outside space in a variety of ways, the new structure forms a flowing inner and outer educational landscape.

© Hertha Hurnaus
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Village Center, Patsch

Dorfstraße 22, 6082 Patsch, A
Architecture: Todorka Iliova, Raimund Wulz (2015-2018) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Patsch In 2020, the village center received an Honorable Mention of the State of Tyrol for New Building.

The redesign of the village center in Patsch arose out of a community development process with an associated architecture competition. On the northern edge of the property, a building for the community office, based in terms of its dimensions and materiality on the existing development, and a music pavilion on the southern edge, were erected. Together with the former parish hall, which has been transformed into a clubhouse, and the new village square, the residents gained a lively meeting place.

© Tobias Christoph
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Swarovski Manufaktur

Swarovskistraße 30, 6112 Wattens, A
Architecture: Snøhetta Studio Innsbruck (2015-2018) Builder-owner: D. Swarovski KG Open to the public: No In 2020, the crystal atelier received a Recognition Award of the State of Tyrol for New Building.

With the Swarovski Manufaktur in Wattens, Snøhetta developed a hybrid location for production, creative collaboration and representation for the Tyrolean crystal manufacturer. A column-free hall with natural light through openings in the ceiling offers space for machines, robots and workbenches, but also for offices and meeting zones. A large open staircase, which also serves as a meeting point and arena, leads up to a wooden platform suspended from the ceiling, into which further offices and showrooms are integrated.

© David Schreyer
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Hospice House Tyrol, Hall in Tyrol

Milser Straße 23, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Caspar Wichert Architektur (2016-2018) Builder-owner: Tiroler Hospiz-Gemeinschaft Open to the public: No

A center hitherto unique in Austria, the Hospice House Tyrol has been opened on the grounds of the State Hospital in Hall, bringing all the offers of the Tyrolean hospice community together under one roof. The project’s leitmotif is the flowing transition between the building and nature. In the midst of numerous trees stands an open and intimate house, zoned inside by courtyards.

© David Schreyer
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Residential and Nursing Home Natters/Mutters/Götzens

Feldweg 2, 6161 Natters, A
Architecture: Raimund Rainer (2016-2018) Builder-owner: Neue Heimat Tirol Open to the public: partially

In the centre of Natters, a health and social centre was built for the population of the surrounding villages with a residential home, a daytime care facility, a medical practice and a separate house for "assisted living" that is connected by a covered bridge. By dividing the building into two parts, it was possible to realise volumes that were compatible with the locality and to create outdoor spaces with different qualities.

© Simon Rainer
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Village Centre Mils

Ecke Kirchstraße – Oberdorf, 6067 Mils, A
Architecture: DIN A4 Architektur (2015-2017) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Mils Open to the public: partially TIP: café-restaurant "Milsano"

For several years, the municipality of Mils has been engaged in the question of how to stimulate the town centre, an area that has become less attractive. After the revitalisation of a farm for the municipal office and the extension of the primary school, most recently a mixed-use "village centre" was created with a high-rise building for "assisted living" and two low structures for a café and parish hall. These are connected by a flying roof, which - closed to form a rectangle - defines a roofed "square on the square".

© Birgit Koell
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Tyrolean Vocational School for Landscaping, Spatial Design and Fashion – Annex Workshop Building

Kaiser-Max-Straße 3, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Veronika C. König, Werner Kleon, Rudolf Palme (2016-2017) Builder-owner: Land Tirol Open to the public: no The workshop building received an honorable mention at the 2018 Tyrolean State Prize for New Building Awards.

A low structure, which is partially sunk into the ground and fluently blends into the landscape, arose as an extension to the "Tyrolean Vocational School for Landscaping, Spatial Design and Fashion” housed in parts of the Salesian women’s convent Thurnfeld in Hall. Three courtyards divide the building into the various areas of use, which are connected by an open access zone with adjoining rooms arranged like islands.

© Lukas Schaller
17

Collections and Research Center of the Tyrolean State Museums

Krajnc-Straße 1, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Franz&Sue (2016-2017) Builder-owner: Land Tirol Open to the public: no The new competence center received an honorable mention at the 2018 Tyrolean State Prize for New Building Awards.

