The Klinikum Klagenfurt  received the Austrian Client's Award 2011 on November 18th 2011 at the House of Architecture in Klagenfurt. The building is the first hospital in Austria that was certified as "Green Building" by the EU and is distinguished by its compact design, very high thermal insulation and intelligent building technology. The heating demand is 36% lower and the cooling demand 41% compared to the EU-wide EPBD minimum energy requirements. 

The Bad Schallerbach Rehab Centre is located in Upper Austria and features rehabilitation facilities including a therapy pool and 125 hotel rooms. The building is surrounded by an old park along a small river and surrounded by large trees creating a strong relationship between therapy areas, hotel rooms and nature. Architects Collective won the first price in an EU-wide competition and is responsible as architect and general planer. The building construction started this month and completion is scheduled for spring 2013.

Architects Collective was invited to submit a competition proposal for a new public library in Pulan Bay in the north of Dalian, China. The ring-shaped structure consists of 50.000 m2 of book storage, book lending and other public zones and features a central quiet library courtyard and a book lounge on the top floor overlooking the bay.

The Architecture Centre Vienna (AzW) organizes weekly architectural tours in and around Vienna. Theme of this tour is the North Burgenland and meeting point is the AzW on Saturday, September 10th 2011 at 9:45 am and includes a visit a of four buildings. The projects include the Egg Museum in Winden by gaupenraub +/-, the Claus Preisinger Winery in Gols by Propeller Z, the Weingarten Residence in Podersdorf byBaar-Baarfels and the Erich SattlerWinery in Tadten by Architects Collective. The tour well finish in Vienna at the AzW at 7:30 pm.

The invited competition for a residential complex in the village of Himberg in the South of Vienna includes150 apartments in various apartment sizes and types. The urban structure consists of a L-shapped structure along the two urban street  and six compact structures in the middle of the site which are accessed by two pedestrian lanes and feature public and private open green spaces.

The invited competition to select the architect for the new Urban Planing Museum is one of the key urban projects for the City of Dalian in China. The design presented by AC defines the museum as a public place that reflects on the cities complex history. The building is characterized by the visual connections between the museum's interior and the urban surrounding. It minimizes energy use trough intelligent orientation and the use of deep water borings to cool the interior.

The 3-story office building for the department for rural development in Tirscheneuth shall be constructed of wood and is designed as a ultra-low energy "passivehouse" building. AC is architect and general planer and received the 2nd prize in a two-stage process that included a comprehensive technical, economical and architectural solutions for the project.

This month our planning team completed the code review for the Hospital North of Vienna and has begun with detailed planning and construction documents. Architects Collective is a member of the Health Team KH North, led by Albert Wimmer, for the architecture and general planning of the project. The hospital complex comprises a series of ward buildings for 850 bed patients, outpatient surgery areas, hotel, medical center, supply and service areas and a large park to the south.

In April we had our yearly office excursion for which we chose Switzerland. The three-day trip took us to the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich (see group photo), the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, the Vitra Headquarters in Weil am Rhein (D), the Paul Klee Museum in Bern and the Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne as well as a number other outstanding buildings in the country.

AC has completed a feasibilty study for a 36-story office tower with mixed use in Xian for the chinese developer SRT Real Estate. The site is located between the international airport and the center of the city next to the high-speed railway station connecting Bejing and Shanghai with Xian.

AC as architect and general planner has completed a feasibility study and masterplan for a 150-unit housing complex in Klagenfurt that includes retail and communal spaces. The complex features a variety of apartment units from subsidized assisted housing to single parent units as well as free-financed apartments and condominiums with extensive green spaces including a central courtyard with playgrounds and access to the local Glan river.

Our office has started planning for the roof top extension of 130 year old building in Vienna's third district next to the Austrian National Bank building. The commission included the re-modeling and renovation of the 6-story existing building with courtyard and parking garage. The project features several units and all with terraces and views of the inner city. AC is architect and general planer and responsible for design, planning and site supervision.

The code review process for the Medical Resort Bad Schallerbach has been completed last month and AC has started with detail planning. The rehab and hotel complex features 120 rooms, therapy and wellness facilities surrounded by an existing old park in Upper Austria along a small river. Architects Collective won the first price as architect and general planer in an EU-wide competition. The building application has been submitted this month and construction will start at the end of 2011

The study for an urban block with up to 20-story office towers in the South of Moscow would feature a variety of uses and functions. The 3-story base building is a rectangle with lofts with small offices and shops with a green courtyard in the center. Located above are apartment towers with a variety of unit sizes. Between these two volumes is a semi-public zone with open and closed space featuring a kindergarden or a health club.

The competition submittal for the new AirBaltic terminal in Riga proposes a C-shaped configuration with two piers and a Schengen and Non-Schengen levels. The building is constructed as a generous wide-span  steel construction with glass facades and wide shading panels to the south.

The Hartmann Hospital by the Franciscans of the Christian Love in the 5th district of Vienna was founded in 1857. AC has been commissioned to plan several remodels and extension for the building that will span over several years. Among them are the remodel of several ward units, an archive tower and the extension of the hospital with specialized care units. Until now one building phase has been built, one is under construction and several are in planning phases.

Doris Kleilein interviews Kurt Sattler of Architects Collective in the current issue of Bauwelt 25/2010 talking about sustainability, apple orchards, corporate identity and work in a collective. The article is an ongoing feature of one of Germany´s most influential architecture magazine called Debüt presenting the work of architects in the context of specific issues in architecture and society.

