Article source: Matteo Thun & Partners

Built on the highest point of the Katschberg Alpline Pass, 1600 meters high, the two monolithic apartment-towers edel:weiss demonstrate an almost  symbolic portal between the two provinces Salzburg and Kärnten and have been appointed to act as the new town’s landmark for today.

Image Courtesy © Christian Wöckinger

• Architects: Matteo Thun & Partners
• Project: EDEL:WEISS RESIDENCES
• Location: Katschberg, Austria
• Photography: Christian Wöckinger, Jens Weber
• CLIENT: Michaeler & Partner
• CLIENT CONTACT: Otmar Michaeler
• INTERVENTION TYPE: Architecture, interior design, light design, landscaping.
• PROJECT MANAGER:  (MTP) architecture: Bruno Franchi, interior design: Michael Catoir

TEAM (MTP)

• Interior designers: Sabrina Pinkes, Maren Weitz
• Light design: Simone Fumagalli
• OWNER: Michaeler & Partner
• INVESTOR: Michaeler & Partner
• OPERATOR: Michaeler & Partner
• START DATE YEAR: 2005
• END DATE YEAR:  2009
• TOTAL BUILDING AREA: 4 000 m2
• DETAILED BUILDING AREA:  residential units 6 700 m2, housed by two towers, 1 of 10 floors, the other 14.
• BUILDING USE: Residence of 66 units.