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Timber Construction Award for
wooden parking deck

Upper Austrian Timber Construction Award 2025 ("OÖ Holzbaupreis")

Die Trophäe für den oberösterreichischen Holzbaupreis 2025 vor der Einfahrt ins Hargassner-Holzparkhaus

The Upper Austrian Timber Construction Award recognizes the uniqueness of timber structures and their outstanding execution. For the first time since 2022, the most exciting architectural solutions in the region once again competed for this prestigious award. Hargassner was honored with first place in the commercial buildings category for its innovative timber parking garage.

Gold for visionary timber construction

In mid-May 2025, Hargassner was awarded the Timber Construction Prize in Gold 2025 by the responsible jury at a gala ceremony at the JKU Linz. The award, organised by the initiators of the Building Innovation Cluster of the Upper Austrian business location agency Business Upper Austria, proHolz OÖ, the Upper Austrian Timber Construction Guild and the timber industry trade association with the support of the state of Upper Austria, attracts more attention every year. This year, 140 outstanding building culture projects were submitted in all categories.

Further awards from Hargassner

Verleihung des Holzbaupreises, v.l.n.r.: DI Claudia Koch, Margit Angerlehner, Florian Pommer (Hargassner), DI Bernhard Matulik (Matulik Architekten), Florian Kinz (Wiehag), DI Johannes Lederbauer (Wiehag), Erich Gaffal. © Wolfgang Kunasz

New standards worldwide

In terms of tectonics and engineering, the 77 metre long timber building is considered exemplary in many aspects. “The stacking in split-level construction reduces the sealed area for the car park by 80 %. This protects more than 11,300 m² of grassland,” says Hargassner project manager Florian Pommer happily, adding: “Another special feature, for example, is that penetrating water can always run off to the outside. There are no direct wood-to-wood connections, so the structure, which is ventilated without electricity, can get wet because it can always dry out.”

Winning the Upper Austrian Timber Construction Award automatically nominated the pioneering project in Weng for the State Prize for Timber Construction 2026.

Parking deck saves 4,600 tonnes of CO₂

The 13,300 m² structure is made of spruce wood except for the staircases, which are made of concrete for fire safety reasons. Ten spacious levels, each with an area of 1,150 m², provide space for 30 electric charging stations, among other things. There is a 500 kWp PV system on the roof. 1,200 m³ of durable glulam (girders and beams) and cross-laminated timber (ceilings) were used. 16 m long main trusses enabled completely column-free car park levels. 3,400 m² of untreated larch wood was used for the striking, semi-transparent façade. A total of 2,300 m³ of wood was used and the minimal use of CO₂ -intensive materials means that carbon dioxide is stored and saved in the long term. In addition, the wood can also be reused in the distant future as part of a circular property.