With the SFZ, a new building featuring restoration workshops, laboratories and workplaces was constructed in Hall for the collection holdings of the Tyrolean State Museums, which were previously stored in eleven individual depots. Based on the image of a treasure chest, Franz & Sue conceptualized a monolith largely closed to the outside which refers to the building’s function through the façade design. The interior is organized according to the onion principle: the outer ring accommodates the depots, a middle ring provides circulation, while the work rooms and studios are grouped around a large, green atrium in the core.

© Christian Flatscher
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Absam Dorf Primary School

Dörferstraße 56, 6067 Absam, A
Architecture: Schenker Salvi Weber (2015-2016) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Absam Open to the public: no Accessibility: Directly in the village center The school extension received an honorable mention at the 2018 Tyrolean State Prize for New Building Awards.

Schenker Salvi Weber erected a new, two-story building for a kindergarten and nursery as an extension to the listed Absam Primary School, which fits into the historic villagescape in its volume and with its scrape-finished plaster façade. The triple gymnasium was placed under ground; a spacious plaza, which functions both as a protected schoolyard and as type of village square, developed above it.

© Bengt Stiller
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Ein schmales Haus (A Narrow House)

Breitweg, 6067 Absam, A
Architecture: Geri Blasisker (2014-2016) Builder-owner: Leonice Knapp Open to the public: no The house received a distinction of the State of Tyrol for New Buildings in 2016.

The basis for this extremely narrow house was the shape of the 11-meter-wide property, which was considered as unsuitable for building. Starting from the lot shape, Geri Blasiker developed a self-confident and sustainable structure offering a small family a unique home, featuring 108 m² of usable living area accessible on six mezzanine levels. The building envelope was made of brick and gets by without insulation. A turbine along the nearby stream completely supplies the house with energy.

© Geri Blasisker
20

Haus Moser (Moser House)

Stackler 52, 6167 Neustift im Stubaital, A
Architecture: Madritsch Pfurtscheller (2016) Builder-owner: Tina Maikl-Moser, Rene Moser Open to the public: no The house received a distinction of the State of Tyrol for New Buildings in 2016.

The envelope of the Moser House by Madritsch / Pfurtscheller was originally an old barn that was translocated and transformed in the sense of "re-use” philosophy into a residence for a family of five. A half-timbered structure offering two levels of living space was set into the barn, which remains unchanged for the most part on the exterior. The result is a paramount example of how a building type that is no longer functionally needed can be filled with new life.

© Wolfgang Retter
21

Cultural and Event Center B4

Bahnhofstraße 4, 6170 Zirl, A
Architecture: Wolf Architektur (2014-2015) Builder-owner: Marktgemeinde Zirl Open to the public: partially The B4 was erected on the site of the former nursing home; an attractive new building was added in 2007 with the "’s zenzi” social services center (architecture: Manfred Gsottbauer).

With the club house—the result of an EU-wide competition—the architects created a new entrance hall on the southern entry into the community of Zirl. A sequence of several variously high construction dimensions, whose scale is oriented to the existing structure and forms distinct spatial edges, arose for the different functions. A two-story foyer, designed as a type of "village square” lying in the building, acts as the central link.

© Christian Flatscher
22

Swarovski Crystal Worlds Expansion

Kristallweltenstraße 1, 6112 Wattens, A
Architecture: Hanno Schlögl, Johann Obermoser, Daniel Süß, Snøhetta Studio Innsbruck (2015) Builder-owner: D. Swarovski Tourism Services GmbH Open to the public: The entrance area and restaurant are publically accessible; the rest of the attractions cost money. The park, with a crystal cloud and mirror pool as the centerpieces, was designed by Andy Cao und Xavier Perrot.

On the occasion of their 20-year existence, the Swarovski Crystal Worlds doubled in size in 2015, adding a new cabinet of wonder, an extensive park and several structural components. The entrance area, conceived as a "white forest” with its wide-jutting concrete roof supported by birch tree trunks and the design of the store, derived from a river landscape, originate from s_o_s architekten. On one hand, Snøhetta erected the well-lit, organically formed pavilion for the Daniels Café & Restaurant; on the other hand, the play tower encased with crystalline glass panels and the adventure playground that lies in front of it.

© David Schreyer
23

Büro am Anger (Office am Anger)

Am Anger 2, 6170 Zirl, A
Architecture: Fügenschuh Hrdlovics Architekten (2015) Builder-owner: Fügenschuh Hrdlovics Architekten Open to the public: Upon request Directly next to it is a farmhouse that was converted into a residence and studio by the architects in 2001.

