Nov 23

Voestalpine, Linz, Austria by Dietmar Feichtinger Architects

Dietmar Feichtinger Architects have completed this building for Voest Steelworks, a new finance and sales head office in Linz, Austria

The urban planning concept and the design of the buildings  were carried out by Dietmar Feichtinger Architects, following a competition between several top-rank designers.

The structure is built of reinforced concrete, flanked on the open edges by planted embankments, naturally cross-ventilated and lit from planted atriums and broken up into almost domestic proportions by glass walls.

The main entrance to the office lies below a cantilever at the north-eastern end of the building. A glazed foyer directs views towards the landscape of cranes, waste heaps and chimneys.

Meeting rooms on the top floor are surrounded by glass walls and open to the sky, whilst rooms on the ground floor have a more ‘delicate’ glass facade.

Architects Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Location Betriebsgebäude 75, Voestalpine-Straße 3, A-4020 Linz
Type Of Project Financial and commercial department of Voest Alpine Stahl GmbH
Structural Engineers Schindelar ZT GmbH, Dr. Müllner Platz 1
Project Architect Gerhard Pfeiler
Design Team Philipp Hugo Urabl, Dorit Böhme, Roland Basista, Albert Moosbrugger, Ulli Gabriel, Andreas Trampe-Kieslich, Ralitsa Kafova, Camille Duperche, Katharina Düsing, Nemanja Kordic
Client Voestalpine Stahl GmbH
Start on site date September 2006
Contract duration September 2006
Gross internal floor area 23,160m²
Quantity surveyor Kostenplaner
Main contractor Generalunternehmer
Photography Credits Joseph Pausch

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