Simon Speigner is a pioneer of sustainable, energy-efficient building in Austria. His practice sps architekten focuses on creativity and innovative solutions to produce unconventional, customer-orientated buildings that are both aesthetic and sustainÂable. The practice has won numerous wood-building awards and state prizes, for instance for the oh456 plus-energy office building and cultural power plant in Thalgau. Text in English and German. SELLING POINTS: . A profile of Austrian practice SPS Architekten ? Thalgau . Fully illustrated with approximately 70 images and 30 plans