In the densely developed historical village center of Zirl an old house, earlier used for agricultural purposes, with a small shoemaker’s workshop has stood empty for years. Fügenschuh Hrdlovics Architekten acquired this building located directly next to their residence and studio in 2014 and converted it, among other things, for their own architectural office. What arose is a thoroughly contemporary transformation in material and detailed design that places a harmonious emphasis in the evolved village structure.

© Günter R. Wett
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MPREIS Patsch

Römerstraße 20, 6082 Patsch, A
Architecture: Volker Miklautz (2015) Builder-owner: MPREIS Open to the public: yes

The MPREIS store on the outskirts of Patsch was realised by Volker Miklautz according to the concept of a cube stuck in the ground, which is only perceived as a line in the landscape from the adjacent field. The interior is characterised by a column-free beam roof, while organically shaped slats and a cloud of light create a very special atmosphere in the café-bistro area.

© Lukas Schaller
25

House for Children and Village Square

Kirchgasse, 6401 Inzing, A
Architecture: Architekten Scharfetter_Rier (2013-2014) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Inzing Open to the public: Partially (village café) Accessibility: Directly in the village center The building, which maintains a dialogue with the village hall and nursery school (architecture: Erich Gutmorgeth, 1998), was awarded a "Distinction of the State of Tyrol for New Buildings” in 2014.

In order to meet the need for child care places, the community wished for an annex building near the existing nursery school – with a small village café and able to be used multi-functionally by clubs. Designed by Martin Scharfetter and Robert Rier, the new "House for Children” calmly complements the existing building structure – church, parish house and town hall with a nursery school –, scales itself back, places itself on display, forms a lane and opens this up to the newly created village square.

© David Schreyer
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MPREIS Natters

Innsbruckerstraße 3, 6161 Natters, A
Architecture: Architekten Scharfetter_Rier (2013-2014) Builder-owner: MPREIS Open to the public: yes Completed in 2014, the MPREIS shop was the second passive house supermarket in Austria.

The supermarket, which is located in the immediate proximity of the municipal office and the social centre, was designed by the architects as a simple hall with a gable roof. The building thus fits as naturally as a farm or a barn into the structure of the buildings along the village road.

© Lukas Schaller
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Community Center Pfaffenhofen

Dorfplatz 154, 6405 Pfaffenhofen, A
Architecture: Architekturhalle Wulz-König (2012-2013) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Pfaffenhofen Open to the public: partially

For a long time the village hall, primary school and clubs such as the band and the fire brigade were housed in a building on the village square. With the new construction of a multifunctional community center and the adaption of the existing building, the most diverse uses were disentangled and given the necessary spatial enlargement. The new structure, erected in the monastery garden and enveloped in a wooden façade, integrates itself into the existing village ensemble and nonetheless self-confidently appears as a village hall.

© Die Fotografen
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WODOP – Wohnen am Dorfplatz (Living on the Village Square)

Oberdorfstraße 2, 6402 Hatting, A
Architecture: Helmut Seelos (2012-2013) Builder-owner: Bernhard Kluckner Open to the public: partially (miniM and bakery)

"WODOP” is an example of how the revitalization of a village center can succeed out of private initiative. A meeting place for the populace was created with a food market and a bakery with a café. The "starter apartments” on the upper floors are to offer the young generation the incentive to remain in the village. Especially worth noting is that the builder dispensed with some of the rentable spaces so that a canopied outdoor area, which acts as "mini village square,” could emerge.

© David Schreyer
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Schaufeljoch Chapel

Schaufeljoch, 6167 Neustift im Stubaital, A
Architecture: ao-architekten (2012) Builder-owner: Heinrich Klier Open to the public: yes Accessibility: On the way from the mountain station of the Schaufeljoch Cable Car to the mountain peak platform "Top of Tyrol.” TIP: Hanging in the small steeple is a bell that anyone can ring if they want to.

Tourism pioneer Heinrich Klier had a chapel dedicated to the memory of his companions built directly on the ridge of the Schaufeljoch Mountain. Very plain in its form and materiality, the structure is reduced to the basic elements of a classic chapel and offers a place of calm and contemplation, which is open to everyone, in the midst of a lively ski circuit.

© Günter R. Wett
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Transformation "Swarovski Optik” (Swarovski Optics)

Swarovskistraße 70, 6067 Absam, A
Architecture: Tatanka (2007-2012) Builder-owner: Swarovski Optik KG Open to the public: by arrangement The transformation was awarded the State Award for Architecture in 2010.

