Building materials

Anyone who builds needs building materials. Building materials are materials that can be used to construct structures, for example buildings, bridges and roads.The use of most building materials is regulated by standards.Since building materials differ in quality depending on the material (selection, combination, quality and processing), planning and project planning principles, current standards and guidelines, specifications and ordinances by the legislator, processing regulations and the recognised rules of construction technology also apply.

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The use of building materials is always dependent on the state of technology.This changes constantly in the course of technical progress.Depending on the state of the art in a society, proven building materials are used and/or new building materials are developed.

New techniques for the use of a new building material develop around it, and so on.

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Kulturkraftwerk oh456

The plus-energy office building oh456 with attached small hydropower plant serves as a prototype for testing innovative technologies. The building wil...

office building Netter Bau

The new headquarters of Netter Bauart was designed and aligned according to the laws of the harmony theory Feng Shui. The choice of building material ...

Building A – Werkstadt Areal, complete refurbishment

Building A is part of the heritage-listed Werkstadt site in Zürich-Altstetten and underwent comprehensive refurbishment during the second construction...

High Tech Campus Villach

The High Tech Campus Villach (HTC) places a strong emphasis on sustainability and the principles of circular economy in its architecture. The building...

EDGE Südkreuz Berlin

EDGE Südkreuz Berlin is an innovative seven-story office complex constructed using a modular timber-hybrid design. It consists of two standalone build...

Straubenhardt fire station

The new fire station in Straubenhardt was designed according to Cradle to Cradle principles. Many measures were incorporated into a holistic concept f...

Viersen District Archive

In 2022, the Viersen district completed its new district archive on Ransbergstraße, encompassing a building volume of 18,390 m³. Designed according to...

Adaptive reuse of Elys cultural and commercial building (Lysbüchelareal)

At the Lysbüchel site in Basel, a former Coop distribution center was converted into the Elys cultural and commercial building. The aim was to open up...

Extension Art House Zürich

The extension of the Art House Zürich is consistently well thought through. Architecturally a milestone - sustainable, above all because of concrete a...

Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie

The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), Berlin is regarded as an icon of 20th-century architecture. Built between 1963 and 1968, it is the o...

Alpenos Headquarter

The new headquarters of Alpenos, located in the Non Valley, is a perfect example of innovative design and sustainability. The project, developed by th...

Auenwerkstatt

The Auenwerkstatt is a small school building in the middle of the Salzachauen: an all-wood building, completely self-sufficient, powered purely by the...

Revitalisation of the Krieau Grandstands

The historic grandstands of the Krieau harness racing track are among the oldest reinforced concrete buildings in Vienna (1911–1913, Emil Hoppe, Marce...

Comprehensive renovation of Prinzersdorf Town Hall with extension

The classic reinforced-concrete building of post-war modernism (completed in 1973, designed by architect Hable) was on the verge of demolition. Its de...

Kunstmuseum Ravensburg

Opened in 2013, the art museum is located in the heart of Ravensburg's old town and blends harmoniously into its historic surroundings. As the world's...

Mercedes Benz Factory 56

Factory 56 at the Mercedes-Benz site in Sindelfingen is considered a flagship project for sustainable and digitalized car manufacturing. Featuring inn...

MedUni Campus Mariannengasse

The Medical University of Vienna and the Federal Real Estate Company are building the new MedUni Campus Mariannengasse on the site of the former Wien ...

Deconstruction "Village im Dritten"

In Vienna's 3rd district, an inner urban expansion area is being developed on an area measuring over 11 hectares. The location of the site offers pote...

Winery Michael Bauer

The new wine tavern of the Michael Bauer winery on the outskirts of Mitterstockstall near Kirchberg am Wagram is well hidden in the middle of a courty...

Former VHS Stöbergasse

Between July and September 2020, BauKarussell carried out the utilization-oriented dismantling of the former bfi and VHS site in Vienna-Margareten on ...