PUBLICATION
HOUSES OF THE YEAR
Winner of the HOUSES Award

In 2019, Lukas Mähr founded the office MWArchitekten in Hohenems. The village is located in the district of Dornbirn in Vorarlberg, where Tourismus GmbH writes on its website: “Welcome to Vorarlberg, the land between Lake Constance and the mountains over 3,000 meters high. Experience the architecture that characterizes the region and how the future is shaped by appreciating the old. Community centers, museums, private houses, even bus stops have a very modern face in Vorarlberg. The building tradition and the desire to create the right thing for the respective location result in unique buildings that do not follow trends.”
NEW
PROJECT
REDENSIFICATION IN THE OLD QUARTER
Situated behind the archway of the castle square, under the ruins of Alt-Ems castle, the original city center is being developed. As part of this development, the densification building, which is prominently positioned in terms of urban development, is located in a situation that is equally interesting in terms of landscape. At the confluence of the Ems and Salzbach rivers, mills and saws were operated from the 16th to the 20th century. The building replaces a wooden annex which burned down in 2020.
PUBLICATION
ARCHITECTURE IN TRANSITION
ARCHITEKTUR AKTUELL 2023 7-8

The current changes in the broad field of architecture are hard to ignore. In the issue “ARCHITECTURE IN TRANSITION?” a much discussed design as well as various realized projects give answers to the questions who builds, how do we build and for whom do we build.
Instead of creating a new home elsewhere, the owners recognized the benefits of their existing building and invested in its future. The decisive step towards a solution: a renovation and extension in the spirit of the original building characteristics of the Vorarlberg townscape.
NEW
PROJECT
FARMKINDERGARTEN RHINEFARM
The farm kindergarten with childcare centre accommodates the retreat area for the kindergarten as well as two groups of childcare. The pedagogical concept of the Hofkindergarten focuses on the outdoor area and the nearby farm. The design is closely interwoven with this adventurous and beautiful concept.
COMPETITION
RECOGNITION

Prize: Honourable Mention
Task: Mixed Use and Housing
Client: Alpenländische Gemeinnützige Wohnbaugesellschaft
Architecture: ARGE Schafferer Architektur & MWArchitekten
Project Team: Michael Schafferer, Lukas Mähr, Caroline Borel, Tobias Moritz
Place: Innsbruck, Österreich
Area: ca. 4.000 m²
Picture: @ Schafferer Architektur & Projektmanagement
STAIRS
We love stairs!
STUDY
NEW
PROJECT
MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSE WITH A VIEW
GENERATIONS
HOUSE WITH A VIEW
The project is a renovation and expansion of a single-family house.
COMPETITION
- PRICE

Price: 1.price
Building task: residential
Awarding authority: Sohm Objektbau
Architects: MWArchitekten
Project Team: Lukas Peter Mähr
Place: Langen near Bregenz, Austria
Useful area: approx. 1800 m²
Photography: @ MWArchitekten
NEW
PROJECT
HOUSE MADE OF SPRUCE
The house made of spruce is a renovation with a partial replacement building. The original house was built in two stages. The basement was built before the Second World War. It was, in corresponding prosperity, designed for a large house and solidly built.read more...
STUDY
STAMPFLEHM
We love rammed earth!

Together with the executing company “Lehm Ton Erde” we have developed a façade study in which we work with tamped concrete in the part in contact with the ground and with rammed clay in the overlying part. Allowing a proven calculated erosion of the clay tamped structure in the facade emphasizes the liveliness and natural origin of the materiality. The constant change of the facade reflects life. The rammed earth building represents a widespread and millennia-old building tradition that was also successfully used in the Swiss Turgau before the industrialization in the 18th century up to three-storey load-bearing.
NEW
PROJECT
DUPLEX ON A HILLSIDE
Based on the budget and the desire to create sustainable housing, the decision was made to build a semi-detached house of two entities of 125 square meters and two carports, on an area of around 600 square meters. The challenge to create something beautiful with little resources and with the restriction of the construction site re-quired a carefully planned house up to the furnishings.