"Swarovski Optik”, specialist for long range optics, was founded in Absam in 1946 where since then, the industrial facility has grown continuously. As part of a structural company reorganisation, a concept for the conversion and extension of the ensemble was drawn up together with the architects. The plans were then implemented over a number of stages taking those working for the company into account.

© Paul Ott
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Fire Station and Club House, Gnadenwald

Gnadenwald 51b, 6069 Gnadenwald, A
Architecture: Manfred Gsottbauer (2012) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Gnadenwald Open to the public: partially Accessibility: From Absam on the main road towards Gnadenwald in the district of St. Michael. TIP: Theater performances, concerts and festivals take place regularly in the club house, resp., on the festival grounds.

In the new building, which resulted from an architectural competition held by "Dorferneuerung Tirol” a state organization dedicated to village renewal in Tyrol, two different uses are accommodated on two levels. The Volunteer Fire Department received a modern operations center, situated at ground level and oriented to the access road. Lying above this component, which was built with steel-reinforced concrete and partially dug into the slope, is the club house, executed as a timber construction. Featuring a festival area attached on the same level, it provides an attractive setting for the community’s active club life.

© birgitkoell.at
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BTV - Hall Branch Office

Stadtgraben 19, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Architekten Scharfetter_Rier (2010-2011) Builder-owner: BTV Open to the public: partially

Behind Hall‘s outer city wall, Martin Scharfetter and Robert Rier created the new branch office of BTW. A stern façade grid and the dyed white cement lend the building, which is reminiscent of a villa in its type and scale, a classic impression that is broken up by the interplay of open and closed window fronts and the execution of the precast concrete components.

© David Schreyer
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KiWi – Kirchenwirt Culture and Event Centre

Dörferstraße 57, 6067 Absam, A
Architecture: Martin Scharfetter, Robert Rier (2009-2010) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Absam Open to the public: Inn with nine pin bowling alley and museums during their opening hours Accessibility: directly in the centre of Absam TIP: Things worthwhile seeing concerning the history of the village, emphasis on "Jakob Stainer”, "salt mining” and "sport” in the newly equipped community museum.

Developed due to the spatial and architectural circumstances of the village, the KiWi has now become the new village point of interest. Three clearly detectable, independently functioning parts of the building – event hall, inn and community museum – are connected by means of a long stretched out foyer. Despite their clear contemporary shapes, the new buildings blend in naturally with the established structure due to their materiality, colour and dimensions. The inn, the Kirchenwirt, which is under historic protection, was returned to its original condition and carefully integrated into the overall plan.

© Lukas Schaller
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Senior Citizens’ Residence – Extension

Bgm. Artur Wechselberger Weg 2, 6067 Absam, A
Architecture: Hanno Vogl-Fernheim (2007-2008) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Absam Open to the public: partially Accessibility: at walking distance from the centre of the village, slightly beyond the Dörferstraße

The extension of the house for senior citizens built during the late 1990s by Hermann Kastner is an elevated two-storey building with bright spacious rooms. Together with the original building, the L-shaped extension forms a central and protected courtyard with a café and roofed open space. A central element is a chapel built above an oval-shaped ground plan in the courtyard; this was intentionally designed as an introverted place of peace.

© Markus Bstieler
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Natters Music Rehearsal Building and Club House

Innsbruckerstraße 4, 6161 Natters, A
Architecture: Manfred Gsottbauer (2008) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Natters Open to the public: partially Accessibility: Tram route "STB” from Innsbruck main station

The winning concept for the rehearsal, practicing and performance square for the village and its club, which was planned under the key note "give the festival a structure”, was selected from the architectural contest for the village’s regeneration. The main part is a passe-partout type roofed gallery which contains the copper panelled club house and festival-square with stage and, at the same time is a landscape viewing platform.

© Birgit Koell
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Badehaus Natterer See (Main building and spa lake Natters)

Natterer See 1, 6161 Natters, A
Architecture: Giner + Wucherer (2008) Builder-owner: Familie Giner Open to the public: The all year camping area is open to the public. Accessibility: About 2,5 km from the village of Natters TIP: You can go bathing in the lake; there is, however, an entrance fee.

