Modern timber construction meets tradition: with the Am Hirschengrün residential estate in the middle of Salzburg, the city has a place where everything is about sustainability, design, wellness, and a lot of wood. A careful renovation has turned into Salzburg’s biggest timber construction project.
The Hotel zum Hirschen building has belonged to the same family since 1830, as its members have spent centuries turning it into the prestigious Salzburg hotel that it is today. In 2020, the family’s 11th generation, Katharina Richter-Wallmann, who owns the hotel, and her husband Nikolaus, an economist, took over the property, bringing innovative ideas and a holistic view of nature and people. While the interiors present many of the new concepts, the allure of history is still clearly present.
"We worked hard looking for a manufacturer whose products embody a symbiosis of aesthetics, sustainability and functionality. This applied to the clear design language of the hotel areas and the high demands for the apartments and their distinctive wooden floors and ceilings," confirmed the hotel’s owner. "Parquet by Bauwerk merges seamlessly and harmoniously into the overall concept, meeting all requirements. We couldn’t be more satisfied with the floor we chose!"
Four of our products were used for redesigning different areas. In the hotel rooms, a cosy atmosphere is created by the natural-oiled, deep-brushed oak planks of the Cleverpark 1250 collection, in the Oak Farina colour. In the lobby, the hotel’s guests find a warm-coloured, slightly brushed and natural-oiled strip parquet from the Unopark series, laid in herringbone pattern, which offers a refined, high-quality stage for the space's modern, linear interior. The Monopark strip parquet in Oak Farina colour was selected for the flats. Meanwhile, for their own apartment, the owners went for the Trendpark Oak Nature long-plank format.
The new design of Hotel zum Hirschen impressively highlights how to successfully link traditional features with modern innovations. The choice of high-quality natural materials contributes to creating an inviting atmosphere and preserving the building's historical character.
| Location | Salzburg, Austria |
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| Architect | LP Architektur, Altenmarkt im Pongau |
| Building owner | Katharina and Nikolaus Richter-Wallmann |
| Floor installer | Landrichtinger GmbH Fachgeschäft für Raumausstattung |
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| Parquet | Cleverpark 1250 Oak Farina, Unopark Oak Avorio & Trendpark Oak Nature |
| Photographer | Pion Studio |
