On the B54 Wechselbundesstrasse, at the community area of Grafendorf bei Hartberg, a 630 m long noise protection wall with an effectiv height of 1,5-2,0 m is build. Alongside the road, absorptive DURISOL-noise protection elements are used, whereas at the bridge, reflecting aluminium casettes and transparent acrylic glass elements are applied. At the bridge, the… Read more »
This project combines a social housing project, a kindergarden and an after-school care club on a piece of land in the city of Graz. A particular challenge was the fact that the news buildings had to be erected whilst the existing kindergarden was in full operation. The new buildings were built around the existing buildings… Read more »
The Federal Hospital Rottenmann was refurbished and extended by KAGES (Styrian Hospital Administration company). The extension was designed by the Viennese architects Oliver Kaufmann and Maximilian Wanas, who won the Europe-wide competition. The distinctive extension is fleet-footed and seems to float. The extension is separated from the existing building and connected by a glazed corridor…. Read more »
The University of Arts in Graz, Austria erects a new institute building that shall function as an interface between university and public, called “Mumuth”. The international competition was won by the UNStudio/Ben van Berkel from Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1998. Divers, mainly financial reasons prolonged the start of the project. Finally, in March 2006 the construction… Read more »
With the renovation of the existing power plant at the river Ager between Lake Attersee and Pichlwang also important ecological improvements in the affected river section were achieved. The new hydro power plants Raudaschl and Koch at the river Ager generate 300 resp. 320 KW of electrical energy. The Kaplan turbines of Gugler Hydro Energy… Read more »
The municipal hydro power plant of Amstetten in Allersdorf is a hydro-power plant at the river Ybbs. The plant was erected in 1900 and has a rated output of 2.94 MW, which covers one-fifth of the electricity requirements of the town of Amstetten. convex carried out the structural engineering for CCi GmbH for the renovation… Read more »
The combined cycle power plant Thessaloniki generates 400 MW of electricity with a GE gas turbine (260 MW), a CMI boiler and a FRANCO TOSI steam turbine (140 MW). The environmentally friendly power plant in the industrial area of Thessaloniki emits 25-30% less CO2 than a coal fired power plant, thereby contributing to the reduction of… Read more »
The former trainee dormitory of Telekom Austria in the Eggenberg district of Graz is extensively rehabilitated and rebuilt. In total, 53 new appartment units and the belonging car parking areas are constructed. The complete structural design was carried out on behalf of the architect. The accessibility of the building has been completely changed and is… Read more »
The Star Gallery is situated in the pedestrian area in the centre of the historic old city of Plovdiv. As the only building it connects the main shopping street Alexander Battemberg with the parallel street Otets Paisii. This connection is the basic principle of the architectural design: The shopping area in the ground floor opens… Read more »
The Benedictine Monastery St. Lambrecht has converted a part of the south wing of the Monastery into a conference center “School of Existence”, that was awarded with the GerambRose 2008 of the Society for Building Culture of Styria, Austria. Core elements of the alteration works were the activation of the existing baroque style rooms into… Read more »