As part of the newly designed entrance area of the lake Natters camping area, the architects created a long and narrow building for the necessary infrastructure functions that sets up to now unheard of quality standards in the world of tents, caravans and mobile homes. Despite its rather large volume, the two-storey building unpretentiously sits on the lakeshore, sort of becoming part of the landscape. There, you find everything you need for a camping holiday, plus a lot of small highlights and brilliant new ideas.

© Nikolaus Schletterer
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TOP OF TYROL – Summit Platform

Stubaier Gletscher – Großer Isidor (3.200 m), 6167 Neustift im Stubaital, A
Architecture: LAAC (2008) Builder-owner: Wintersport Tirol approx. 10 minutes from the Schaufeljoch-Lift mountain station
In 2010 the platform was recognised at the BTV (bank for Tyrol and Vorarlberg) Building-Owner-Awards-Tyrol and Vorarlberg.

Situated at an altitude of 3200 metres right in the middle of the Stubaier Glacier, the summit platform "TOP OF TYROL” offers a very impressive view across the Tyrolean Mountains. Based on the existing topography, LAAC architects designed a "symbol in the snow”, which nestles into the flowing movements of the Great Isidor’s rocky ridge and juts out nine metres above the ridge edge.

© LAAC Architekten
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Wattens Sports Hall

Egger Lienz Straße 9, 6112 Wattens, A
Architecture: obermoser arch-omo, Thomas Schnizer (2007-2008) Builder-owner: Marktgemeinde Wattens Open to the public: partially

Although the sports hall was built for the neighbouring primary school and is also used by the community’s various sports clubs, it was actually designed by the architects as a building for public use. A large part of the building, covered by a roof with a double bend, is sunken into the ground; the ground floor opens towards the road through a generously glazed foyer. A stand for 300 spectators completes the flowing crossover from the foyer down to the triple gymnasium.

© Henning Koepke
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Glacier Terminal

Mutterbergalm, 6167 Neustift im Stubaital, A
Architecture: ao-architekten (2006-2007) Builder-owner: Wintersport Tirol, Stubaier Bergbahnen KG Accessibility: Route "Regio Stubai" from the Innsbruck main station TIP: With the cable lift up to the Schaufeljoch Mountain Restaurant "Jochdohle” and then on to the summit platform "TOP OF TYROL”.

The glacier terminal extension provides the existing Stubaier glacier cable lift valley station with a new reception area. The extension connects the existing heterogeneous buildings and, for the first time presents the single and double cable lifts as a single unit. A form-giving element is the curved and greened roof, beneath this is the transparent cladding of the lifts reception area.

© Arno Gisinger
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Townscape Redevelopment Telfs

6410 Telfs, A
Architecture: Architekturhalle Wulz-König (2006-2007) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Telfs Open to the public: yes Accessibility: Several streets along Obermarkt, resp., Untermarktstraße

The goal of the redevelopment was to transform the town center, strongly impacted by traffic in the past, into a publically usable space with amenity qualities. By reducing the road width, space for wider sidewalks and plaza-like extensions were created, which were designed with granite plates of different sizes. Information points, fountains, benches, rows of trees and plant and flower beds structure the street space; a lighting concept ensures that the various areas are more or less brightly illuminated according to their significance.

© Angelo Kaunat
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Veranstaltungszentrum FoRum (event centre)

Rathausplatz 1, 6063 Rum, A
Architecture: Richard Freisinger, Hans Peter Gruber (2005-2006) Builder-owner: Immobilien Rum Accessibility: via the "Dörferstraße” from Innsbruck through the villages on the northern foothills to Hall, bus line D or E TIP: Café FORUM, open daily 9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.

The centre is situated next to the church, the churchyard and the seat of the municipality of the large village of Rum. The complex of one-storey and two-storey buildings, respectful of the more rural character of the village, reflects the proportions of the surrounding buildings. The nicely renovated old seat of the village administration, a stage and grandstand with a roof, for all types of events, and the other parts of the complex together shape a graciously designed square.

© Günter R. Wett
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Völs Town Hall

Dorfstraße 35, 6176 Völs, A
Architecture: Peter Pozzo, Anton Widauer (2004-2006) Builder-owner: Marktgemeinde Völs Open to the public: partially

In close vicinity to the existing town hall, a second, barrier-free administration building was erected for the community. The heterogeneous, rurally structured setting and the steeply rising slope of the Blasiusberg Mountain defined the scale, shape and materiality of the new structure. As if growing out of the slope, a corten-steel roof edges its way over the otherwise very transparently kept building.

