Wood buildings in Vienna: Apply now for the Wienwood timber construction award!

Wood buildings in Vienna: Apply now for the Wienwood timber construction award!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The Viennese architecture is awarded! The Vienna Wood 25 is awarded the Vienna timber construction award for the fourth time to reward outstanding timber buildings in the city. The submission period for this prestigious price runs from now until June 10, 2025. This coveted award, initiated by Proholz Austria in cooperation with the city of Vienna and supported by Wiener Städtischen Versicherung AG, is looking for innovative construction projects that were completed between June 2021 and June 2025. The price is endowed with a total of 15,000 euros and pays particular attention to the criteria of ecology, architecture and sustainable neighborhood development.

The categories for the price are residential construction, public construction, business construction and interior design/intervention/other. Especially in times of the climate crisis, wood is becoming increasingly important as a renewable and CO₂-binding building material. The award winners are also automatically nominated for the Austrian State Prize for Holzbau, which will be awarded for the first time in 2026, as reported.

an exciting June in Vienna

June offers a wealth of events in Vienna. A cultural highlight is the photo Vienna, which will open on June 1st and has around 300 events at 110 locations. This year the Festival is under the motto "Photography Lies / The Lies of Photography" and invites you to question the boundaries of image art. There are also open-air cinemas and the International Short Film Festival Vienna Shorts, which takes place from June 1 to 6 and have free admission in the visitor under 20 years.

Another exciting event is we are Vienna. Festival, which transforms all Viennese districts into a shop window for art and culture from 1. June 23. In addition, Veganmania, the largest street food festival in Austria, is also in the museum district from June 2 to 4. This variety of events makes June a perfect month to experience the cultural diversity of Vienna, as Goodnight.at describes.