Timber Frame House


Are you looking to bring your dream home to life and build a modern timber-frame house?

Then you share the same passion as we at HUF HAUS do: a deep love and connection with nature.

We are one of the leading providers of timber-frame houses that value sustainability. This commitment is most evident in our use of natural, healthy wood as a building material and continues in the open, spacious floor plans that seamlessly incorporate the surrounding nature into everyday living. From the first step in building timber frame homes to the final details, our approach is designed to suit your needs and create a new house that reflects a true connection with the environment.

Timber Frame House

Modern Timber Frame House Designs

The distinctive timber-frame house from HUF HAUS captivate from the very first glance, as the defining elements – wood and glass – harmoniously combine to create an impressive overall aesthetic that has always been a hallmark of the brand. With unique structural details, high-end technical solutions, modern fittings, and a refined design language, the eco-friendly timber-frame houses in premium quality by HUF HAUS stand out clearly from other examples. In addition, each timber frame home is energy efficient, and designed with less waste in mind, making it a great company for those who prioritise both style and sustainability.

Why is that?

For decades, the specialists at HUF HAUS have been continuously developing new solutions for even more efficient, modern timber-frame houses made of wood and glass, proudly made in Germany. As pioneers in the industry, we regularly initiate research projects and form partnerships to ensure we stay one step ahead in the fields of architecture, smart homes, sustainability, and design. It is our desire to help you realise your dream and offer you a bespoke timber-frame house tailored to your needs.

Did you know?

For centuries, the charm of timber-frame houses has captivated people, and for good reason: the visible structure made from natural materials gives the building a clear framework and creates a harmonious spatial feel inside. That's why timber-frame construction is one of the great architectural traditions, with cities, communities, and homeowners committed to its preservation. As a true expression of architectural culture, it is never merely a passing trend, but remains timelessly modern to this day. In fact, modern timber-frame houses are experiencing a renaissance in new builds, as wood, a renewable resource, offers a promising future and gives planners and homeowners many options for flexible room layouts. Timber-frame construction is a building classic that HUF HAUS has perfected with skilled craftsmanship and innovative manufacturing techniques, adapting it to the demands of the 21st century.

The topic of modern timber-frame construction is truly fascinating. Anyone looking to build a modern timber-frame house should take a look at its rich history: in many old towns and rural areas of Germany, you can still find timber-frame houses over 200 years old. These houses are characterised by a wooden framework and infill panels plastered with clay, with small mullioned windows allowing sunlight to filter into the home.

A modern timber-frame house still retains a great deal of this charm, proving the stability and durability of wood as a building material. Today's prefabricated homes are the modern successors of traditional timber construction – with large window surfaces and optimum energy efficiency, they elevate living comfort to the highest level. Our timber frame home build solution is designed to ensure high levels of thermal efficiency, durability, and style.

In the past, windows were weak points for the energy efficiency of a house. Many heat losses were caused by these "eyes" of the house, which is why they were often quite small. Today, modern windows offer thermal insulation values that rival those of a high-quality wall.

The importance of natural daylight and the use of large glass elements are well understood by the experts at HUF HAUS. For decades, expansive gable glazing has been a hallmark of modern timber-frame houses. In all HUF HAUS homes, the glazing is executed in triple-glazed, quality-assured thermal insulation glass. This design takes advantage of the warmth from the low winter sun, ensuring that every modern timber-frame house from HUF HAUS is also a low-energy house. By using the highest-quality materials, these homes achieve outstanding thermal insulation and include optional features like underfloor heating.

Timber frame house - energy-efficient and sustainable

Anyone who can call a HUF house his own has not only opted for a design classic, but lives in a unique living atmosphere in a particularly sustainable and energy-efficient way.

Each house is made exclusively of healthy materials that are biologically sound. However, it is not only the right material in the best quality that counts; HUF HAUS' sustainability concept also includes the production routes, the selection of suppliers, and the continuous improvement of the ecological life cycle of the house, with materials that are supplied locally whenever possible.

The special quality of the houses and the sustainable construction have already been awarded several times by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB): The new show house in Mannheim and the energy-saving house in London received the highest recognition with the gold standard of the platinum award.

For you in concrete terms, this means that every modern timber frame house is DGNB Gold certified even in its basic configuration - sustainable home living in a half-timbered house guaranteed!

Prefabricated house or timber frame house?

Anyone on the search for their dream house will inevitably come across the term "prefabricated house." At HUF HAUS, this means using the advantages of prefabrication in our own factory. Monitoring the complex production processes directly on site in Hartenfels enables a consistently high quality of each individual component. With an emphasis on low embodied energy and quality control, our process ensures each component is precisely manufactured to the highest standards.

Thanks to the extensive prefabrication of the elements, HUF's own assembly teams can assemble the house on site as quickly as possible. A short construction period, planning reliability and a fixed moving-in date are therefore a matter of course for a new home built as a prefabricated house.

A HUF house is therefore a timber frame house in the architectural sense and a prefabricated house from a production point of view. In this way, the best advantages of production are used for the ultra-modern architect's house in traditional post-and-beam architecture. Our timber frame system offers a diverse array of benefits for energy efficiency and sustainability. Convince yourself of our concept during a visit to our show house centre in Hartenfels or an exciting production tour for further inspiration!

Keep an eye on the costs for your timber frame house!

The construction of a prefabricated timber frame house has many advantages, including planning security and a fixed price guarantee. Thanks to the detailed planning, you know exactly what costs you will incur.

You will find out the price for your individual new property in a personal conversation with your specialist advisor - because this is the only way we can work out a serious budget for you that is tailored to your property and life situation.

"Skeleton house" - developed by HUF HAUS for the future

From antiquity to the 19th century, timber frame buildings were the dominant construction method north of the Alps. In addition to the high availability of the raw material wood, it was the many tangible advantages that founded the great "career" of this type of construction. If today we admire the pretty timber frame houses in the historic cities of Germany or choose the German half-timbered road as our itinerary, it is usually the facades and their rich decorations that fascinate us.

The fact that behind the decorative and structured facades lies an extremely clever and progressive construction usually remains hidden from the layman.

The proven construction method is also known as skeleton construction. This term has its origin in the human skeleton, which, just like the skeleton house, is a self-supporting construction. All further components, like the infill of the wall elements, the ceilings and floors as well as the roof are carried by the construction.

Only in the second half of the 20th century did the enormously successful construction principle almost fall into oblivion. The decision made in 1972 by the entrepreneur Franz Huf to help classic timber construction to a new career must be regarded as all the more courageous. The willingness to learn from the old master builders and to combine them with a new architectural vision is the nucleus of the unique success of the HUF HAUS brand.

With the current HUF HAUS product portfolio, the art of timbered construction has reached its peak for the time being. But development will not stand still. After all, this special construction method has always changed with the needs of its time and has always mastered new challenges. In our epoch it is the high demands on energy efficiency that have to be met in order to meet the increased responsibility for environmental and climate protection. Our expert team offers expert advice on the ideas and aspects of timber construction, from bricks and roof details to sustainable materials.

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