© Günter R. Wett
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EWZ Eduard Wallnöfer Centre

Eduard-Wallnöfer-Zentrum 1, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Henke Schreieck Architekten (2003-2004) Builder-owner: TIVELOP Open to the public: Partly (café and assembly hall) Accessibility: from Innsbruck, with bus S or 4 "U.Zwei café.bar” in the university building

The research and teaching campus of the Eduard Wallnöfer Centre for medical innovation is situated in the middle of a spacious park near the Old Town of Hall.
The architects designed the abstract glass cube, which is accentuated by angular perforated sheet metal sun-blocking blades, as a forceful counterpoint to the surrounding park-scape. A two-storey assembly hall defines the center of the atrium-type building, which houses a private university and other educational institutions.

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EWZ student dormitory and kindergarten

Eduard-Wallnöfer-Zentrum 2, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Henke Schreieck Architekten (2003-2004) Builder-owner: TIVELOP Accessibility: from Innsbruck, with bus S or 4

The general idea was to bridge the gap between the Old Town and the residential area farther to the east with a third university building along Milserstraße.
Thus, a classy student dormitory housing also a kindergarten was added to round up the EWZ campus. Just as the university building itself, the dormitory is designed as an atrium-type house. Around the open interior space, there is a cluster of social rooms for general use, with generously spacious terraces, while from their private rooms the students can look out into the park.

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MPREIS Rum

Feldkreuzstraße 1, 6063 Rum, A
Architecture: reitter_architekten, Michael Pfleger (2003) Builder-owner: MPREIS Open to the public: Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m, Saturday until 6 p.m. Accessibility: Follow the "Dorferstraße” road from Innsbruck to Hall, or take bus

The MPREIS supermarket is situated 3 m below road level, all one sees, when looking from the village center, is a hovering roof, because the mass of the market building and entrance area is nestling against a slight turn of the road. A café, a terrace and a children’s playground, and additional spaces for various other shops make sure this supermarket serves as a village meeting point where people can do more than just their everyday shopping.

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Parkhotel (the former Seeber tower hotel)

Thurnfeldgasse 1a, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Henke Schreieck Architekten (2002-2003) Builder-owner: Stadtwerke Hall Open to the public: yes Accessibility: from Innsbruck, with bus S or 4 The adjoining spa was built, in 1930/31, by Hans Illmer, the surrounding park was re-designed, in 2004, by Maria Auböck and János Kárász.

Next to the former Seeber tower hotel designed, in the Thirties, by Lois Welzenbacher, the architects placed a second solitaire whose shape, materials and colours boldly contrast with the older building. The Welzenbacher building, a white angular cube with balconies whose situation and shape suggest a circular movement, was beautifully retrofitted, and can now enter into an exciting dialogue with the new conical glass tower. At their base, the towers are linked by a building containing the lobby as well as a café and restaurant.

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Münze Hall (Hall Mint)

Burg Hasegg 6, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Benedikt Gratl (2003) Open to the public: in summer, Tuesday – Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in winter Tuesday – Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Accessibility: Accessible, from Innsbruck, with bus S or 4 In the museum you can mint your own souvenir coin.

Hasegg Castle with the twelve-angle mint tower is the landmark of the town of Hall. Originally, it dates back to the 13th century, but had undergone rather chaotic growth over the centuries. With a few very intelligent and respectful interventions, it was possible to implant a museum. A "must see” is the historic mint tower with its two staircases which you now can enter using a new sculptural steel spiral staircase.

© Arno Gisinger
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MPREIS Wattens II

Bahnhofstraße 23, 6111 Wattens, A
Architecture: Dominique Perrault (2002-2003) Builder-owner: MPREIS Open to the public: during opening hours

Dominique Perrault was the first architect not resident in Tyrol to be entrusted with the setting up of, in the meantime, three supermarkets by MPREIS, two in Wattens and one in Zirl. The SuperM on the main road to Wattens is situated in the middle of a heterogeneous built-up-area. Perrault reacted to this with a materiality and constructively light and open building with a yard type recess, which together with the small protruding square, forms an urban centre.

© Günter R. Wett
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Hoadlhaus – Mountain Restaurant

Axamer Lizum 7, 6094 Axams, A
Architecture: Klaus Mathoy (2002) Builder-owner: Axamer Lizum Aufschließungs AG Accessibility: directly next to the Olympic railway mountain station The mountain restaurant was awarded a prize at the 2009 ISR Architecture Awards.

