Author - Beate Bartlmä

We are thrilled to have won the competition for the Lower Austria Provincial Exhibition in 2028! The exhibition will take place in the historic Greenhouse in the Palace Park in Gmünd, in the northern Waldviertel region. Architecture: BWM Designers & Architects Structural Engineering: werkraum ingenieure

For one week, the Badeschiff on Vienna’s Danube Canal was transformed into a vibrant hub of exchange through artistic installations (sculptures, talks, workshops, and much more), showcasing visionary perspectives and new approaches to addressing the climate crisis. Temporary sculpture “Chimney” on the Badeschiff Artists: Sebastian Haaf, Carl Theodor Seegers Architect: Nirmala Salkic Structural Engineering: werkraum ingenieure

A new indoor swimming pool, the Alpen-Adria Family and Sports Pool, is being built in Klagenfurt. The groundbreaking ceremony for the winning design of the EU-wide architectural competition took place in fall, on October 12, 2025. This year, the construction schedule for this major Carinthian project also includes the excavation, foundation slab, and pile driving. Work began with the construction of a structurally complex thin-walled pool. Architecture: Atelier Thomas Pucher Structural Engineering: werkraum ingenieure

The book “Neue Lernwelten – Impulsgebende Schulen und Kindergärten in Österreich” (New Learning Environments – Inspiring Schools and Kindergartens in Austria) presents 50 exemplary projects, including 8 of our own!

Our current project, a gymnasium center with four gyms in Vienna's Kriehubergasse, is being built using a construction method that is highly unusual for building construction: the top-down method. Architecture: ARTEC Architects Structural engineering: werkraum ingenieure

The Central Association of Architects in Austria honors exemplary construction projects in Austria with its Client Award. We are delighted that the HOS – House of Schools – project at JKU Linz is among the award-winning projects. Architecture: querkraft Architekten Client: Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H. – Universities Division, Christoph Vitale Landscape Architecture: Kieran Fraser Landscape Design

The year 2025 is slowly nearing its end and brings changes for Werkraum Ingenieure: Werkraum Ingenieure ZT GmbH is now Werkraum Ingenieure ZT GmbH & Co KG. Peter Resch is leaving us to enjoy his well-deserved retirement, and two new managing directors from our own ranks will fill the gap he leaves behind. Welcome aboard in your new roles as managing directors: Jan Umlauf and Mario Weiss!

The Lower Austria Timber Construction Award is being presented for the 20th consecutive year by the Province of Lower Austria, proHolz NÖ/Lower Austria Chamber of Commerce, and the Lower Austria Chamber of Agriculture. We are delighted to have received the special prize in the ‘Public and Municipal Buildings’ category for the wooden spiral structure of the Austrian Pavilion at EXPO 2025 Osaka. Architecture: BWM Designers & Architects Structural engineering: werkraum ingenieure Building and construction: Graf Holztechnik GmbH

The Austrian Pavilion at EXPO 2025 in Osaka has won a sustainability award. Our timber spiral was honored with the Austrian Green Planet Building Technology Award. Architecture: BWM Designers & Architects Structural engineering: werkraum ingenieure

Together with Klammer Zeleny Architects, we emerged as the winning team in the EU-wide open competition for the new Donaufeld Süd school building.