Nominee DETAIL Award 2024
Haus Havanna – Conversion of a Tobacco Warehouse
South elevation, © Steinbauer Architektur & Design
The listed Haus Havanna in Linz, built in the 1930s based on plans by Peter Behrens and Alexander Popp, was revitalised by Kaltenbacher Architektur. The redesign introduced a new facade for the previously light-deprived building and reimagining its interior spaces.
Facade detail, © Steinbauer Architektur & Design
North elevation, © Steinbauer Architektur & Design
A glass curtain wall
A glass curtain wall, composed of 70,000 glass blocks, now envelops the six-storey building, covering a total surface of 1800 m². To align with Behrens’s original structural grid, the loadbearing steel elements are concealed within the joints between the glass blocks, visible only as horizontal window bands that support the structure. The use of glass brings natural light into the previously opaque tobacco warehouse, now repurposed for office and educational use.
Standard floor, © Steinbauer Architektur & Design
Glass blocks, © Steinbauer Architektur & Design
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Architecture: Kaltenbacher Architektur
Project architects: Oliver Steinbauer, Peter Salem, Andrea Crnjak
Client: Immobilien Linz GmbH & Co KG
Location: Peter-Behrens-Platz 4, 4020 Linz (AT)
Completion date: 2022
Construction costs: 8 Mio €
Gross volume: 33 125 m³
Gross floor area: 10 000 m²
Usable floor area: 8000 m²
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