The final construction phase of the new general hospital complex in Klagenfurt, Austria was completed in May 2010 and was opened in June 7th. On this day 600 patients were moved from several existing ward buildings to the new complex. The new buildings include a surgical-medical complex and technical Services Facility is one of Europe´s most modern hospital facilities featuring state-of-the-art concepts and technology. The 314 Mio € building complex was completed in time and in budget.

The Architecture Award Burgenland was established as an initiative of the Architekturraum Burgenland in 2002. The works were reviewed by an independent jury and awarded by the regional council for culture. The cultural department of Burgenland hosted the awards ceremony on June 10th at the Museum in Eisenstadt - for the 5th time. Architects Collective received one of the awards for the Leeb Fruit Orchard.

Architects Collective won the EU-wide competition for architecture and general planning services for a new medical resort in Bad Schallerbach in Upper Austria. The 12 Mio € rehab and hotel complex features 120 rooms, therapy and wellness facilities with a large park along the Tratnach river. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2013

Experience architecture live with the Days of Architecture 2010  on May 28th and 29th in Austria - with a view to Bratislava. As part of the event visitors can participate in an architecture tour featuring a number of new and award winning buildings in the Burgenland region including the Leeb Apple Orchard and the Erich Sattler Winery by Architects Collective. On the same day our architecture studio is open to visitors who are invited to join the annual AC BBQ.

The private residence is located next to the St Lambrecht Monestery in a high altidue valley in the heart of the Austrian Alps on a sloping hill site at the edge of a small village. The new building is located next to an existing 100 year old villa featuring views of the monestary and offering panoramic views of the mountains to the south. The steel and wood structure will be constructed out of prefabricated highly-insulted wooden boxes consisting of load baring x-lam panels. Construction is scheduled for Mai 2011.

The new production facility for the Fruit Orchard Leeb is one of three nominees for the Environmental Price 2009 by the Austrian Society for Environment and Technology ÖGUT. The building was designed and constructed using “passive house” technology. The concept represents today's highest energy standard with comfortably interior climate without the use of heating and cooling.

The Sattler winery consists of several buildings that where constructed in phases. The last structure was the Wineloft with presentation and guest rooms. The other buildings included the construction of a production facility, the adoption of a barrel fault and storage facility as well the sleeping quarters.

The creation of a new hospital complex for 850 patients will set new standards in health care in Vienna. The organisational structure of the building will allow various ward layouts and a flexible use of emergency room and day-care areas. Architects Collective is a member of the Health Team Albert Wimmer which is  responsible for the architectural planning of the building. 

After only 6 month construction the Apple Orchard of the Leeb Family was completed on August 29.  Architects Collective designed the construction of the new fruit production facility with store in passive house technology.  Passive house structures are designed in such a way that they do not need any heating or cooling. The building was pre-fabricated in 2 x 5 m wooden boxes and the wooden structure was installed within a few weeks.

After the completion of the 1st phase of the Facilties Service Centre (central laundry and recycling facilities)  the 2nd phase (central kitchen, storage facilities, restaurant and offices) started operation in September 2008.  The Surgical Medical Centre (incl. emergency rooms, patient wards) and the 3rd phase of the Facilties Service Centre  will be completed at the end of 2009.

The design of the Performing Arts Center emphasizes the idea of a real people´s theater by creating a flowing urban landscape that allows various interactions by spectators, visitors and the general public. The positive and negative space of the complex creates dramatic and fluid inside-outside spaces interacting with the city and the center.

Music, dance.. An Inspiration for individuals to feel free and open: Dancing connects people, creates a social phenomenon. To be able to waltz like at the Opera ball in Vienna, this Pavillon shares Austrias strongest societal happening with the rest of the world. Shaped like a ball-dress, the building opens up and invites visitors to be part of Kieslers "Raumbühne" to dance until dawn.

The private residence is located in a small village on the rolling hills in the east of Austria with panoramic views of the nearby mountains. The design is a re-interpretation of the typical L-form building of the region creating a protected atrium and at the same time an extension of the living area. The L-form divides the floor plan into a living and sleeping area on different floor heights. Construction is scheduled in Mai 2009

The new hospital complex is situated on an existing railway yard in the north of Vienna that includes a ward with 800 patients, ambulatory healthcare centre, emergency facilities and a local medical centre. The design is an urban landscape as an connector between the building structure and open space in a medical context. A new urban design for the hospital Wien Nord was part of the competition.

The project consists of production facilities and retail and office spaces and planned as a passive house and therefore not using any heating and cooling. The site is surrounded by apple orchards and is situated in St. Andrä am Zicksee at the border of Austria and Hungary. The building is a wood frame structure with highly insulated pre-fabricated large wooden panels and operable façade panels construction.

Last month the penthouse in Mexico City has been completed. The owner Yoshua Okón, an artist and former gallery director of La Panadería and his wife inhabit the penthouse. The climate of the penthouse is moderated by overhangs and the thoughtful orientation of interior spaces and openings and can be adjusted through operable windows through cross ventilation in the glass façade and at the highest point of the roof construction.

Architects Collective , together with several other architecture firms, was invited to propose a masterplan and design for the new 132.000m² headquarters for Austria and Eastern Europe´s largest bank Erste Bank in Vienna. The goal of the client is to develop a landmark building with high functionality, a stimulating and communicative office spaces environment and an efficient and economic energy concept.

The Sattler Winery consists of 1500 m² floor areas including the construction of a production facility and a residential building as well as the remodeling of storage facilities, a barrel vault and renovation of a residential building. The project is being realised in several phases, with the construction of a residential building as the final phase, scheduled to be completed in October 2008.