The Archello Awards are a global awards program that recognises the world’s best architectural projects, the practices behind them, and the most sustainable building products. The expert jury, comprising renowned architects, designers, interior designers and spatial designers from around the world, selects the winning projects in various categories.

This year, the Wangen Sports Hall is on the longlist; we are eagerly awaiting to see which projects will be honoured.

On 9 October 2026, the award ceremony for the 2026 Hugo Häring Award, organised by the BDA Bodensee, took place at Werft 1919 in Kressbronn. A total of 54 projects were submitted, and the winners were announced at the ceremony.

The jury honoured our Wangen Sports Hall with an award for a building constructed using sustainable hybrid timber construction. “The carefully selected and skilfully employed materials – concrete, timber and glass – combined with the construction method, result in an outstanding building.” The planning and construction of the building were supervised and certified in accordance with the Ravensburg District’s Guidelines for Sustainable Building (LNB).

All awards have been published online here;
further information on the Wangen Sports Hall can also be found here.

In its ‘Reports’ section, DETAIL magazine 10.2026 features an article on the Caparol Architecture Award. Our Multipurpose hall Markelfingen received an award in Hamburg on 16 September 2026 in the ‘New Build’ category. A summary of the Markolfhalle’s colour scheme: “Made entirely of timber – dark brown on the outside, natural-coloured on the inside – Steimle Architects have designed the Markolfhalle in Radolfzell on Lake Constance.”

Thank you very much for the recognition; we are delighted and would like to congratulate the project team.

Together, we won second prize in the open, two-phase, interdisciplinary competition. It was a special challenge to engage with this historic site Checkpoint Charlie and to shape a culture of remembrance.

A democratic space – these words describe the design. It deliberately avoids any reconstructive gesture, instead revealing the different layers of time and bringing them into dialogue with one another. This historic site of confrontation is not countered by a self-contained memorial space, but by a vibrant urban space for education and remembrance that facilitates exchange, reflection and understanding.

As part of a team, in interdisciplinary collaboration with
Koeber Landscape Architecture, space 4

The bulldozers are clearing the site for the construction of the HTWG Institute Building. The new university building is being constructed not far from the Seerhein at Lake Constance, in a central city location with close links to neighbouring areas of the urban fabric. Progress is already visible: the sheet piling is firmly embedded in the ground and will stabilise the excavation pit – a crucial foundation for the planned timber construction.

Meanwhile, back in the office, the planning process is also coming to life: material samples are being carefully examined and assessed, both visually and to the touch, using a wide range of samples.

Photos ©vdo Architekten GmbH

We’ve won two awards, in addition to the award for the ‘Sporthalle Wangen’, the recently completed ‘Ohm Innovation Centre’ in Nuremberg has been honoured in the ‘Educational Buildings’ category of the best architects 2027 awards.

We look forward to the design highlights in the print edition of best architects 2027 award; until then, you can view the award online.

Out of 400 entries, 80 projects were recognised by an international jury of best architects 27 award. We are celebrating the award in the ‘Public Buildings’ category for the ‘Wangen Sports Hall’, which was completed in 2024.

The guiding principle behind the design is the urban redevelopment of the site with a minimal level of intervention: only the orientation of the building defines the layout of the site.

Further information about the award can be found on best architects.

The urban mining concept is now being put into practice.

Demolition work on the three local donor buildings has been completed. Materials and components, such as tiles, stair treads, window sills, windows, doors, glass blocks and timber structures, were assessed as part of a detailed inventory and inspection process. This was followed by the recovery and transport of these items to the existing Forum Königsbrunn building, which is currently being converted and currently serves as a materials store.

Thanks to early and integrated planning – in close collaboration with Concular, who guided the process – we have succeeded in taking a first important step towards the realisation of the urban mining-concept.

Image credits, image 3: Concular GmbH

Work is continuing at the State Office for Schools construction site in Gunzenhausen: Last week, the sample selection meeting for the façade took place. During this meeting, the interplay between natural stone, wooden windows and sun protection, as well as the transition to the outdoor areas, was coordinated in detail.

With the completion of the structural shell, a particularly intensive phase is now beginning for the project team. The upcoming and ongoing planning and tendering processes for the finishing trades – such as joinery and flooring work – ensure that things remain exciting for our architects. At the same time, the materials concept is being continuously refined and sampled down to the last detail.