The Hoadlhaus panorama-restaurant in the Axamer Lizum is a steel and glass construction offering a 360° view. The façade facing towards the south consists of seven large glass roll-up doors, which can be completely drawn into the roof’s wooden dropped ceiling. If the weather is fine the mountain restaurant’s conservatory can be transformed into a huge sun terrace.

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Jochdohle

Stubaier Gletscher – Höhe 3150 m, 6167 Neustift im Stubaital, A
Architecture: Peter Kaserer (2000-2001) Builder-owner: Stubaier Bergbahnen KG, Wintersport Tirol Open to the public: Via the cable lift services Eisgrat I, Eisgrat II and Schaufeljoch to the Schaufeljoch mountain station then approx. five minutes walk. Accessibility: all year round during hours of operation TIP: "Stubaier Gletscherpfad” (Stubaier Glacier Path) from the Eisgrat mountain station up to the Jochdohle (250 metres elevation, approx. one hour walk).

The "Jochdohle” is Austria’s highest altitude mountain restaurant (3150 metres). Sitting on a small rock ledge and secured to the rock face is a three storey steel tower, which serves as a structural and functional "backbone”. Steel girders are fixed to the tower in a radial manner. During the summer the round silver shimmering building hovers above the glacier; in winter it sinks into the fresh snow.

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Kartonagenfabrik Dinkhauser (packaging materials factory)

Josef-Dinkhauser-Straße 1-2, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Josef Lackner (2000) Builder-owner: Dinkhauser Kartonagen GmbH Accessibility: Close to the main road from Innsbruck to Hall The administration building (1995 – 1997) and the high-shelve storage area n. 2 (added 2003-2005) were designed by Lukas Schumacher.

For the Dinkhauser packaging materials corporation, Lackner realized one of his last works. The lot sort of had grown with the enterprise, reorganizing it was an essential part of the task. So he added a new high-shelve storage area with unsupported steel frames stretching over 25 m to an existing shop. Large prefabricated concrete elements and triangular glass panels are the dominant elements that masterfully catch the attention of passers-by.

© Christof Lackner
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MPREIS Wattens I

Salzburger Straße 30, 6112 Wattens, A
Architecture: Dominique Perrault (2000) Builder-owner: MPREIS Open to the public: during opening hours Today’s internationally operating family business was founded by Daniel Swarovski in1895 in Wattens.

Dominique Perrault set up his first MPREIS opposite Swarovski Kristallwelten, which was designed by André Heller – a solitary building based on minimalism with an opaque shimmering glass façade. A biomorphic scaffolding surrounding nine pines permeates the rectangular building allowing the border between the inside and outside to merge where visible truss-girders, OSB boards and black floor slabs create a market hall atmosphere.

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Tiroler Fachberufsschule für Bautechnik und Malerei Absam

Eichatstraße 18a / Krüseweg, 6067 Absam, A
Architecture: Hanno Schlögl (1996-1998) Builder-owner: Land Tirol Accessibility: from Hall via the Salzbergstraße road or from Innsbruck via the Dörferstraße road to Absam, bus D or E. Artwork by Heinz Gappmar (western wall next to the main entrance), Ernst Trawöger (atrium)

On a slope east of the village of Absam, adjacent to a school building from the sixties, the new regional professional school for construction and painting bridges the gap between the old school and the distinctive edge of the hill. The building’s organization follows a strictly horizontal logic. Unplastered concrete bricks with integrated insulation for the walls and rough concrete for the load-carrying structure make sure the future construction workers get an idea of what their job is all about, creating a "hands-on” atmosphere very apt for this particular school environment.

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Schul- und Sportanlage Dr. Posch (Dr. Posch memorial school and sports grounds)

Gerbergasse 2, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Bruno Sandbichler, Inge Andritz, Feria Gharakhanzadeh (1996-1998) Builder-owner: Stadtwerke Hall Accessibility: from Innsbruck, with bus S or 4 Artworks: Interactive light installation by Brigitte Kowanz near the main staircase.

The very compact albeit, at the same time, very pervious ensemble close to the Old Town is home to a 10 class middle school, the Hall gymnastics association and the ice sports centre, thus having to combine various functions. In order to preserve as much as possible of the existing green spaces, the southern part of the lot only got an underground building, while all "daylight” functions are concentrated in a single transparent building that takes in, as it were, as much as possible of the surrounding landscape.

