New Alpine Architecture at the Tannerhof
Our decision in 2007 to give the Tannerhof a new direction and a new architecture was no whim. We faced a choice: leave the Tannerhof as it was and run it as a sanatorium for another five to ten years, with no future ahead.
Or convert it into a hotel — which meant major structural work, reorganisation, modern fire safety and an extension.
Out of conviction and love for this special place, we chose the second path.
The way the Tannerhof has been shaped is the most natural thing in the world — even though it doesn't feel like a normal hotel. It juggles four generations of building work, weaves old with new, builds across, and combines new towers with charming alpine huts from 1905. Potemkin facades in yodelling-folk style were never the goal,…
… just real, honest houses.
It mattered to us to create an architectural bracket that would hold the various main buildings together — in their different styles from different eras — without any of them losing its character.
The "Alte Tann" was to become, once again,
a venerable Einfirsthof (single-ridge farmhouse).
And the Tannerhof as a whole was to become more legible, clearer, less cluttered. Structures had to be reorganised. We needed more rooms — and so the Hüttentürme were born.
A mutual friend recommended the Munich architect FLORIAN NAGLER. We met, liked each other, and felt understood in our vision.
We love it — our new, old Tannerhof. More and more enthusiastic guests do too. And renowned architecture associations and journals have judged it just as kindly.
The awards include:
- Contemporary Architecture in Upper Bavaria
- BDA Bavaria Award for Spatial Effect
- German Timber Construction Award for Building within Existing Fabric
- German Architecture Yearbook 2013
- Architecture Nike Award for Composition
And in 2025, we are renewing ourselves once more.
The Badeharpfe
is the newest chapter in Tannerhof architecture. Inspired by the airy hay-drying barns (Harpfen) that have stood in the Alps for centuries, our favourite architect Florian Nagler has reimagined them — in Tannerhof style: clean, alpine, free of kitsch. Plenty of light. Plenty of air. And that singular long view into the distance.
Here, tradition and modernity meet: a sauna with panoramic views, a quiet room to settle into, two small fitness rooms, and — at last — a 25-metre natural pool, nestled into the meadow in front of the studio.
