Designing with What Exists: Rieder’s HQ Expansion Turns Residual Materials into Facade Design

archdaily.com · 2026-02-11
Designing with What Exists: Rieder’s HQ Expansion Turns Residual Materials into Facade Design

What if industrial leftovers weren't waste, but the start of architectural design? At Rieder's headquarters in Maishofen, Austria, over 1,300 cubic meters of timber, 180 ceiling elements, and hundreds of upcycled glassfiber-reinforced concrete fragments come together in a building shaped as much by