[1] The Feldkirch "Volkshalle" was built in 1926 by the architect Lois Welzenbacher in view of the Vorarlberg trade exhibition a year later.

[3] The new building was officially opened on 2 January 2015, in the presence of Governor Markus Wallner and Mayor Wilfried Berchtold.

[4] The architects are Hascher Jehle Architektur (Berlin) together in a working group with Mitiska Wäger Architekten (Bludenz).

While its formal articulation is demonstratively modern, its materiality picks up the traditional Jura marble of the region.

The core functional elements of the building are distributed directly around the foyer and can be joined or separated as required.