The “Museum Historische Oberamteistraße” project was awarded the Young Engineers’ Prize at yesterday’s ceremony for the 2026 German Civil Engineering Prize.

Through the German Civil Engineering Prize, the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Construction and the Federal Chamber of Engineers recognise outstanding achievements in civil engineering. Through the Young Engineers’ Prize, the German Civil Engineering Prize aims to set an example for the next generation of engineers. Our project demonstrates how innovative structural engineering, resource conservation and a sensitive approach to the historical context can be brought together.

A big thank you to the jury for this honour and to everyone involved in the project for their fantastic collaboration!

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The Museum Historische Oberamteistraße in Reutlingen has been nominated for the 2026 German Civil Engineering Award.

The German Civil Engineering Award is considered the most prestigious award in the field and has been jointly presented by the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development, and Construction (BMWSB) and the Federal Chamber of Engineers (Bundesingenieurkammer e.V.) since 2016. The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) administers the selection process. Awarded every two years, the State Prize honors exemplary civil engineering structures and engineering achievements that exemplify innovation, design quality, and the responsible use of resources.

The “Museum Historische Oberamteistraße” is featured on the cover of the anniversary issue of DETAIL magazine

The issue also introduces the new DETAIL Construction Award. We are therefore especially pleased that our project has been honoured with this award.
The article “Fata Morgana at the Foot of the Swabian Albs” by Barbara Zettel examines the project from various perspectives, linking structural detailing, conceptual ideas, and unique contextual conditions with the site’s surroundings and history.
Thank you for this wonderful article and we are very pleased to have received this award.

The focus is on the Museum Historische Oberamteistraße in Reutlingen, and in particular on its parametrically designed, walk-through wooden structural framework. The discussion centers on the extraordinary level of planning detail required for such a project, the digital and integrated approach, and the question of how principles of lightweight construction can be applied to modern timber construction.

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Two of our projects have been nominated for the 2027 DAM Prize!
We are very pleased that “Flexible Living in Schönaich” and the “Museum Historische Oberamteistraße” have been nominated for the 2027 DAM Prize.
The German Architecture Museum (DAM), in collaboration with JUNG as its partner, annually honors outstanding buildings in Germany with the DAM Prize.

Inaugural lecture by our co-founder, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Herrmann, at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Michael Herrmann has held the Chair of Structural Design and Structural Engineering since the 2025/26 winter semester. This bridge professorship connects the faculties of “Architecture and Urban Planning” and “Civil and Environmental Engineering,” thereby strengthening interdisciplinary exchange between architecture and civil engineering.
In his inaugural lecture, “Innovative Structural Systems in the Context of Sustainability and Digitalization,” he provides insights into current research questions at the intersection of structural engineering, sustainability, and digitalization.

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