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Salzlager Hall (salt store-room)

Saline 18, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Hanno Schlögl (1996-1997) Builder-owner: Stadtwerke Hall The former Fine Arts Hall closed in 2001, and then the Hall municipality took over the old salt store-room to use it for various expositions and events.

The hall with dominant 9 m high breccie columns, dating back to about the middle of the 19th century, is one of rather few still existing remnants of a once flourishing salt industry in Hall. Very subtle interventions sufficed to change it into a fine arts hall, with a smaller north wing added. Together with another saltworks building which was turned into a "media tower” by Schlögl & Süß, the revitalized monument of industrial archeology suggests a new town gate.

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Multipurpose Building Domanig Hof

Römerstraße 1, 6141 Schönberg, A
Architecture: Werner Thönig, Johann Obermoser (1988-1989) Builder-owner: Gemeinde Schönberg Open to the public: partially (Gasthof Domanig) The name goes back to the postmaster Elias Domanig, a confidant of Tyrolean freedom fighter Andreas Hofer who lived at of time of Tyrol’s struggle for freedom.

The Domanig Hof farmhouse, whose core originates from the 16th century and which was used for centuries as a post station, was adapted at the end of the 1980s. It houses the community office, primary school, the local fire brigade, a library, as well as an inn. The old building stock was renovated, the roof newly constructed and extended to the east, whereby the new components clearly set themselves apart from the old structures.

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Lichtlabor Bartenbach (Bartenbach Light Lab)

Rinner Straße 14, 6071 Aldrans, A
Architecture: Josef Lackner (1988) Builder-owner: Bartenbach GmbH Open to the public: by appointment only. Accessibility: Road from Aldrans to Rinn. The adjacent building is the Bartenbach Light Academy by Volker Giencke (2003).

This singular building, for a very innovative light-planning company, was designed with the interplay of function and surrounding landscape as a starting point. The building lot and the road are at very much differing levels, so Lackner carved the laboratory building into the slope, topped by a cylindrically shaped staff building with an entrance at the medium level. Starting from there, two "office spirals” – every workplace at a different level, but with generous daylight – lead upwards and downwards, covering the height of two floors in either direction.

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Altenwohn- und Pflegeheime Hall (Residence for senior citizens, Hall)

Milser Straße 4a-d, 6060 Hall in Tirol, A
Architecture: Hanno Schlögl, Andreas Egger (1983-1986) Builder-owner: Stadtgemeinde Hall in Tirol Open to the public: Partly Accessibility: Accessible with bus S, or in walking distance from the town centre (general direction: county hospital) House in the Seidner garden (2000-03) by Hanno Schlögl
House in the Magdalenen garden (2002-06) by Schögl & Süß architects

The older house in the Abbey Garden (Stiftsgarten), built 1979-86, was a pioneer masterpiece of considerate and respectful high quality care for seniors: Very close to the town centre, resembling a small city quarter consisting of rows of buildings along a green lane. Later additions, then, were the Seidner garden house, embracing a green square open towards the south, and the atrium-type Magdalenen garden house. Together, they form an ensemble of three self-sufficient care centres, with their different typologies, materials and facades underlining the autonomy of every single building.

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Haus Maier

Schießstand 6, 6401 Hatting, A
Architecture: Josef Lackner (1977) Builder-owner: Josef Maier South oft the house, Lackner built a studio and storeroom that was also meant to serve as a protective wall against avalanches and landslides.

The patron wanted an economical wooden house, so Lackner "simply” designed a wooden structure radially hanging from a concrete pile. The consequent mushroom-like shape beautifully responds also to the special needs of the patron. The very self-assertive building, although not resembling any familiar typology, due to the choice of materials, fits well into the environment.

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Pfarrkirche St. Emmaus, Völs (St. Emmaus parish church)

6176 Völs, A
Architecture: Josef Lackner (1965-1967) Builder-owner: Diözese Innsbruck Artworks by Josef Mikl
More recent adjacent buildings, unfortunately, have had a negative effect on the way the building dialogues with the landscape.

The striking trench-shaped roof of the white building is not a mere theatrical gesture, it is meant to convey that this is a very special building. At the same time, it holds the wooden ceiling of the interior, thus creating a very introspective room for worshipping. The light strictly comes from above; this and the minimalistic choice of only two materials for the interior strongly underline the sacrality this space is meant to exude.

© feilfoto (© Fam. Lackner)