Hermann Kaufmann (born in Reuthe,

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Early life

Hermann Kaufmann was born in 1955 in Reuthe, Bregenzerwald (Austria) and comes from a family with a long tradition in the carpentry business. At that time it was a matter of course to help in the parental business where he got to know great directly the possibilities and the fascination of the building material wood but also the way of technical thinking what moulded essentially his work as an architect. The decision to study architecture was also influenced by his uncle Leopold Kaufmann, outrider in wood constructions and protagonist of the architectural development in Vorarlberg, under whom he learned as intern the hand tools of an architect. He graduated his studies at the University in Innsbruck and the Technical University in Vienna, where he was essentially shaped by his teacher Professor Ernst Hiesmayr.

Work

, After two years of practice in Architecture, 1983 he founded his own architectural office Hermann Kaufmann ZT consortium with Christian Lenz in Schwarzach. His teaching career began in the winter semester of 1995/96 as a guest lecturer at the Liechtenstein School of Engineering. This was followed by guest professorships at the TU Graz and the

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. In April 2002, he was appointed as a university professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the TU Munich, where he headed the Chair of th
Institute for Architectural Design and Building Technology
until his retirement in spring 2021. His teaching focused on design using timber, with the emphasis on eco-friendly processes and the creation of a healthy environment. The key topic of interest was how wood, as a biogenous material, can help to optimize the use of resources in construction and create a healthy living environment without compromising architectural quality. Hermann kaufmann is a member of several associations, including the Austrian Federal Chamber of Engineers and the Central Association of Austrian Architects. In 2018 Hermann Kaufmann ZT evolved t
HK Architekten, Hermann Kaufmann + Partner
Since Hermann Kaufmann's retirement at the TU Munich, he continues his architectural practice in the office.

Awards

On 24 September 2007, Kaufmann was awarded the first

Global Award for Sustainable Architecture The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture is an international architecture founded in 2006 by architect and scholar Jana Revedin. Description Each year, the award honors five architects who "contribute to a more equitable and sustainable d ...

. In 2010 Kaufmann received the

Spirit of Wood Architecture Award The Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award was an international architecture award, awarded every two years, from 2000 until 2012, when it was discontinued. The award was founded by the Wood in Culture Association (Puu kulttuurissa ry), a Finn ...

, which is awarded in Finland. Also received: Schweighofer Innovation Award (2013), Werkbund label (2018), German Timber Construction Prize (2017), German Architecture Prize (2017), Bavarian Architecture Prize and Bavarian State Prize for Architecture (2021)

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Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
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