Focus Austria: Two Bridges Connecting Old and New – Training Pool Großfeldsiedlung in Vienna
  The swimming facility in the Viennese Großfeldsiedlung – originally constructed in the early 1980s – has been partially refurbished and expanded to include a new indoor training pool for school and club sports.  
Focus Austria: Porcelain Lighting with Feather-Light Precision
  CERA PENDULA is in perfect balance between materiality and dissolution, between levitation and suspension, between aesthetics and function. Wafer-thin light breaks through an almost invisible membrane of hand-cast porcelain, reduced to fragility, into  
WA Awards 51st Cycle is open and accepting entries
 Register and send your projects to WA Awards 10+5+X 51st Cycle before 18 July 2025 and become internationally recognized  WA Awards 10+5+X 51st Cycle: Deadline: 18 July 2025 The 51st Cycle of the WA Awards 10+5+X  
Focus Austria: LES, A Radical Clarity in Light
   At the core of LES, a lens-based luminaire, lies a bold design ethos: nothing to hide. Conceived as the centerpiece of a modular indoor lighting system, LES reveals what is usually concealed  
Focus Austria: Just Black, A System That Fits the Architecture
   JUST BLACK emerges as a sleek black line seamlessly connecting delicate architectural lighting. This hyper-miniaturised track harmonises form and function within a system that seamlessly blends beauty and precision. With this family,  
Focus Austria: Designing Friendly Tech for Everyday Creators
  KISKA designed the Elgato Neo range to feel less like intimidating tech and more “desk-friendly”. The idea was simple: create tools that are easy to use, easy on the eyes, and genuinely enjoyable  
The fourth big force: climate change
 One of the world's pre-eminent financiers explains why a more pragmatic approach is needed in designing climate solutions.   I believe that there are five big, interrelated forces that are driving, and always  
Focus Austria: Vagabund, Redefining the Ride
  The CE02 conversion by Vagabund is not just a custom bike — it’s a complete design study that reinterprets how personal mobility can be communicated and experienced. Starting with BMW’s electric two-wheeler as  
Focus Austria: Philip Lutz from Ludescher + Lutz Architekten on Creating Community and Timelessness in the Posthus Architecture
   Viewed from the outside, the Bregenzerwald still presents a cohesive landscape of meadows and forests, in which the small-scale, disciplined settlement areas stand out. At the same time, the urbanity and craftsmanship  
Focus Austria: Martina Hatzenbichler’s Vision for Flexible Ritual Centered Urban Living in Green Loft Vienna
   The Green Loft is a light-flooded, spacious apartment located on the rooftops in the heart of Vienna. Through close collaboration with the new owner, the spatial organization of a conventional floor plan  
Focus Austria: Juri Troy Highlights the Role of Architecture in Windkraft Simonsfeld’s Sustainable Growth Strategy
   The expansion of the company headquarters in Ernstbrunn had become necessary due to a period of strong growth in recent years. The aim of the project was to create additional office space  
Focus Austria: Preserving Heritage and Creating Contemporary Home at Dirnbergergut with Moser und Hager Architekten
    History and Task The initial situation before the conversion was a historic farmstead in the area north of the Danube. The existing ensemble is characterized by two separate building parts: a  
 
 










